probably i don t believe governor christie ordered the lanes to be closed. but he had to be his whole staff was involved in making up this phony story. it s a loss of credibility that is really going to haunt the governor, for sure. david sampson has emerged as a key figure in this. and sampson, we ve talked about on the show. he s very well respected. he s part of the new jersey establishment. it does seem, though, that there s just almost an inherent conflict in him being at this law firm that s politically connected while sharing the port authority. forget whether the guy is an angel or a devil. he s in a position that is almost the abuse of power and conflict of interest seems baked into it. it really came out in that story that your colleague steve kornacki reported. you have a former law colleague of david sampson who now works for the chris christie administration recommending hoboken goes for this money. the port authority approves it.
staff was involved in making up this phony story. it s a loss of credibility that is really going to haunt the governor, for sure. david sampson has emerged as a key figure in this. and sampson, we ve talked about on the show. he s very well respected. he s part of the new jersey establishment. it does seem, though, that there s just almost an inherent conflict in him being at this law firm that s politically connected while sharing the port authority. forget whether the guy is an angel or a devil. he s in a position that is almost the abuse of power and conflict of interest seems baked into it. it really came out in that story that your colleague steve kornacki reported. you have a former law colleague of david sampson who now works for the chris christie administration recommending hoboken goes for this money. the port authority approves it. suddenly emerges as the best developer for this ad. let s look at this google map. this has gotten lost in the story.
this phony story. it s a loss of credibility that is really going to haunt the governor, for sure. david sampson has emerged as a key figure in this. and sampson, we ve talked about on the show. he s very well respected. he s part of the new jersey establishment. it does seem, though, that there s just almost an inherent conflict in him being at this law firm that s politically connected while sharing the port authority. forget whether the guy is an angel or a devil. he s in a position that is almost the abuse of power and conflict of interest seems baked into it. it really came out in that story that your colleague steve kornacki reported. you have a former law colleague of david sampson who now works for the chris christie administration recommending hoboken goes for this money. the port authority approves it. suddenly emerges as the best developer for this ad. let s look at this google map. this has gotten lost in the story. the prologue. the premayor version is this.
i m glad he rewrote the statute rather than the constitution, but neither one of those can pass rational scrutiny. megyn: before i let you go, we re going to be joined by douglas holtz-eakin who was formerly of the cbo. they score the bill, they know about medicaid. he s got some opinions on this medicaid piece of the bill, but what are your thoughts? that s one area where those challenging the law won to some extent. what are your thoughts on the import of that piece of the court s ruling? i m pretty much at sea on that, megyn. i didn t want argue that. that involved the states. the net of what the court did today was say they could require you to have this new medicaid expansion, but they couldn t impose the onerous financial penalties on you that the act was going to impose. so i think it s just a purely numbers question for a lot of states. is the penalties for not participating worse than participating and all the expenditures that that requires, and i just don t know the answer