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>> i don't mean to laugh. >> what do you think about john's suggestion that we have to tackle the primaries. not necessarily with his solution, but we need to highlight not just amending the constitution, which we'd all like to talk about, but really engaging the primary system in a way that -- >> we have had primaries for awhile. my problem is -- >> let me be clear. i'm making a specific point which is that mechanism and structure by which we conduct our primaries seems like it has vast improvement. >> it has everything to do with county, local politicians ruling and being boss hogs. >> then ...

Congress. both sides of the aisle, democrats harry reid and nancy pelosi, republicans mitch mcconnell and john boehner, where is their leadership? compare them to lyndon johnson and speaker sam rayburn in the '50s. before my time, but i hear it was awfully nice. giants-like speaker tip o'neill, even the loyal opposition of gerald ford and everette dirkson in the '60s and '70s. john alter is with us today. there's a human tendency to look to the past. they call it euphoric recall. we look to the past. it was better then. was it better then? >> well, i'm not sure. i just came from speaking with

Embarrassment. >> john alter, you're going to be seeing a lot of that tape, 2008 tape of back when christie was u.s. attorney. you'll see a lot of that if christie jumps in the race. >> absolutely. you'll also see a lot of tape you showed earlier of his saying i'm not ready. that's really a problem for him. he'll be asked by every reporter about the "i'm not ready" comment and he'll be challenged by every other republican candidate on immigration. look at the heat that rick perry is taking and he's been quite tough on the border, but they got him on this one issue that relates to the children ...

He has said i run a machine, i own washington and there's nothing you can do about it. that's where we are. >> well, let's take a lock now at something he said recently. the obama/rel pell lows iscy/reid system is clearly aç secular socialist machine and obama is the most radical president in american history. what is this new precious bodily fluids right how of "dr. strangelove" why is he saying secular socialist? what is that about? that phrase? >> well, he is trying to appeal to social conservatives, despite the fact of his messy personal past, three wives and two bad divorces, he is tryi...

Tend to win, he is a interesting to -- he is a trogladite. >> maybe there are people really, really red hot, angry but how angry would you have to be, john alter to vote for this guy, even in a caucus? >> well, he is going to get some votes because he actually -- the times i had fascinating conversations with him, i thought in the '9, he was actually right on a few issues, so, it's what day you catch him on, kind of the good newt, who sounds reasonable and intelligence and then there's the unbelievably irresponsible newt. >> well here he is -- >> part of it is who is going to show up in iowa a...