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Welcome back to "hardball." it's hard to think of the circumstances under which hillary clinton decides not to run for president 2016. but the university of virginia's larry sabato had this to say today in a police in politico. now in her 60s, she knows as much as any human being alive what an arduous journey lies ahead. even for a heavily favored contender. there aren't too many shorter than hillary clinton. but as we watch with interest the unfolding surrounding chris christie, mrs. clinton may be watching and wondering if she really wants to put herself back into the meat grinder of profess...

Address tomorrow. the mystery is far from over. joining me now are new jersey, new jersey state senator ray lesniak and salon.com's joan walsh. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> glad to be here for sure. >> senator, the pressure is ramping up. new investigative committee formed. what questions do you want answered? >> well, first of all, we want to get down to the bottom of this. why was this retaliation taking place? what was the motive? and then, of course, what the governor knew. but after he knew, what did he do about it? we know what he did about it. he circumstance. ed --...

Little article on salon.com, i just want you to respond to this, because the writer was praising the different women in this particular ad, but writes it's hard to imagine janet yellen the new fed chair happy about being featured in an uplifting ad solely on the basis of being a woman. >> i'm honored to be standing beside these just exceptional women and i think it's true we're all human, i think also history has not given women our fair share and our time at the table and our time in the spotlight. so here we are. >> and just quickly, i have to ask, because so many people are wondering about ...

Former obama aid, blake zeph, argues that it often focuses on cultural liberal issues, while quietly doing wall street's bidding. so to get a window into this debate over the future of the party, we went to the source. joining us is nira tannen, adviser to president obama on the affordable care act, director of domestic policy for his presidential campaign, and she served on hillary clinton's 2008 campaign. she is the president of the center for american progress. and blake zeph is the politics editor for salon.com and veteran of the obama campaign, as well. welcome to you both. nira, why did ...

Preexisting conditions, are finding both their rates much more affordable, and finding their options much more widespread. >> joining me now is eric stern, a contributor for salon.com. eric, you've debunked yet another obama care attack from the right. tell us the story about ellie porter's -- her story and how the conservative media is distorting this one. >> well, look, ellie and her family are struggling. she's got a tumor on her kidney and now had surgery. radiation and chemo. and obviously, it's an enormous expense to give her health care. but i called the guy that you just saw, and talke...