don t want to do if when the guy is micced and on live television at the time. the result of all this, we were talking about there being four republican responses to the state of the union last night. this was the fifth and it wound up eclipsing all others. it s such a horrific thing to actually see. governor rendell, you have a right to consider a reporter breaking a ground rule, if they had a grounds rule. we don t know that, this was only going to be reaction to the state of the union. how do you deal with the fact that the reporter wants to get on camera on a matter you don t want to talk about. the congressman should have stuck to liz first answer and said, i m only here to talk about the president s state of the un yn speech, we can get to that some other day and sluv it off like that. if he continues to persist, he looks like the unreasonable one. it s true i ve yelled at some reporters over the course of time. but i ve never threatened bodily
and say that he didn t know anything about it. we did it on our own. but chris, the problem with that is let s assume governor christie didn t know anything about it. then why for god s name would an activist governor, and he was an activist governor just like i was, why would he let the lanes be closed for five days, jeopardizing public safety, when they told him it was a traffic study? if they said that to me, i would have said, take that traffic study and stick it where the sun don t shine. let s open those lanes right now. i want those lanes opened in 30 minutes. well, that s exactly the kind of governor, mayor you were. let me go back to michael. that s the kind of governor and mayor he was. when there s a big fire, you want to see the mayor and governor on the curb across the street. when a fireman is hurt, you want to see him in the hospital with him like mayor rendell was all those nights. you want him there on the beat. don t want the guy hiding saying gee wiz, don t tell me
going to make it very difficult for him to escape this. let me go to michael on. this michael, what do you say he should do? we re assuming he doesn t know how things are going to turn out down the road. you re taking that into consideration or not, that into consideration or not, either way, i think christie has done the oh, gee, i didn t know, my bad, we made a mistake. now get back to work. i think the fact is he needs to govern p govern. he needs to go back to doing what governors do in states like new jersey that still have issues and problems that need to be solved. those have not gone away. i think to governor rendell s point, the less you focus on your political opponents and rhettry boou retribution, getting caught up in that and showing more of your willingness to continue the bipartisan efforts that have been successful for you up to this point, the better off you will be. again, chris, this is barring no further revolution revolutions, shoe s dropping showing his finger
president? i think he feels comfortable with that. would you back him for president? yes. i know you won t, governor rendell. he s the wrong party for you. thank you. thank you, michael steele, for being straight up for this guy. we ll be right back after this. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. .and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world s great stories. that began much the same way ours did.
going back to work is the best thing for him now. the whole question, governor rendell, seems back when water gate was happening, everybody was saying it s gong ing to be decided by the politicians and ended up being decided by the evidence. people did a good job under peter rodino. they had him in the cover-up of watergate. nailed him for an impeachable offense as they all saw it. for example, if he knows he did say something to bridget kelly, he did say something to kevin o dowd, chief of staff, listened to something from charlie mckenna, his counsel, he s counting on what, executive privilege down the line? what s his bet here? he basically circled the wagons and said i only have two report, those two guys and she s not to be believed. that s where he s circling the wagons now. i think he has to simply hope the people around him, the people involved in this stay with the party line.