could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy?hing to do with it? >> just might. so what's a president who does not live in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy to do? the answer, my friends, could be less leadership, or leadership that's less bold at least on domestic issues. some people are not mentioning any names, but some of them are women with red hair who write for "the new york times." some people think a president can ram through legislation if he twists enough arms or charms yuf lawmakers. as political science professor francis lee writes in "beyond ideology," the chance of a party line vote skyrockets. lee found 44% of party line votes are on issues with no ideological significance. by pushing an idea a president linking its success with his and the opposition party is motivated to oppose it in order to not help him succeed. lee writes, "parties are institutions with members who have common interests in winning elections and wielding power. not just coalitions of individuals with similar ideological preferences." parties car

[ cheers and applause ] okay, you're aaron sorkin. >> jimmy: okay, very good. >> we're talking.ke, "i'm such a big fan" and blah, blah, blah. and we talk for, like, a paragraph or whatever that -- like a minute, two minutes. >> jimmy: you go by paragraphs? yeah, yeah. >> and then there's a beat, and i feel we're going -- we're gonna delve deeper in the same moment that he feels that this has been -- this is being wrapped up. so like, when i say, "go," or we'll make some sort of thing. go like -- go like, "nice to meet you." and walk away. okay? >> jimmy: okay. >> all right. so it's like -- i was going deeper. he was thinking it was over. i hope this works. ready? um -- okay, go. are you happy? >> jimmy: nice to meet you. >> oh. [ laughter ] that was perfect. >> jimmy: are you happy? more sarah silverman when we get back you guys. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ all turbotax experts are cpas eas or tax attorneys. plus, we've got experts to support you all year round. and they're ready now. turbotax. wow. it's actually pretty tasty! -[ woman ] it's from special k? -it's only 240 calorie

could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin will be real fantasy?t have something to do with it? i don't know. check in with me. maybe it's something else. anyway, i recognize that this job can take its toll on you. i understand the second term, you need a burst of new energy, try some new things and then my team and i talked about it. we were trying to do anything. so were borrowed one of michelle's tricks. i thought this looked pretty good. but no bounce. anyway, i want to give a shoutout to our headliner conan o'brien. i was just talking to ed, and i understand when the association was considering koenen with this, the age-old dilemma, do you offer it to him now or wait five years and give it to jimmy fallo fallon? that was a little harsh. i love conan. and of course the white house press corps is here. i know cnn has taken some knocks lately, but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate. >>> some of mice former advisers have switched over. for example, now david axelro

could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy?laughte might that have something to do it? i do not know. check in with me. maybe it is something else. anyway, i recognize that this job can take a toll on you. i understand second term you need a burst of new energy. try some new things. we are willing to try anything. we borrowed one of michele's tips. [laughter] i thought this looked pretty good, but no bounds -- bounce. anyway, i want to give a shout out to conan o'brien. [applause] i was talking to ed. i understand when they are considering own and o'brien for the gig, there was the age-old dilemma to offer it to him now or wait five years until they give it to jimmy fallon. [crowd oohs] that was a little harsh. i love conan. of course, cnn has taken some knocks lately. i admire their commitment. [laughter] my former advisers that have switched over to the dark side, david axle right -- axelrode. the history channel is not here. i guess they are embarrassed about the whole obama is the double thing. -- devil thing. that never ke

it is like the world doesn't work like an aaron sorkin drama. president. in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. they want leadership. they're so thirsty for it, they'll crawl toward the desert for a mirage. they'll drink the sand. >> people don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. they drink the sand because they don't know the difference. >> stephanie: okay. >> i know someone who has -- she eats dirt. >> stephanie: all right. i got to hear about that. >> we'll hear about it after the break. >> stephanie: this is from the "daily beast." the west wing is not real and other political insights. >> let's not get crazy. >> i've seen it. it is there. >> stephanie: we'll discuss west wing with west wing actress who canceled a hike with allison janney so. [ ♪ nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ] who's the boss of her now? 19 minutes after the hour. more hot brie on "the stephanie miller show." >> oh, my god, this is so amazing. it is all anybody in my class is talking about. >> announcer: it's "the stephan

could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fanta fantasy?ht that have something to do with it? i don't know. i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012, but one thing they all agree on is they needed to do a better job reaching out to minorities. and look, call me self-centered, but i can think of one minorities they could start with. hello? think of me as a trial run, you know? see how it goes. if they won't come to me, i will come to them. recently, i had dinner, it's been well publicized, dinner with a number of the republican senators. i'll admit it was want easy. i proposed a toast. it died in committee. of course, even after i have done all this, some folks still don't think i spend enough time with congress. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask? really? why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell? >> you're only as good as your last review. rpresent's at the white house correspondents dinner, how did he do? let's bring in chuck nice and host of reliable sources, howie curts. good afternoon to

could it be you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy?ight that have something to do with it? i don't know. check in with me and maybe it's something else. anyway. i recognize that this job can take a toll on you. i understand second term, you need a burst of new energy, try new things and my team and i talked about. we bore rer -- borrowed one of y she -- michelle's tricks. i thought this looked pretty good but no bounce. anyway, i want to give a shout-out to our headliner, conan o'brien. i was talking to ed and i understand when the correspondents association was considering conan for this gig they were faced with the age old dilemma, do you offer it to him now or wait for five years and give it to jimmy fallon? that was a little harsh. i love conan. >> and of course the white house press corps is here. i know cnn has taken some knocks lately, the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story, in case one of them happens to be accurate. some of my former advisers have switched over to the dark side. for example, davi

