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Majority leader of the senate hold onto his senate seat. here we are only one plus year into the presidents first term. its a really contrast about how much enthusiasm there is among conservatives who a year ago were in the complete doldrums and are now anointing these various superstars and how difficult its been for the president and his party so far. >> chuck todd, 10,000 people reporteded reportedly in attendance at c-pac. there do you have the president trudging out to las vegas, a city hes...

During the impeachment episode. john was talking about basically what created the drudge report. if someone was working on a story about monica lewinsky, matt briddrudge put it on the internet it happened throughout the entire process, where somebody was reporting on the blue dress, but before they put it out, matt drudge scooped them and put it out there. >> johns exactly right. gene atchison has been interested in these things. we were present at the creation of this. it was the day president ...

Button. >> hold on a second. john meachum, ill let you respond as a late valentines president, ill give you clips of "morning joe" from early february forward where we said day in and day out and day in and day out that this presidents eye was off the ball. >> you defended him and said the presidents eyes on the ball youre not understanding is higher game. i went through that a lot of times. >> i appreciate the gift. lets stick with the chocolates. >> ill also highlight my book which i wrote in ...

Damaging article. if you have been like all of us in the media world, waiting for the big bombshell. maybe there is a sexual component or worse, you might be saying, hey this is it? one thing thats happened, mika, in journalism in recent years, i think meacham at "newsweek," was there for one of the first in the clinton years, the editorial process is under a magnifying glass. big investigative articles take a long time to report, and as the person is doing the reporting, the world finds out abo...

A low guy at the time. national affairs editor, which in the age of clinton, turned out was a go ahead jod job. >> a lot of national affairs going on then. >> a good one. rim shot. you s >> you set him up for that, meacham. >> i did. by the time, saturday we decided to hold, because we didnt feel we had enough it leaked out. it was on the web saturday night/sunday morning. bill kristol mentioned it on i want to say "this week" and then it was in "the washington post" tuesday. >> john, what was s...

>> wait a second. >> thats what cable is for. >> are you deciding for the american public that what matters to them at 11:00 is maybe the latest marco rubio statement from c-pac versus this iconic once in a lifetime athlete -- >> hold on. john, what are you expecting? >> this is -- >> what the american public -- >> wait. thats what media organizations do. its one of the reasons the internet is so popular because a lot of folks dont trust us to make those decisions. youve put your finger on a ver...

To do it. it doesnt help to go back to what would mccain have done. >> what do you mean it doesnt help? thats the point of politics. >> it takes your eye off what is happening now. you cant admit that mr. obama made some mistakes. >> president makes mistakes all the time. clearly, clearly. >> john, let me answer your question for you. there would not be a difference. i want to say really quickly, we need to start talking about americas future depends on getting their arms around this. we talk ab...

You know how i feel. at the exact moment the debt and deficit started to freak out the american people at the end of the bush era with the crash, obamas spending also started to freak out people. they started to be utterly opposed. the president didnt really notice. he thought it was business as usual. people were whining about spending. thats one mistake of 28. >> john, you seem skeptical the american people will want an american president dood what needs to be done to bring down entitlement sp...

Mika wants to know what the news value is asking why broadcast networks are breaking into regular broadcasting to hold this press conference. >> why are we drawn to it, willie? >> its the next chapter in the story that weve been following. weve been waiting to see when he would come out. we have not heard from the guy since that accident on thanksgiving night. well be interested as john said but there will be no news value in what he says. >> heres one of the elements of hypocrisy in this. this ...