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Differently. but when he says its a story because hes going against his family is that a fair standard? >> well he gets unfair advantages. hes leading in the fund raising in large measure because his father and brother were terrific fundraisers fundraisers. and there are some disadvantages perhaps unfair. but on this one heres the problem. any gaffe -- heres how i analyze. does this feed a negative master narrative? remember when barack obama said all those middle class people in pennsylvania cl...

The fact that those lanes were reroped and that the guy who runs the port authority was too serious about getting to the bottom of this. thats the "wall street journal." >> youre saying a lack of leadership running up to today is what he showed? its exactly what rudy giuliani was telling you. anything that feeds the master narrative is going to stick. he is a tough talker. i like his no nonsense style. thats his positive narrative. his negative narrative is hes a bully, a guy that took away the ...

The definition of christie as a bully. its exactly what rudy giuliani was telling you. anything that feeds the master narrative is going to stick. and christie is a straight talker. he is a tough talker. i like his no nonsense style. thats his positive narrative. his negative narrative is hes a bully, a guy that took away the security protection from a form governor after the former governor criticized him. a guy who line item vetoed the funding for programs at rutgers university run by a profes...

That. the wall street journal reported that governor christie called governor cuomo to complain about the fact that those lanes were reroped and that the guy who runs the port authority was too serious about getting to the bottom of this. thats the "wall street journal." >> youre saying a lack of leadership running up to today is what he showed? >> well, yes. and i think that sort of lacks credibility. because a guy with those kind of prosecutorial chops should have handled this a lot better. al...

we begin this evening with two important political disputes. one of them a fascinating family feud. president obama out on the west coast fundraising. his team believes those efforts will be helped by the news he supports same-sex marriage. behind the scenes at the obama white house, a rift with the vice president for forcing the president to speed up that announcement. jessica yellin has just learned new details. the vice president just trying to make up by going into the oval office ...

Im looking at it, not so much who should get credit, but i think were looking at men and women across two administrations who worked day and night to find this guy, and to either capture or kill him. in this case he was killed. in that case if i were asked that question, i would ask for a different question, you know, do i think that the federal government that both administrations deserve a pat on the back for this? ened i would have to say yes. i do think -- >> but cenk, wait a minute, heres t...

Master narrative like that about americas role in the muslim world, and that president obama seems to want to try to change it. >> well, you know, if i had to take a look at when president obama gave his speech, had that speech been last week or a few days before all of these revolutions were kicking off in the arab world, i would say the timing of that speech, followed by some of the events of the past few days would certainly kind of give credit or perhaps lend credit to the notion that americ...

>> and now libya. >> now libya. and this master narrative, which mr. obama, president obama seems so resistant to. the idea the u.s. is eager to intervene in arab countries. do you see a strong difference between this, the character of this american intervention, and the other ones we just talked about, richard? >> well, i was sort of surprised. in the last several months, been touring the middle east, covering these revolts, and suddenly i woke up one morning, found myself covering an american ...

>> i could hear the -- we dont have it. the funny thing, with that sound bite, i hear it whispering in my ear. lindsey graham saying this weekend i am worried we are taking a back seat rather than a leadership role. we used to relish leading the free world. now it is like almost leading the free world is an inconvenience. i think the president caveated this way too much, lk like it is a nuisance. lindsey graham speaking on fox news yesterday. would be republican candidate newt gingrich said pres...

There was also news today that the direct involvement from president obama and vice president biden involved personal, direct communication between them and the leaders of our arab countries in the region specifically. again, trying to change the narrative that america leads western aggression against the arab world. trying to force to the forefront of the war the arab countries that on march 12th called for a no-fly zone to be enforced in the first place. after the arab league criticized the in...