so the question here is, did the firm that got this contract, did they get it because of their ties to chris christie? did the government officials who gave it to them, and there s some breaking news as i was just coming on here, new details about this coming out, did they award it to this one firm for reasons that weren t above board? that s the question. i don t buy it. honestly okay, dana, let me ask you this. as a conservative, many people on the right the share with the view of the left. that chris christie is bad news, because they blame him for stiffing mitt romney, by putting his arm around barack obama, after the hurricane itself. they also think he s, you know, probably too moderate for their liking. maybe he s too moderate for your liking. but many republicans also feel that he may have stood the best chance of actually winning a general election. what do you think his chances are now of winning the republican nomination and secondly, perhaps winning a general election
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know that you ve got to answer every question. you can t leave any question unanswered. i think that he can now move on, as long as another shoe doesn t drop. john mccain, pretty much hitting the nail on the head, as he often does. will another shoe drop or will chris christie come out of all of this unscathed? we re breaking down news tonight with cnn commentator, mark hill. also with me, the blaze, will air every show, dana, the exciting new program addresses everything from politics to pop culture. and political commentator and washington correspondent for the new yorker, ryan lizza. so all-star panel. let me start with you, mark lamont hill. pretty telling that we couldn t get anybody on the republican side of any eminence to come on here and defend chris christie. why won t day do that? because nobody wants to go on the record defending something that may ultimately be disproven in a week or two or four or six. and that s essentially the problem.
315 million americans. why put him on a pedestal of power? that s a great, fascinating question. and it gets to the heart of this book. the reason i reported this book is that roger ailes speaks to every single american, whether they watch fox or not. his ability to frame the news and drive a message is so powerful through fox that he is affecting every single news story, whether viewers watch fox or not. so it is of tremendous importance for viewers to understand who this man is and how he thinks. the weird sort of dichotomy, perhaps, of roger ailes, is that everyone knows him well, it certainly comes through in his book, believes that he s actually quite moderate and likes moderate conservatives, and yet he panders and encourages to more extreme tea party types and extreme members of the tea party, like sarah palin and others, because they re good for viewers. is that a conflict, do you think, that he has? or does he just ignore that and
is watched by 3 million or say, 315 million americans. why put him on a pedestal of power? that s a great, fascinating question. and it gets to the heart of this book. the reason i reported this book is that roger ailes speaks to every single american, whether they watch fox or not. his ability to frame the news and drive a message is so powerful through fox that he is affecting every single news story, whether viewers watch fox or not. so it is of tremendous importance for viewers to understand who this man is and how he thinks. the weird sort of dichotomy, perhaps, of roger ailes, is that everyone knows him well, it certainly comes through in his book, believes that he s actually quite moderate and likes moderate conservatives, and yet he panders and encourages to more extreme tea party types and extreme members of the tea party, like sarah palin and others, because