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Last friday for indiana to take the money available under the law. >> well, it's interesting, of course, governors have to actually serve their people as opposed to congresspeople. >> it's a real job. >> it's a real job for them. they have to face their constituents every day. they do want to make their state function. maybe some of the people have accepted it is the law. >> don't you remember the great ronald reagan role, and maybe, james,s you're a young guy, you may remember it. ronald reagan said it's amazing how much good you can do if you don't care who gets credit for it. change the nam...

A lot more like these. what do you see in the coming week on the bridge scandal story? >> it's hard to say where the bridge scandal story goes now. a lot of these e-mails were dumped out yesterday. people are trying to figure the what they mean and amount to. looks like there's going to be more public testimony, subpoenas, investigations and, you know, the big question is, will this lead us -- will there be any evidence christie knew what was going on and then the story really blows up on to a new level. it's possible it kind of peters out and we see a lot of embarrassing e-mails among state f...

Internal new jersey politics story. the incoming speaker of the state assembly in new jersey is a product of this alliance that chris christie has with democrats, pro-christie democrats. there was some thought the incoming speaker would not suspend the subpoena authority until this week. >> what's perfect, that gets to the core of this whole thing because the entire core of the christie appeal, right, of the christie mystique is i bring people together, i've got democrats for christie, christie-crats. i'm the only person who can make this state function because i've got these democrats and we ...

Christie-crats. i'm the only person who can make this state function because i've got these democrats and we can work together. while washington is broken. and what this does, it shows what the predicate was for that kind of cooperation which is that if you stepped out of line, you got traffic for four days in your town. >> right. the other thing is, like, we have -- one of the -- there are many unresolved questions from today. i think one of them is very much, was -- it's been reported this is about an endorsement, seeking an endorsement from a democratic mayor and denied the endorsement. i'm...

Where the federal government took over a state function. or is that a good thing. >> it is a big per are to's lot of i think it is infezible. >> and shows how dysfunctional it would be. >> and anything youo is coming down the taet 2014. with care. >> we have seen dits fufrns function in the system. >> this is a lot of us kwho play more. and there will be a not of to be