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To be very careful when you take this tough guy approach because over time, if you alienate too many people, then you end up like governor walker this wisconsin. he's right on that line. >> you know what he reminds me of physically? raymond burr. enormously popular guy. years and years of perry mason and the wheelchair guy. >> he's no perry mason. he's a reformer. he's trying to get the fiscal house in order. a guy like me from chicago, illinois's going bankrupt. >> let's cut to the quick here. john alter, you're one of the smartest guys in television and print. will this guy be among the poss...

Whole staff of carville and george and all those people were sort of pushed aside for months and he brought in dick morrison and went to the right. remember? >> there was total disarray within the white house and the democratic party for months after 1994 election. >> he seemed to have a better election night than anybody thought, psychologically. why is that? why it was good mentally for him? >> i think we've learned from history, the best thing that i can think of. >> john, your thoughts about the mission statement? you've been writing about it in the epilogue to your book. "the promise." >>...

Writer, editorial board member, all around jack of all trades, jonathan capehart. msnbc political analyst and news week national affairs columnist and publisher of the controversial piece "today." john alter, and christian, generally not that controversial. listen, no you're not. she's the wire walker. she creates the synthesis, the path forward. i don't know. first topic for the megapanel, the mosque controversy. speaking of controversy, republicans trying to make political hay out of president obama's back and forth comments about building of the ground zero mosque. take a listen. >> for a p...

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