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That is often how change comes about. the republicans, the desperation of their response is a measure of the cluelessness, the out of touch, the desperation. >> particularly in light of the fact that president obama in his first term issued the smallest number of executive orders of any president in history. not just of the last few. >> the smallest number, this is always to me, the amazing kind of obama paradox, someone who is so sort of to his bones a kind of institutionalist, pragmatic, very ...

Followed him throughout his administration. she is a democrat. so that was pointed out at the time, and you know, as i said, some of the things get looked at through a different prism. im not saying in this case. but wait, i was bullied, too. anybody who looked cross eyed at by the governor is now saying he bullied me. >> theres a sliding scale of what bullying means. you have to remind everyone as we go further into this that giving federal funds to a city that had been under water or causing a...

News. mr. brokaw is a first-rate journalist but does see things through a liberal prism. recently he gave a talk here in new york city where he cited the nightly news broadcast. >> that audience is so much more substantial than most people realize. when i talk to audiences i say how many of you think of bill oreilly is the most popular guy in news? and they will all raise their hands. i say bill oreilly would finish dead last if he were on the evening news dead last, really me? nightly news has ...

Through the prism of their self-interest and really not a lot of other governors out there who want to get on point and defend chris christie before they know the question that ken langone raised. is he absolutely telling truth. he should get the benefit of the doubt here. hes entitled to due process. the point that robert made is that now theres federal and state investigators all over this. well find out exactly what happened. these people are going to be subpoenaed, be interviewed. what happe...

New poll seems to be doing fairly well. >> depends on how you look at it. if christies best asset is what? that he seems to be the only republican that could be competitive with hillary clinton, okay? if you just look at this poll in that prism and youre over at home depot and a big donor and woody johnson all you care about is winning. you dont care about whether tea party wing or the party but all you care about is winning. christie is a winner but doesnt look like a winner any more. in that c...

President obama was seeking re-election. >> i think that was pretty obvious. it didnt require political science to figure that out. you. >> felt every decision you made was seen through that political prism? >> it was a part of the discussion. what i say in the book is, for example, the vice president. in describing things like the afghan surge, i say that the president was aware of the politics but unlike vice president biden and then chief of staff rahm emmanuel was not driven by the domestic ...

President obama was seeking re-election. >> i think that was pretty obvious. it didnt require political science to figure that out. you. >> felt every decision you made was seen through that political prism? >> it was a part of the discussion. what i say in the book is, for example, the vice president. in describing things like the afghan surge, i say that the president was aware of the politics but unlike vice president biden and then chief of staff rahm emmanuel was not driven by the domestic ...

Analyst, gloria borger joins us. lets start with this federal investigation. the timing, obviously, could hardly be worse for governor christie. >> yeah, could hardly be worse. and the real problem for chris christie with this story is that hurricane sandy was the prism through which most americans got their first real look at the new jersey governor on a national stage, and they loved him because he was a truth teller. hes somebody who took control of a terrible situation. and he was somebody w...

Hurricane sandy was the prism through which most americans got their first real look at the new jersey governor on a national stage, and they loved him because he was a truth teller. hes somebody who took control of a terrible situation. and he was somebody who was protecting people. this is a bad story for him. the person who is talking about it now is clearly a political enemy of his and the governors staff is saying, look, this is a routine investigation. and by the way, these ads were a part...

>> wow, that is scary. jim -- >> so, we, we can give him credit for getting the thing stopped on the concrete. we can give him credit for that. >> as you said, a lot we dont know yet. >> they have to answer for it. indeed. >> jim tilmon, thank you very much. disaster averted for southwest. more trouble for the northeast governor once thought a top contender for the white house. cnn chris frates has learned that chris christie is now under federal investigation, specifically for using sandy rel...