how are you, sir? good, how are you doing? i m always a little biased to a guy named chuck. chuck lorre or something absolutely. what s interesting, i m going to make the politics first. you threw in bill clinton. we ve been doing nixon. the original modern day villain for people who are still alive today. you made an interesting observation in the book about why bill clinton survived his scandal and why richard nixon didn t. when i was initially doing this book, i actually was intending to write about nixon. seemed like a figure, an important person to talk about. so i m reading all these books, watching these documents about nixon. i was born in 1972. if i write about this, i m not really reacting to anything except other people s you wanted to write about people that you understood i tried to be skeptical about the way information is gathered
$10,000 bounty might incite people do go do it, and i could see under florida charges filed on that, but when you read the posters that i saw also have the facts of the martin death placed on it, it might be part of this free speech. we want something done, and the black community calling out for something to be done, and they think there s been an injustice because this child slain was black rather than white. megyn: there s no question of whether justice was done in connection with trayvon martin s death. there s no question. but this is a different question that the zimmerman family is raising about whether a crime has also been committed against george zimmerman, in if particular by the new black panther party? i mean, is it are we at the stage now, chip, in this society where you can just say this, you can say that guy needs to be in fear for his life, and he should be in fear for his life because his baby needs to die, a life for a life in this country, and i m putting up a pos
guy s a child killer, that s okay? well, in this particular country we have a lot of freedom of speech, and people have a right when they re upset to say certain things. the question is that $10,000 bounty. that s what would be against the law because the that s an offer for somebody else to do something illegal to take zimmerman ted or alive. but dead or alive. but if you look at the entirety of what they re saying megyn: how would that be a defense? because when megyn: if somebody goes out and shoots george zimmerman, are they really going to be able to defend themselves by saying look at the entirety of the flyer, your honor? is. morally, be wrong to even call for such a thing, and certainly martin luther king would never ask for an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because he wasn t that way. the call is for authorities to do something because what they feel what has happened in megyn: but, chip, that s fine standing on its own, there have
guy, your thoughts on whether the republican party will get behind mitt romney whose approval ratings have continuously been in the 30s and 20s in some cases. 30s or 40s in terms of his support within the republican party. will the conservatives get behind mitt romney now? absolutely, no question about it. two words. barack obama. we saw a speech from the president last week tuesday that was you surreal in its demagoguy and dishonesty, trashing mitt romney and trashing paul ryan and taking the gloves off. i think mitt romney has improved as a candidate. we have to tip our hat to rick santorum and newt gingrich for holding his feet to the fire. you are not going to get this nomination by acclamation. you have to work for it and prove it. we saw an excellent response
there was a thought that republicans should follow their hearts and go with a conservative nominee that reflected the views of the base. but as the process has gone forward and you have seen the power of the president s reelection effort, an understanding has blossomed across the republican party that they are going to have to appeal to those folks that gave barack obama the presidency in the first place and mitt romney is the guy to do it. aside from a remarkable political story, a deepening understanding among republicans, they think mitt romney is the guy who can do that job. megyn: as far as rick santorum goes, he seemed to peak according to some at the ideal time. he had to take a lot of licks in these debates. it was late in the process that other had been eliminated. then he peaked and people started to get behind him and think he might become the republican nominee.