Welcome back to the revvies. here once again is the host of politics nation the reverend al sharpton. thank you, and welcome back for our final revvie awards of the evening. it s time for the revvie for the worst political performance of the year. alex, who gets your thumbs down for 2011? who really blew it. it was a subtle employment, but tour deforce, eric cantor. the man who kept the ensured the republican caucus was split, he went toe to toe behind john boehner and ensured no grand bargain could happen. i don t think he gets enough credit for his job of really fracturing congress, and i think
Ado, please welcome our host, the reverend al sharpton. good evening. welcome to the revvie awards. eye reverend al sharpton, the host of politics nation and your host for this evening s festivities. we have a great show tonight, as we give out our awards for the highlights and low lights of politics 2011. and to do it we have a great group of judges, alex wall northwesterly is here, and richard wolffe. michael steele is here, and maria teresa kumar. richard wolffe dusted off his tux to be here, and of course it wouldn t we wouldn t have had the reservies without a strong opinion or two from mike real steele. let s get right into it tonight. first up, the spotlight awards, for the best thing that hopped in alex, who is your pick?
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The real problem was a lack of leadership. so ultimately you didn t blame li l john or meatloaf, you fired gary busey. here again is your host, the reverend al sharpton. that s i d like to welcome back our esteemed panel of judges. great to have all of you with us for these awards. it is the season of giving. so let s get right back to giving out revvie awards. the next award is the ticktock award, because the winner is the one who had their 15 minutes of attention, and it s over. ticktock award. without question, sarah palin. it happened early in the year right after gabby giffords was shot. she gave a people i think it
And the high priest test of high noon politics, alex wagner. all sitting around, and after their input, i will announce the award winners. y all are getting dressed up for this. formal and sold out. this is an event to be seen. don t miss it tonight at 6:00 p.m. black tie only. black tie only. you have to dress up at home, everybody. reverend al sharpton. great to see you. merry christmas. merry christmas to you, too. tune into politics nation. revvie awards, our graphic. back with more after this. th pl? when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it. you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell s chunky. it s amazing what soup can do.