mike huckabee are out, gone, kaput. donald trump promises us that this time he really, really meant it. but he faced three options. quit, lose or win the presidency. he chose the gate. donald, you re fired. trump is out. huckabee is out. got better things to do. but what s the republican party going to do? plus nasty newt attacking the plan to kill medicare the same plan he, newt, endorsed two weeks ago. on meet the press yesterday he kept blowing the dog whistle. he thinks only white people can hear about obama being the food stamp president who wants to turn the country into detroit. gingrich was forced to confess he was always for the individual mandate for health insurance, so were most of the other republicans it turns out until they found out obama liked it. here s the biggest store riff the day, the head of the international monetary fund is being held in manhattan without bail on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid on saturday. he was considered to be a top c
he was considered to be a top candidate for president of france. let me start with the disastrous marriage of the republicans and the tea party. we started with a look at the new 2012 gop field such as it is. time magazine s mark halperin is here and jim vandehei is here as well. here s trump today. let s listen to his reasoning, such as it is. i ve decided we are going to continue onward with celebrity apprentice. we re going to continue making lots and lots of money for charity. i will not be running for president as much as i d like to. and i want to thank everybody very much. thank you, very much. i want to get both gentlemen s response. i respect both you guys thinking. mike halperin, then jim vandehei. he didn t even go to the trouble, donald trump, who has
that s right, donald trump and mike huckabee are out, gone, kaput. donald trump promises us that this time he really, really meant it. but he faced three options. quit, lose or win the presidency. he chose the gate. donald, you re fired. trump is out. huckabee is out. got better things to do. but what s the republican party going to do? plus nasty newt attacking the plan to kill medicare the same plan he, newt, endorsed two weeks ago. on meet the press yesterday he kept blowing the dog whistle. he thinks only white people can hear about obama being the food stamp president who wants to turn the country into detroit. gingrich was forced to confess he was always for the individual mandate for health insurance, so were most of the other republicans it turns out until they found out obama liked it. here s the biggest store riff the day, the head of the international monetary fund is being held in manhattan without bail on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid on saturday.
bill daly at the alfalfa dinner saturday night, joking around the white house, they call him the manchurian candidate. wow. there s a piece in the wall street journal about senator bayh joining the firm. keep connecting the dots. i am. mark halperin, you continue to throw icy cold water on this huntszman story. you are not impressed by john huntsman. there s going to be a strong establishment counterweight to mitt romney. you re not impressed by him. i like him. see, that icy water is warming up. watch mark halperin change his position. it is getting luke warm. halperin is flip-flopping on huntsman. thank you so much. we ll talk to you later. thanks, mike. protecting some of the
we ll be watching that. let s go to politico now, a lot in the playbook. a lot going on. it s packed. mike allen is here to deliver it all. there s one right there. oh, yeah. go ahead. mike, how you doing? good morning, sunshines. good morning, sunshine. so you know, i m big with the twitter. so i retweeted a line that he had, mike allen had in his sunday playbook. you know it s bad when, dot dot dot. i think i saw this. did you see it? iranians are getting their people out of egypt to keep them safe. i mean iraqis are getting them out. that s a sign, mike allen. stability. it s progress? hm-mm. we had evan bayh on a couple days ago, here in new york on the set with us. very nice man. yes, sweet. he s not going back to the