and get this. the reason why he said this was a 90-minute conversation he had with fox news national security analyst, kathleen mcfarland who went on ailes behest to pitch this. petraeus said at the time my wife would divorce me if i decided to run. i love my wife. we have a beautiful house with his and hers bathrooms, believe it or not. i just want to live in it. i ve never spent a night in it. he was doing other things, i guess. it s also raising an interesting debate. should the head of a news organization be actively involved in recruiting candidates for president? obviously, you know, in this day and age, we know which network leans left, which network leans right. should you be that actively involved to say i will quit to run someone s campaign? it raises an interesting debate and media circles, i think, as well.
rogers ailes denies this, saying the strategist that went on his behalf to pitch this. that sonny was way out of line. and zero chance he would leave fox. the money was too good. that s what we say about our jobs. yes, that s exactly what we always say. yip. thank you, willis. it wasn t all rancor over the fiscal cliff though. in voting on defense and disability measures on capitol hill. when we heard hard work was done yesterday, it was time, after all, that political mess to get a little festive in d.c. please, let s do so. plenty of hard-working members of congress there to watch as the capitol hill christmas tree was lit. a 65-foot spruce brought to washington, all the way from colorado. there are 10,000 lights on that tree. they will shine from now until the day after christmas. and maybe we can all agree on the tree if nothing else this year. sure looks pretty. i saw the tree at rockefeller. i was underwhelmed. really? i was underwhelmed. i had high expectatio