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Has no policy behind it, is not actually that same thing. >> i would like to point out that you think your wife or daughter in your campaign commercial is hardly a revolutionary idea but i will tell you that red state democrats, this is not just like a side issue for them. they also recognize how important it is to get women out and just how powerful equal pay and the paycheck fairness act is. this is not like a little hobby horse thing. this is actually a really important issue for democrats in...

And this effort, which actually has no policy behind it, is not actually that same thing. >> i would like to point out that you think your wife or daughter in your campaign commercial is hardly a revolutionary idea but i will tell you that red state democrats, this is not just like a side issue for them. they also recognize how important it is to get women out and just how powerful equal pay and the paycheck fairness act is. this is not like a little hobby horse thing. this is actually a really ...

Attorney. >> right. and you mentioned, at least those two bridge contracts. the "times" is reporting $2 billion on the table there. and the linebacker here is a lot of folks are skeptical about politicians in general. and quite frank new jersey 234 particular, no offense to you, sir. and no this goes beyond saying okay, theres some bag and forth, there are some relationships. this is a federal inquiry looking at the potential violation of federal law in these funds. >> and its interesting that, ...

And david samson is saying well, i voted for it, then i didnt really vote for it. and now theyre going to do a do-over kind of vote. a lot of it is just very gray for a very smart, very savvy attorney. >> right. and you mentioned, at least those two bridge contracts. the "times" is reporting $2 billion on the table there. and the linebacker here is a lot of folks are skeptical about politicians in general. and quite frank new jersey 234 particular, no offense to you, sir. and no this goes beyond...

Discredited. in fact, this situation is a great example of that. listen to megyn kelly in the interview with issa last night. >> youre not going to shut down your probe because of this dustup. the polls show as recently as late february that they want the irs investigation to continue. this is a side issue. >> you see, issas investigation is legit, this is just a side issue. in fact, wednesdays hearing appeared to have been designed to further the claim that the irs had targeted conservatives. t...

Agree with you, they want the investigation to continue. this is a side issue. because people are saying that the democrats are now using this. the democratings are using this against you and are making a big deal out of this. and youre a powerful man and youre one of the only people pushing on the investigation. so now some of the republicans are mad at you because they feel you distracted what is a legitimate issue, and now becomes does darrell issa want to shut down the debate? does he want t...

There is some presumption there were text messages that went back and forth between the two of them. if they were arguing certainly there would be evidence on those text messages. you better believe they will have apple people to talk about what the texts says or why theyre missing. jon: it is kind of a side issue, ashley, they dont need the phone to do that though. cant they get those through the phone company? >> they could definitely get them through the phone company. they could get them thr...

More far reaching because they deal with the ability of the federal government to provide subjects does -- to provide subsidies. they face an up i will battle in the language they decided to put in the law in the first place. that could have a broader impact on obamacare. it could pull the guts out of the middle of obamacare. this is a side issue that wouldnt have that effect. bill: the hobby lobby case well probably get a ruling in june. do any of these challenges on contraception, do they have...

Getting out of afghanistan. >> there is an afghanistan and iraq syndrome that is very real in american politics that we will look back as seeing something like post-vietnam syndrome. >> lets shift gears because i want to talk about whats happening coming into the new year with where the president, where the white house would like to lead. we saw the story in the "new york times" about the minimum wage. we heard the president talk about this in his speech on income inequality. is that really a me...

>> but we used to mock people for bringing korean food to lunch. you know, who wrote that piece talked about growing up going to school and having kids pick on him for bringing stinky, smelly foreign food. now in a way hipsters are lined up around the block for the same food. >> thats a test to authenticity. always remain authentic. shouldnt worry whether someone calls you not american enough or not korean enough or not black enough. >> you raised, i believe, a side issue of the paula deen thing...