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is this nit-picking by democrats? >> i think these are issues she's going to have to deal with. that's what campaigns are about. but i think what's also going on here is two things. one in a year in which people are really fed up with excess spending, the huge amounts of government waste and the big debt our country has, these personal foibles people have become side issues because people are focused on the bigger policy issues and i think that's what's driving in delaware. but there's another factor, anderson, that riles up the conservative base of the republican party and that's the mainstream media. i think there's a real sense here that this is overkill. where is the coverage of charlie rangel's win in harlem where you have one of the most corrupt members of congress who got reaffirmed by the people of his district to come back to washington, what does that say and mean about the democratic party? and when it comes to all the gaffes that she was making in her statements, if gaffes
have one of the most corrupt members of congress who got reaffirmed by the people of his district to come back to washington, what does that say and mean about the democratic party? and when it comes to all the gaffe that's she was making in her statements, if gaffes disqualify you from office joe biden never would have made it to the vice presidency but he get's pass from most of the national press corps. >> oh, come on. >> there's a strong sense that when these things happen to conservative, particularly women candidates, sarah palin and now christine o'donnell, there is a piling on factor that doesn't similarly happen with candidates on the other side of the aisle. >> david, do you think that's true? >> do i? >> yeah, do you? >> not really. my friend ari and i disagree on some of this. he talks about flaws, these are not flaws these are fundamental issues. this is a candidate trouble with money, trouble with jobs, trouble with the truth. those are pretty fundamental to any candidacy. i think the interesting thing, anderson, in all of this is the
and mean about the democratic party? and when it comes to all the gaffes that she was make in her statements, if gaffes disqualify you from office, joe biden never would have made it to the vice presidency but he gets a pass from most of the national press corps. >> oh, come on. >> there's a strong sense that when these things happen to conservatives, particularly women candidates, sarah palin and now christine o'donnell, there is a piling on factor that doesn't similarly happen when there are candidates on the other side of the aisle. >> david, do you think that's true? >> do i? >> yeah, do you? >> not really. my friend ari and i disagree on some of this. he talks about flaws, these are not flaws these are fundamental issues. this is a candidate who has had trouble with money, trouble with jobs, trouble with the truth. those are pretty fundamental to any candidacy. i think the interesting thing, anderson, in all of this is the republicans brought up these issues during the campaign. you know, the castle campaign ran against her based on a lot
reaffirmed by the people of his district to come back to washington, what does that say and mean about the democratic party? and when it comes to all the gaffe that's she was making in her statements, if gaffes disqualify you from office joe biden never would have made it to the vice presidency but he get's pass from most of the national press corps. >> oh, come on. >> there's a strong sense that when these things happen to conservative, particularly women candidates, sarah palin and now christine o'donnell, there is a piling on factor that doesn't similarly happen with candidates on the other side of the aisle. >> david, do you think that's true? >> do i? >> yeah, do you? >> not really. my friend ari and i disagree on some of this. he talks about flaws, these are not flaws these are fundamental issues. this is a candidate trouble with money, trouble with jobs, trouble with the truth. those are pretty fundamental to any candidacy. i think the interesting thing, anderson, in all of this is the republicans brought up these issues during the campaign.