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Teacher tenure in new jersey, done. chris christie did that. he took on the public unions. whether you love public unions or hate public unions, the fact that this guy has been able to do it with energize the republican party. >> you hated him ten months ago. >> and you need him on the top of the ticket. >> if you dont think i wasnt calling him ten months ago. again, i guess we are all and im sure john meachams the same way, were all too framed in 1960 and lyndon johnson. that world doesnt exist...

>> its not an enhancer. it slows you do from what you tell me. >> from what i tell you. this guy is at a disadvantage. they should give him a medal for competing while high. >> willie, really quickly, before we turn to politics, the medal count. >> medal count, china still on top but its close with the united states. just barely on top. theyve got 31 gold. the united states has 29. they lead the overall. great britain is having a fantastic games. 18 gold medals. they didnt expect that and 40 tot...

>> chris, you came on set and said you like what harry reid did. >> how could you like that? >> i liked it because i think obama has needed confederates in the field for most of his life in politics. hes always been a soloist. i think that doesnt show strength. people arent interested in just guy who is gives good speeches. you need a team. you cant be a leader without followers. and harry reid went in and got into the fight. hes forcing this issue again. here we are talking about mitt romneys t...

Some of them are not going to vote, they dont watch television or watch the debates. but this is not a very exciting campaign because nobodys grading the other side. no sister sola here. >> none of us group up saying, boy, dwight eisenhower, he great. you start reading about ike and im dead serious, im going to get a bust of dwight eisenhower next to my bobby bust because heres a guy who stood up not only to his base but to great britain and to france and to our allies -- >> and to his own penta...

>> but we remember 1992. and i can tell you as a republican, we kept thinking, all republicans kept thinking the world war ii hero is not going to be beaten. >> by this upstart. >> by this draft-dodging et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. and there was this confidence, it was a false confidence, but i sense, though, al has it nailed too on number three, his third point, which is, democrats dont believe, they just dont believe that barack obama could lose to a guy like mitt romney. just like we repu...

Campaign, the farewell speech. and after korea, do you know how many u.s. soldiers were killed after korea? >> he claims zero. i think there were one or two but he claims zero. >> if you could just stay narrative. but the thing is, ike confounded his critics. this guy was not afraid to stand up. >> he had this ability to carry responsibility. and boy, you do not feel that these days. you know, theres a disconnect here, because the consultants and the people who advise politicians say, boy, you c...

On the deal. >> what do you find most fascinating about that? >> i just ask the questions. im a journalist. >> when in rome do as the romans do. they dont pay taxes in italy either. thats always been the problem in italy, they dont pay taxes. >> so what was the crime? >> no crime actually. >> just makes him look bad, huh? >> maybe it doesnt make him look bad. maybe it makes him look like a really good businessman. >> your column today talks about romney playing his trump card. >> youre staying o...

Going to do pretty well. >> yeah, a great example is kennedy beating fnixon. nixon was much more prepared, pitch the time he was 30 years old he had done everything. he was vice president at 39. amazing. if the president thinks he can outsmart the guy on the stage, you have to go in prepared. you have to prepare lines, you have to be organized. romney will go in with four or five lines. ill bet one of the lines will be "mr. president, youre a good man, youre a good family man, youve really done ...

Starts asking whats wrong with the other three or four years. its very hard to win. >> they called on jack kennedy to release his tax returns so they could know more about the man. >> i get the feeling he can tell you right now his last 12 years of taxes each year what he paid. hes that kind of guy. so tell us. >> he told abc news and would look back and tell them if he paidnd 13.9%. >> he says i want to reduce the corporate tax rate and keep at least the bush tax cuts for the rich. hes always t...

Pick a team of rivals for his cabinet. its fascinating, isnt it? >> it is. and its schlesinger and others that chris has just written about and had this sense with fdr and with kennedy that the president is the vital center of action. in this case its the president period basically with the exception as mika points out with the vice president. having two books about jfk, who loved politics so much, what is your take on obamas seeming lack of fondness for the fray that kennedy so thrived on? >> i...