carson. the best company in the world, yet you portray a guy in miserable condition, drinking himself to waste every night. the drinking stopped when he moved to california in 1972. the drinking i described was really in the early days in new york. i described a complex and complicated guy. one the public never knew. i think it s great we re talking about it and he s due for a renaissance revival. he had no memorial. there was no funeral. he faded away after he retired. we re talking about him again. this is a good thing. i used to drink a lot and i quit drinking because of this problem. you can t lead two lives. how was he able to physically get up in that new york studio at 30 rock and be debonair, sweatless, positive, having been up all night drinking? he didn t have to be in the
what is he saying? he s captain queen? something wrong with the guy? one of his top people just the other day e-mailed me and said newt is crazy. and that s the line that he s crazy like a fox because i just got the word from mike from nbc, that newt is going to release the paperwork. and he released his taxes, which are interesting. he puts a lot of his income and it s not totally clean. but he puts the pressure on mitt romney. this kind of ball game, newt, whatever else you think about newt, he s a master at it. romney comes across as a calm, sweatless, in charge executive, ceo. if newt can drag him into a mud fight, who wins the mud fight? four years ago we saw this movie. mitt romney came to florida. desperate to stop john mccain and he threw everything at him. went in debates and john mccain,
one of his top people just the other day e-mailed me and said newt is crazy. that s the line. i just heard it through my ear. newt gingrich is going to release his freddie mac contract. this big demand for the paper load. and he released his tax returns, which are interesting by the way. a lot of his business is in tax stuff. it s not clean, but he puts the pressure on mitt romney. this kind of ball game, whatever else you think about newt, he s a master at it. romney comes across as a calm, sweatless, in charge executive. if newt can drag him into a mud fight, who wins? this is what happened four years ago. mitt romney came to florida. desperate to stop john mccain. he threw everything at him. and john mccain every time
smart move. he s up at the lincoln memorial to celebrate the end of the government shutdown or the lack of a government shutdown. welcome back to hardball. that s president obama s surprise visit to the greatest cathedral we have in washington. the lincoln memorial this weekend, where he praised the cooperation that led to that budget deal late friday night. but republicans didn t characterize the same way. here s house majority leader eric cantor. let s listen to his angle. for the last two months, we ve had to bring this president kicking and screaming to the table to cut spending. he doesn t look like he was kicking and screaming. he was debonair and sweatless. on wednesday the president will lay out his long-term deficit reduction plan. he s going to take control of the fight? will he or won t he. richard wolffe is also a political analyst. i hear from one of our colleagues here that you, and you may well believe, that there was strategy behind this. sure there was. tel
to the table to cut spending. he doesn t look like he was kicking and screaming. he was debonair and sweatless. on wednesday the president will lay out his long-term deficit reduction plan. he s going to take control of the fight? will he or won t he. richard wolffe is also a political analyst. i hear from one of our colleagues here that you, and you may well believe, that there was strategy behind this. sure there was. tell me what the president, like a bicycle race, let paul ryan say i m going to do all this stuff and he planned this wednesday thing. this wasn t just the timing, the sequencing in terms of going after them. you let otherç people put the price down first. in any negotiation, you come in second. but the sequencing has been in the works for months. they knew when they were putting the tax deal together at the end of the lame duck, the end of last congress that they would come up against this budget deal. they would give up a lot and