2014. but republicans are really angry because, martin, if you look at the history books, a republican has not won a senate race in new jersey since 1972 with clifford case. they re trying to get back into the game in new jersey politics but with having a two-month primary, having only a week to file, it gives republicans a limited if 0% opportunity to really pick up that seat, put together some momentum. while these individuals, robert, are putting together, as you say, they re kind of proposal and petition, mr. christie is off to mitt romney s shindig. do you think he s going to have his ear chewed by people when he gets there? perhaps. that doesn t seem to bother governor christie. he s going out to mitt romney s utah retreat in park city. as much as he s angering conservatives with his maneuvers right now in new jersey, he s still trying to make a play for 2016. by going to utah to meet with mitt romney and huddle with his donors, he s going to appeal to them and say he s more
0 cycle. martin, we ll pass it over to you. thank you very much, indeed, whoever you are. i love you. good afternoon. it s thursday june the 6th. washington, there s a call on line one, but i guess you already knew that, didn t you? i will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need. stunning report. i m a verizon customer. not one more thing. i don t mind verizon turning over records. big brother is spying on all of us. this will trigger a leak investigation. you have ben rosen. exploiting a part of the highly controversial patriot act. everyone should just calm down. this isn t anything that is brand new. president bush started it. president obama s continuing it. this man ran as the anti-bush. fisa court works. separation of powers works. our constitution works. what the obama administration has done is massively more expansive than what bush did. illegal evesdropping program. between the failure of general ho
and they think that he if he was up to something, or if the administration, the bureaucrats were up to something, the obama white house in some way, may have known. that s why you re going to see subpoenas, investigations continue. the president may have felt like he settled a lot of these issues with his press conferences today and yesterday. when i talked to senate republicans, when i talked to house republicans, they re just starting, martin. they feel this is really an issue where they can open up this presidency and try to peek inside. okay. well, very briefly, robert, what would it take to appease these republicans fears? is there anything short of imprisoning the president or sending him back to chicago? you hear very few republicans publicly talking about impeachment, and only a few were even raising the issue. i think they want to see some more interest from holder on his role. they want to see doug shulman, the ex-irs commissioner come before congress and testify. i th
number two, a really dismaying willingness to mislead and to deceive the american people. and i think the american people have every right to expect better. congress tea party caucus made an impressive show of force outside the capitol building this morning, but just how far are some republicans willing to go? with their demand for multiple investigations of the white house? well, if our next guest is correct, then this summer in washington could be a very long and hot one, indeed. so let s welcome robert coster of national review nag dean. good afternoon, how are you? good afternoon, martin, great to be here. now, of all the options republicans have for starting investigations, you actually think that they re going to settle on one thing as their focus. is that right? that s right. there s a mess of scandals right now in washington, but house
republicans especially who are in the majority are very interested in the irs scandal because behind the scenes i cover them when they re in their cloak rooms and at their conference meetings. they believe they can sell this to the american people as a law and order issue. they don t think they will get tagged with being partisan as much with the other scandals. i expect them this summer to focus on the irs. some conservative intellectuals, charles krauthammer, for example, warned republicans not to overplay their hand and feed a narrative that investigations are all about politics. are republicans that you re talking to aware, conscious of this particular risk and danger? they are very aware of this, especially as republicans are always aware that they don t want to go over the line. they know that the american people and especially the press robert, they don t want to go over the line? did you hear them this morning? when i say they, i mean the leadership. you re right. the