with voter questions in arizona and quyale says hey, i m in arizona. no problems with the election results here. it just shows you that pence was either struggling deeply to deal with the pressure he was facing from trump or he was more open to this or whatever it was, but it is a very, very stark picture of these days and what mike pence was under. wow. dan quyale comes to the rescue of the republic. phil, you ve got great sources in your book. general milley obviously played add major role, character in all that you wrote. this all rings true. it certainly rings true from what i has been told about the group of national security officials who were determined after january 6th in particular not to let anything happen, which would disturb, you know,
people have crafted this is that pence was you know, went out and did this thing on january 6th and did the right thing. the book shows that pence took a pretty path to get there. there s a stark exchange pence has in late december with dan quyale, the former vice president, in which pence is asking him about the certification of the election. he did this in 1993 when bill clinton was elected and pence is asking him about this. he says, look, trump really wants me to do something extreme here and they say i have this power and dan quyale was like, knocking this down and saying absolutely not. you cannot do anything. you have to follow this. and pence is saying well, is there any way that i could delay in? then pence says look, you know, he said there are these problems
conservatives have decided that they have a new man crush and we have scored some shirtless pictures of him. i know you would not expect that from me in particular, but we ve got it. that story s coming up. but first. one more thing about virginia politics and friday night news dumps. we just got word, thanks to a late friday night press announcement, that the spokesman who bob mcdonnell has hired to handle his corruption scandal is leaving. this just broke late tonight that the scandal handling pro who s an old republican hand who worked for newt gingrich and dan quyale, that guy hads left tonight. the washington post reporting that he says his departure does not mean anything one way or the other about whether bob mcdonnell of virginia is about to be indicted. ask if his leaving meant an zimt is not expected, he said it means what it says. see, this is why it always pays
conservatives have decided that they have a new man crush and we have scored some shirtless pictures of him. i know you would not expect that from me in particular, but we ve got it. that story s coming up. but first. one more thing about virginia politics and friday night news dumps. we just got word, thanks to a late friday night press announcement, that the spokesman who bob mcdonnell has hired to handle his corruption scandal is leaving. this just broke late tonight that the scandal handling pro who s an old republican hand who worked for newt gingrich and dan quyale, that guy has left tonight. the washington post reporting that he says his departure does not mean anything one way or the other about whether bob mcdonnell of virginia is about to be indicted. quoting from the post, ask if his leaving meant an indictment is not expected any time soon and he says, it means what it says. see, this is why it always pays to work friday nights in the news business.
he doesn t want a good line to fall flat or come off as too aggressive. well, neither of those was the problem when lloyd benson delivered this classic line against dan quyale in the debate of 1988. i served with jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you re no jack kennedy. so, historically, have these showdowns made a real difference in the race? i m joined now by michael beschloss. good to see you. good morning. same here, chris. we know mitt romney is practicing, but are they ever spontaneous or always rehearsed? they re usually rehearsed because there s too much at stake and you re right. sometimes, a pennant can say something that sounds so rehearsed it just doesn t work. for instance, george h.p. bush when he was vice president was debating against geraldine fer