robert tufts is 4 years old. howdy, partner. 4 years old and already spending our tax dollars on pony rides. 4 years old and already on a major power trip. you think she likes you just for you or like you because you re the mayor? likes me because i m the mayor. 4 years old and already dodging the tough questions. what s your favorite flavor? strawberry and chocolate. last time we checked, that s two flavors. robert tufts, wishy-washy. endorsed by a 5-year-old who wants to be mayor, too. that s like most ads. for the record, that was definitely not a real ad. hear me? not. has the white house learned anything over the scandal, the kerfuffle over at the irs? that s ahead. you re watching hardball. the place for politics. .so you say men are superior drivers? yeah?
hope i don t mess up. again. getting more complicated. let me see. this is great. anyway, those kids aren t even in kindergarten yet. finally, ever think you d see an attack ad against a 4-year-old? or that a 4-year-old would have any involvement in politics whatsoever? dorset, minnesota, a town with under 30 people in its population, the mayor is chosen from names drawn out of a hat. the last drawing, 4-year-old robert tufts won the job of mayor. his term is up this august. there he is. the vh1 show best week ever had fun trying to figure out what an attack ad against him might look like. robert tufts is 4 years old. howdy, partner. 4 years old and already spending our tax dollars on pony rides. 4 years old and already on a
0 coincidence, though, the game they played wasn t the hoop game at the fair but it was throw the football. let me tell you, having lost a lot of money on those games, you put it through the rim. the problem is for the money guys collecting money, giving away a doll a year. those guys. there s a little extra two inches into the basket, it gets really tight in there. the ball bounces right out every time. former senate majority leader bob dole, he s 90 years old now, who held the post of senate majority leader, and ran the post against bill clinton, giving him a good run, dished out a bracing dish of truth today. let s listen to what the old guy has to say to the younger guys and women. what do you think of your party, of the republicans today? i think they ought to put a sign on the national committee doors that says closed for repairs until new year s day next year. and spend that time going over building naming ceremony. true american hero, bob dole. infrastructure is a bad
generally known for one thing. he wants it to be rebuilding new jersey after tropical storm sandy. but wait, can a positive constructive republican like governor christie still win in the party nationally? can he convince the angry tea party types that government can work for them? can he be a boardwalk empire in 2016 that stretches down to florida and west through pennsylvania, ohio, and michigan? he s not the only voice asking for this. bob dole wonders what happened to eisenhower republicanism. and wasn t ike the president who built the country s interstate highway system? two big voices for a return to gop glory. will they be heard or drowned out by the hard right bomb throwers like the cruz missile from texas? michael steele was chairman of the republican party. he s now an msnbc political analyst. and steve mcmahon is a democratic strategist. let s hear it. the obama/christie cleanup team was back this week working the jersey shore just this afternoon. let s watch. it
i m erica hill. prepare yourself, you may not see lester holt after today. any of us. we have a pool. these are our winning tickets. a security guard right over there. so careful and so into it, we re using the back of some old envelope as a record sheet. we re saving trees. list, 22 people at weekend today have paid their $5. i want this on camera for the deposition later when we re not friends. i gave a $20 for you guys. if this works out, $27 million per person. for 22 people, not so bad. $17 million doesn t go like it used to. not when you are living large like holt does. it s crazy. there are strategies to winning which we may employ later today. o.j. simpson trying to get a new trial after conviction for robbery and kidnapping. his former lawyer took the stands on friday. a riveting hearing. now up to a judge to decide. so what are simpson s chances? we ll check in with our legal expert on that one. catch up with the young woman who shocked t