could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? [laughter] might that have something to do it? i do not know. check in with me. maybe it is something else. anyway, i recognize that this job can take a toll on you. i understand second term you need a burst of new energy. try some new things. we are willing to try anything. we borrowed one of michele's tips. [laughter] i thought this looked pretty good, but no bounce. anyway, i want to give a shout out to conan o'brien. [applause] i was talking to ed. i understand when they are considering own and o'brien for the gig, there was the age-old dilemma to offer it to him now or wait five years until they give it to jimmy fallon. [crowd oohs] that was a little harsh. i love conan. of course, cnn has taken some knocks lately. -- topre their commitment. cover the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate. my former advisers that have switched over to the dark side, david axelrode.-- now works for msnbc. which is a nice change since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. the histo

could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy?ight that have something to do with that? [laughter] i don't know. check in with me. maybe there's something else. anyway, i recognize that this drug can take a toll on you. i understand, second term, you need a burst of new energy, try some new things, and then my team and i talked about it -- we were willing to try anything -- we borrowed one of michelle's tracks -- tricks. [laughter] i thought this looked pretty good, but no bounce. , i want to give a shout out to our headliner, conan o'brien. [applause] ed, and i talking to understand when the correspondents association were facing the age-old dilemma of who to announce as host, to offer it now, or to wait five years and then offer it to jimmy fallon. [laughter] that was a little harsh. i love conan. , the white house press corps is here. i know cnn has taken some knocks lately, but the fact is, i admire their commitments to cover all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate. [laughter] [applause] some of

but hey, if leading a little less doesn't work out, the president could go try living in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy. sounds like a really nice place. all right. that does it for us. speaking of a really nice place, it's time for the martin bashir show. >> thank you, sir. good afternoon. it's monday april the 29th. and has a line been crossed? has a former governor sunk his latest campaign? and has sarah palin finally jumped the shark? there's hope out there on a monday afternoon. >> knowing that potentially chemical weapons have been used, it doesn't tell us when they were used, how they were used. >> the president has laid down the line. can't be a dotted line. >> the world is watching. >> iran is paying attention to this. north korea is paying attention to this. >> one way you can stop the syrian air force from flying is bomb the syrian air bases. >> we don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary. >> the red line's been there. they've been crossed. >> no one wants to start wars. you have to do what you have to do. >> other groups are calling for their own sequester fix.

could it be that you're an actor in an eric -- aaron sorkin liberal fantasy?hat have something to do with it? i don't know. check in with me. maybe it's something else. anyway, i recognize that this job can take a toll on you. i understand second term you need a burst of new energy. try some new things. and then my team and i talked about it. we were willing to try anything. so we borrowed one of michelle's tricks. i thought this looked pretty good. but no bounce. anyway -- i want to give a shout out to our headliner, conan o'brien. i was just talking to ed, and i understand that when the correspondents association were considering conan for this gig they were faced with that age-old dilemma, do you offer it to him now or wait for five years and then give it to jimmy fallon? that was a little harsh. i love conan. and of course, the white house press corps is here. i know cnn has taken some knocks lately. but fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story. just in case one of them happens to be accurate. some of my former advisers have switch

could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? >> thank you. about it the president and i are a lot aloorks we both went to harvard, both have two chirp and both told joe biden we znlt have extra tickets for tonight's event. >> reporter: well the jokes may steng a little but the dinner also has been criticized for becoming a celebrity event, but the proceeds do go to fund more than 15 journalism scholarships at a number of universities. charlie, norah, gayle? >> bill plante no idea what the president's next chapter will be with this term? they consult with me about nothing but some say he h could be a standup comedianial if he so chooses. the funny part to me was about michelle obama's bangs on barack obama's face. what kind of feedback has the event been getting down there in washington? >> reporter: lots of feedback. some of the feedback came from sarah palin, oddly enough. she said it was pathetic. she said those d.c.ass clowns throw themselves a nerd clown. no need for that she says we get the joke. maybe the joke's on her. she's been to th

could it be that you're an actor and an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? don't know. maybe it's something else. anyway, i recognize that this job can take a toll on you. i understand second term you need a burst of new energy. try some new things. and then my team and i talked about it. we were willing to try anything. so we borrowed one of michelle's tricks [ laughter ] >> i thought this looked pretty good. [ laughter ] >> but no bounce. anyway -- i want to give a shout out to our headliner, conan o'brien. [ applause ] >> i was just talking to ed, and i understand that when the correspondents were considering conan for this gig they were faced with that age-old dilemma, do you offer it to him now or wait for five years and then give it to jimmy fallon? [ crowd oohs." >> that was a little harsh. i love conan. and of course, the white house press corps is here. i know cnn has taken some knocks lately. but fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story. just in case one of them happens to be accurate [ laughter ] >> my former advisers have

could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy?o do it? i do not know. check in with me. maybe it is something else. , i recognize that this job can take a toll on you. i understand second term you need a burst of new energy. try some new things. we are willing to try anything. we borrowed one of michele's tips. [laughter] i thought this looked pretty -- bounce.o bounds , i want to give a shout out to conan o'brien. [applause] ed.s talking to i understand when they are considering own and o'brien for the gig, there was the age-old dilemma to offer it to him now or wait five years until they give it to jimmy fallon. [crowd oohs] that was a little harsh. i love conan. cnn has taken some knocks lately. i admire their commitment. my former advisers that have switched over to the dark side, axelrode.axle right -- the history channel is not here. i guess they are embarrassed about the whole obama is the double thing. -- devil thing. that never kept fox news from showing up. they thought the comparison was not fair to satan. [laughter] th