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Really -- i'm really -- my hands of kind of tied behind my back. i think what we really understated throughout this presidency is how much he misses things like ear marks, how much he misses ability -- ways to get lawmakers to come to his cause that are sort of subtle behind the scenes but ultimately effective. i think that has been a really undertold story. >> al, the word that came out of the press conference yesterday, heard from so many people he was reactive. dane ma millbank wrote this in "the washington post" yesterday. he ricocheted through his news conference as he has through the pre...

She doesn't really have the on the ground knowledge of the state that somebody like grimes does. >> bill clinton, saw the ear marks of bill clinton, the fingerprints. he likes this candidate grimes, secretary of state, because he liked her father, who helped him. this is so clinton. makes perfect sense. >> first of all, bill clinton regards kentucky as a sub jurisdiction of political power. he won that state twice, last democrat to do so, he feels very much at home there. when i went to that dinner in kentucky that led to my story about judd, clinton was in charge. jerry lundigrin, father of a...

Does. >> bill clinton, saw the ear marks of bill clinton, the fingerprints. he likes this candidate grimes, secretary of state, because he liked her father, who helped him. this is so clinton. makes perfect sense. >> first of all, bill clinton regards kentucky as a sub jurisdiction of political power. he won that state twice, last democrat to do so, he feels very much at home there. when i went to that dinner in kentucky that led to my story about judd, clinton was in charge. jerry lundigrin, father of allison grimes, supported hillary clinton heavily. gave to the clinton library, gives to all...

>> deb steelman who would have won -- who was -- who had been elected state treasurer. did not have the baggage that todd akin had. it is amazing to me that people think todd akin is the best we could have come up with. he wasn't even a tea partyer. he is one of the biggest advocates of ear marks in the congress and we got a bunch of tea party people for their own reasons, tea party professionals trying to suggest he was the best we could come up with. i want to be clear about this. crossroads is second to none in support of tea party candidates. in 2010 and 2012 we spent over $30 million for ...

>> deb steelman who would have won -- who was -- who had been elected state treasurer. did not have the baggage that todd akin had. it is amazing to me that people think todd akin is the best we could have come up with. he wasn't even a tea partyer. he is one of the biggest advocates of ear marks in the congress and we got a bunch of tea party people for their own reasons, tea party professionals trying to suggest he was the best we could come up with. i want to be clear about this. crossroads is second to none in support of tea party candidates. in 2010 and 2012 we spent over $30 million for ...