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>> hes a blue state governor. that in and of itself says to conservatives, i dont know if we can trust him, and that was a bigger concern long before theg w bridge. >> i hear over and over again from republicans that jeb bush will not run. >> i hear that, too. a lot of his activity is helping his son, george p., who we know land commissioner in texas -- >> big job. >> a run for governor and maybe beyond that. is that the feeling? >> it could be true. it could be true. what christie has going for...

Midterm elections of 1998 after imimpeachment and democrats picking up ground. >> theres that. >> in the house of representatives. and he looks at bill clintons approval ratings right now after the monica lewinsky scandals and he realizes hillary clinton wasnt the one to blame. man, thats a really bad strategy on somebody you could attack for any number of things. >> is hillary clinton ready for what we know are the attack points? apparently rand paul is going to do attack points on the scandal ...

But its curious to see whether or not he will successfully be able to raise the funds that they need for the rga. >> in an interview with yahoo news, chris christie described the last couple of weeks this way. he said, "i dont think anybody knows what it feels like to have the kind of attention that ive had in the last nine days until you go through it." he said near the end of our interview sounding spent, "its awful -- listen, its awful. i can explain to you as vividly as you like, but you won...

So that suggests that as he travels, i think hes got illinois and texas coming up, i mean, hes taking this story with him outside of new jersey. its a fascinating story. so its getting certainly a lot of play out of new jersey. but its curious to see whether or not he will successfully be able to raise the funds that they need for the rga. >> in an interview with yahoo news, chris christie described the last couple of weeks this way. he said, "i dont think anybody knows what it feels like to hav...

>> being compared to president nixon on that. how does he feel about that? >> i dont have a reaction from president obama. i can tell you people who make those comparisons need to check their history. >> neil: we did. lets just say it is weird, the timing of all the white house scandal stuff is weird, 40 years almost to the day the congress took up watergate hearings. despite the guy they were investigating tried to act like business as usual. this president as well. continuing with the fundrais...

There was this campaign idea. and now theyre trying to reengineer the scandal stuff all the way into what happened that night. theyre trying to get it going at both ends of this thing. >> right. and i mean, when i watch susan rice say that, i -- myself was surprised. because it struck me at the time that this started with the movie and the reaction against the movie, but it looked like there was something organized there. which eventually is what happened. but she was briefed to say that, and sh...

Music choice there. josh green is a senior national correspondent for bloomberg business week. general sake is now vice president of the global strategy group and msnbc analyst michael steel is the chairman of the republican party. josh, you spent a lot of time with herman cain a few months ago. is this a money making adventure. it was sort of the thesis of your campaign. different herman cain now. what did you learn traveling around with the cain campaign? >> strange. different than any other k...

Butt every single night now. and you have to be kidding with this fake a.c.o.r.n. scandal stuff. unbelievable. did you live in this country? >> if by this country you mean is my office right across the street from yours, yes. unless theres an unguarded border down the middle lane of sixth avenue, yes, i live in what you call this country. and, no, though i sometimes kid, im not kidding, as mr. oreilly asks, when mr. oreilly says they manufactured the outrage over a.c.o.r.n. as that with sherrod....

About this scandal. fox does what fox does. >> which is kick your networks butt every single night now. and you have to be kidding with this fake a.c.o.r.n. scandal stuff. unbelievable. did you live in this country? >> if by this country you mean is my office right across the street from yours, yes. unless theres an unguarded border down the middle lane of sixth avenue, yes, i live in what you call this country. and, no, though i sometimes kid, im not kidding, as mr. oreilly asks, when mr. oreil...

Thats not new. thats not actually even interesting about this scandal. fox does what fox does. >> which is kick your networks butt every single night. and you have to be kidding with this fake acorn scandal stuff. unbelievable. do you live in this country? one of the few honest brokers on the cable news arm is chris matthews, democrat who says what he believes. >> heres bill oreilly last night on fox. knowing bill is going to correct this tonight, i hope he does, i think he will. here he is oper...