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The fact that they both had difficult constituencies seems to be broken. >> mike allen going to be back in our next hour to talk dangling participles. >> gerunds. >> alex has the definition of gerund. hes going to tell a waiting america that definition now. >> a gerund is a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun. >> oh, wow! i like it when you say it like that, alex. >> i think weve got a spending problem. >> thats weird. up next -- >> and joe, mika, real quick, also jus...

>> you felt threatened by the most visible negro in the world. surrounded by security, you thought he was going to do something. >> plenty of people should feel threatened by the president, but not the governor of arizona. >> im racist because i heard governor brewer and i put up my card. >> i heard arizona and put up my race card. >> there are lovely people in arizona. lets listen to this one. this is our friend newt gingrich. this is the guy who ran for president saying a noun, a verb and food...

>> the former supreme court nominee robert bork has died. his tough confirmation gave us a new word. to bork a nominee. judge bork never made it to the highest court in the land. he once said my name became a verb. thats one form of immorality. but its not his only claim to fame. james rosen in washington tonight. james? >> shep, conservatives across the disciplines of law, academia and public policy tonight are mourning the loss of a man they call a giant. robert bork was one of the most influe...

Certainly i was not his side politically. i remember ted kennedy saying at time there was no place on the court for judge bork because his views seemed outside the mainstream. in fact in one of his books he had a chapter called, the case for censorship which i thought was really not part of where we are in terms of first amendment in terms of mainstream america. it is sad his name became a verb rather than a noun. and so that is kind of a sad note but, im glad i had the chance to at least with s...

Keep in mind, back in february she checked into rehab, she was back in the hospital. shes had a rough 2012, so maybe this wasnt the best time to get into a relationship. so he said, sayonara to demi moore. its a loss here at "the skinny." >> it is a verb. anyway, so beyonce, she rules the world, like all of us women do. she just scored a $50 million endorsement deal from pepsi, and shes going to have her pretty little face on a can. a can of pepsi. a can of the drink. come on, do you always have...

Shes had a rough 2012, so maybe this wasnt the best time to get into a relationship. so he said, sayonara to demi moore. >> im sad i cant say that name any more. >> its a loss here at "the skinny." >> it is a verb. anyway, so beyonce, she rules the world, like all of us women do. according to her song, who runs the world? girls. she just scored a $50 million endorsement deal from pepsi, and shes going to have her pretty little face on a can. a can of pepsi. a can of the drink. come on, do you al...

Mccain is a noun and verb and dont cut and run. hes really -- i feel like his credibility on foreign policy issues is getting pretty wispy at this point. is there anybody else whos taken the place of him as he becomes less and less relevant? >> mark kirk, kelly ayotte, marco rubio. prepared to carry this water on the republican side. the question is whether or not the generals are going to back them up. when the generals come to testify, if the generals are to the left of john mccain and lindsey...

Mccain is a noun and verb and dont cut and run. hes really -- i feel like his credibility on foreign policy issues is getting pretty wispy at this point. is there anybody else whos taken the place of him as he becomes less and less relevant? >> mark kirk, kelly ayotte, marco rubio. prepared to carry this water on the republican side. the question is whether or not the generals are going to back them up. when the generals come to testify, if the generals are to the left of john mccain and lindsey...

I mean, at this point john mccain is a noun and verb and dont cut and run. hes really -- i feel like his credibility on foreign policy issues is getting pretty wispy at this point. is there anybody else whos taken the place of him as he becomes less and less relevant? >> mark kirk, kelly ayotte, marco rubio. prepared to carry this water on the republican side. the question is whether or not the generals are going to back them up. when the generals come to testify, if the generals are to the left...

And stood up to bush and republican leadership and said were not going to sign off on any tax hike. bush got enough republicans go withes the democrats but three quarters of the house republicans stood with gingrich, couple years later becomes the leader and speaker and the risk of that ri volt thats real. >> been revolting for the last two years and seems to have not gott gotten them any where. >> you meant that in a verb. >> a guy like gingrich, the equivalent today, who is in a safe republica...