jon: andrew breitbart played a big role in feeding the news cycle over the past few years has died at the age of 43. it s driangd in the last few years, conservatives used to take it but we re not taking it anymore. andrew breitbart was a best selling author and took on the community activist group acorn and was behind the investigations that led to the controversial firing of sure ri sherrod and also anthony weiner. it was the oner case that he came before his defense congressman said he was not the one that told the truth. everything came to be true.
jon: andrew breitbart played a big role in feeding the news cycle over the past few years has died at the age of 43. it s driangd in the last few years, conservatives used to take it but we re not taking it anymore. andrew breitbart was a best selling author and took on the community activist group acorn and was behind the investigations that led to the controversial firing of sure ri sherrod and also anthony weiner. it was the oner case that he came before his defense congressman said he was not the one that told the truth. everything came to be true.
particularly from charle new yk times. it took him a while to back off the statements. more broadly, has religious played a role in the way people voted? i think the record there is mixed. if you look at exit polls, people tell volunteer to exit pollsters they care and want to share their values. but then in specific ways and specific states, those, it doesn t track. rick santorum was supposed to get a big boost because there were lots of, 378% i believe of new hampshire voters were catholic. it didn t happen that way. we have seen that in state after state after state. bret: i want to wrap up this panel getting reflections about andrew breitbart. his career, his life. perhaps his legacy. charles? first of all, a terrible tragedy. a man so young, wife, four young kids left behind. i didn t know him. but i knew, i watched him and knew of him. he is a man of incredible passion and commitment. and courage. he is the guy that brought down acorn.
ministry, they pulled them out of the ministry. we learned some advisors returned but many are on lockdown because of the security concerns. bret? bret: more on this with the panel. conor powell live in afghanistan. thank you. a prominent con seventive voice has been silenced. publisher and activist andrew breitbart died overnight in los angeles, apparently of natural causes. adam housley looks at breitbart s life and legacy. everything has changed in the last few years. conservatives used to take it and we re not taking it anymore. [ applause ] reporter: andrew breitbart was a best-selling author and conservative crusadeer who took on the community activist group acorn and behind investigations that led to controversial firing of usda official shirley sherrod and the resignation of anthony weiner. anthony weiner came to his own defense minutes after the
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