aware of that in making this decision. why do you think this was so important to him? it very hard to say. i know that theread been a lot written about chelsea manning s dilts, the transgender issues in prison, that might have had something to do with the commutation. but this is a tough one. obviously it s going to be controversial, but which close to the transfer of power, obviously obama feels free to do what is in his heart. and andrea, just in terms of the original case against chelsea manning, bradley manning when this was brought, the damage that the administration at the time said was done to national security, can you talk a little bit about what that was. what the case was? disinvolved the original wikileaks and of course the damage that was done was disclosing confidential messaging and all levels of the
stupid party. and i m serious. it s time for a new republican party that talks like dilts. i don t give a damn about election day. it doesn t matter a lick to me at the moment. i ve got much bigger fish to fry than that. obama care takes $716 billion from medicare to spend on obama care. even their own chief at medicare backs this up. had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, i would have relieved you of your post. joining me now for a look at the potential 2016 candidates and what lane they are running in, two of my favorite people, amy walter and maggie haberman with politico. i m taking a host license here and wrote a piece about the lanes you can establish. let s talk about them. i have in the establishment lane, i have jeb bush. in the reformer lane, i have bobby gindle and chris christie.
positive campaign and also indicate should any super pac that is doing so in my name attack any of my friends who are running that i would publicly disown them and urge people not to donate to them. we are not running negative ads at that point but we may. this is after all politics. there is no whining in politics. bret: sights and sound from the campaign trail as the new polls surface today. one of them is a democratic polling unit but we have used the polling before. there you see iowa, newt gingrich 22%. ron paul, 1 point back, 21%. mitt romney at 16%. a new poll arg, the american research group, again, gingrich, 22%ment ron paul, 17%. romney 17%. rick perry inching up from 13% that other polls have him in single dilts in iowa. what about the state of the
positive campaign and also indicate should any super pac that is doing so in my name attack any of my friends who are running that i would publicly disown them and urge people not to donate to them. we are not running negative ads at that point but we may. this is after all politics. there is no whining in politics. bret: sights and sound from the campaign trail a the new polls surface today. one of them is a democratic polling unit but we have used the polling before. there you see iowa, newt gingrich 22%. ron paul, 1 point back, 21%. mitt romney at 16%. a new poll arg, the american research group, again, gingrich, 22%ment ron paul, 17%. romney 17%. rick perry inching up from 13% that other polls have him in single dilts in iowa. what about the state of the
strategy on the ground. he will develop one. but for romney this is a boom to him. he thinks cain won t win nomination. perry could or bachmann could beat him in iowa. with them in single dilts he only has to do is a half-strategy to put a toe in the water. if he wins iowa it s over. or strong third compelled to new hampshire he is headed. he won t go all in or he risks too much. in time we have left, turn to ohio. we had a report from doug mckelway. public workers trying to repeal a law passed by john kasich that sharply restricts the collective bargaining right and bans the strike by public worker. repeal effort is leading. the election is the first tuesday in november.