the new book is called double down, game change 2012 and loaded with details how the obama campaign explained dumping joe biden and reed got the idea reid didn t pay income tax and more. the book doesn t come out until next week but jonathan martin has all the incite details and joins us now. it s fascinating on your reporting in this. how serious were they looking into having hillary clinton be the vice president? it was serious, not that it was intentionally polled and focused grouped. campaigns don t spend the money unless they are seriously exploring something. it was only known but about a half dozen of the top obama senior advisors, people like david axle rod and most notably the chief of staff william daily, then chief of staff who became close to joe biden. they are similar age, similar background. similar background. you talked to him?
next month until april. an e-mail from charles koch to friends says in part, we are working hard to understand the election results, to re-examine our vision and the strategies and capabilities required for success. the new york times reports game change co-authors mark halperin and joe hileman have signed on to write a new book about this year s election. the title, double down: game change 2012. and like the last book that chronicles the obama/mccain campaign, this will eventually be turned into a show on hbo. as more states move to decriminalize marijuana, you can add one more name to the list of people who think that is an idea worth exploring. that would be former president jimmy carter. i m in favor of it. i think it s okay. i think we could watch and see what happens in the state of washington, for instance, around seattle, and let the american government and let the american people see, does it cause a
to death con 1. this rank power grab should make it obvious to all congressional republicans that they shouldn t waste time working with democrats on pretty much anything. democrats did not operated in good faith on obamacare and they are not operating in good faith now. and that s the memo. now on to the top story. a litany of new obamacare problems coming to light. we are learning that if you like your doctor, you might not be able to keep your doctor. and a number of the country s top hospitals, such as the mayo clinic are being cut out of the exchanges. meantime, fox news has learned that a week before the obamacare web site launched, top aides to the president were nervous that it would fail. joining me now from chicago, mark halperin, who is the co-author of the new book double down, game change 2012 and mark is also the editor at large for time magazine whose cover story this week is, check it