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Shortest negative resume. >> that's right. and, you know, the golden rule is, first, do no harm. and when you do look at portman, he has that tie to the bush administration. he was head of omb there. and that's going to make democrats be able to easily make that argument, where they can tie mitt romney to the bush administration. but i do think they also are thinking about who can step in the job on day one. and pawlenty, i think, has a bit of a gravitas problem. i think he has these, you know, even though you didn't like the beer and the foam met taphometa know, it's kind of quirky and a soun...

Top of my list for your first book. >> when i got the contract to write this book i had a radio show and i since have a tv show. i goodette to talk about whatever i want. i wanted to write a book because i felt like i couldn't talk about this in the other things that i did for a living. i feel this is a longer idea. this is not a sound bite thing. this is not a between the commercials idea. i felt i needed to lay it out long form. it's been bothering me for a very long time, this idea that we've made a series of changes over time, over the course of my lifetime, i think, that in all cases have...

And can you dismantle what you call this military super structure? i have to ask you, of all the topics that i thought that rachel maddow would take on, this was not the one i put on top of my list for your first book. >> when i got the contract to write this book i had a radio show and i since have a tv show. i get to talk about whatever i want. i wanted to write a book because i felt like i couldn't talk about this in the other things that i did for a living. i feel this is a longer idea. this is not a sound bite thing. this is not a between the commercials idea. i felt i needed to lay it ou...

The president couldn't let the moment pass without talking about the fact that they were in that room while the oscars were going on. let's listen. >> i know some of you may be confused and think that this is the oscars. there are some similarities. first of all, everybody looks spectacular, and the second thing is if i speak too long, the music will start playing. >> giving him the good rap. don't even think about it. >> he actually made an appearance, sort of, in the oscars. i missed it. i must have been getting my chinese takeout but what happened? >> if you blinked you would have missed it...