second term, the democrats picked up four seats in the house of representatives and maybe president obama needs to go back and look at what clinton did and use that strategy and do everything he can. when you look at all that data since world war ii. thank you as always. coming up, nsa leaker edward snowden takes to the airwaves saying the government s surveillance is far worse than anything george orwell imagined in his book and that for him his mission s accomplished. and a hardball exclusive. talking points memo is talking about the biggest scandals of 2013. and for the winning politician, it was a bit of a runaway. and chris christie seems to relish his tough guy image. but as he plans a possible presidential run, does he run the risk of coming off like a bully? and let me finish tonight with why i think phil robertson should keep his show at least for now despite all the horrible things he said. this is hardball, the place for politics. [ male announcer ] here s a qu