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Grover norquist using exactly the words of the pledge, signing the letter. grover norquist accepted it as a signed pledge. >> jonathon said earlier, it may be that donald trump has shattered this. >> trump is the only one who has not signed. >> hes not signed. i love that idea. the fact that chris christie says how can you not sign the pledge? obviously jeb bush is trying to take a principled stand. he may know for example that the governor of kansas, super anti-tax guy has been forced to raise ...

Responding. just 42 minutes after releasing that statement, senator rand paul responded saying, "donald trump couldnt set the intellectual conservative agenda of anything, not even the tiniest rooms, never mind a country. he is devoid of ideas other than he likes the idea of power and getting attention for foolish statements and bluster." joining us with no foolish statements or bluster, jonathon alter, james traub, lauren fox, correspondent for "the national journal." that is fun reading the tr...

That statement, senator rand paul responded saying, donald trump couldnt set the intellectual conservative agenda of anything, not even the tiniest rooms let alone the country. he like z devoid of ideas. >> joining us with no foolish statements or bluster, jonathon alter, lauren fox, correspondent for the national journal. that is fun reading the trump response against him. listen, of all of the things that i have in that teleprompter a trump response to someone who attacked him and response bac...

Another war in the middle east. so it is the success of the israeli prime minister to persuade the u.s. israel was serious that pushed the president in to this diplomacy to prevent war. so in some ways, he finds himself a good example of be careful what you wish for. >> were just about out of time. >> john kerrys testimony coming up this week, how do you think it will go? i think he will make the point of what is the alternative? the critics dont have one. >> they pretend you can continue sancti...

And if we want to make this fair, make civil unions for everyone, man, woman, man-man, woman 0-woman, and leave it up to the churches. if you want a religious ceremony, go to your church. if someone has a problem with that, take it up with the priest. take it up with the bishop. take it up with the rabbi and take it off the table. make it completely fair. >> thank you. emily, thank you for your time today. >> thank you. all right. now to office politics and this weeks best of edition, who is r...

That you guys wont disappoint me because ive already seen who you guys are and you all are remarkable people and youve lifted me up, each and every step of the way. >> all right, mr. president. >> thank you, guys. >> jonathan, jonathon alter, weve never seen a president like that. >> that was a very unusual event. i was in the headquarters during that event and part of the day before. i missed that, and that wanted it to be just for staff. they didnt expect it to be released at all, it wasnt pro...

Actual individuals who will show up to vote. now, you still have to have people who go up and vote. this is a long way from being over. if you have that organization, the bet is and they showed it before in 2008, you can actually make those people show up for vote. >> i sense a little bit more confidence about ohio in you than i do jonathon alter. why is that? >> well, two dozen polls in 2 oh 008 and romney hasnt come ahead -- >> im not being pessimistic, im just being cautious. its true that th...

I dont think we should have. but the fact is that im proud of sarah palin. im proud of the job she did. im proud of the job she continues to do. and so everybody has their own views and i respect those views. but im proud of what we did. >> who says the republicans cant make ample and liberal use of the retro activity that romney has so recently accessed going back four years and talking about stuff, referencing cheney for torture. we, he said, being the key word. john mccains legacy is forever ...

Look, i respect the vice president. he and i had strong disagreements as to whether we should torture people or not. i dont think we should have. but the fact is that im proud of sarah palin. im proud of the job she did. im proud of the job she continues to do. and so everybody has their own views and i respect those view. but im proud of what we did. >> who says the republicans cant make ample and liberal use of the retro activity that romney has so recently accessed going back four years and m...

Jindal. so they could go that direction. oftentimes it is not the person that the press most speculates about. theres a long history of this in both parties. so folks that in trade should get pretty skeptical of anybody who thinks they know exactly how this is going to go. you would have to give an edge right now to a conservative choice in both meanings of that word. a political could be conservative and also a safe choice. >> jonathon alter, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, michael...