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joining the conversation blogger andrew sullivan, chief international correspondent christiane amanpour, republican strategist alex castillanos and writer and humorist p.j. o'rourke. his newest book for preorder "the baby boom how it got that way and it wasn't my fault and i'll never do it again." also contributing editor with "the weekly standard." thanks for joining us. what do you make of chris christie? >> i think he's great. i'm a republican. and his is a return to republican common sense. and art of the possible as we always say about politics. and he understands that. i mean he's maybe a little more liberal than i am, or maybe he's just governor of new jersey. but i think he's great. >> how hardened are you, alex, by sort of the breakdown of the vote that went out for chris christie? >> well, it's good to see that republican governors -- he's not the open one by the way who's very popular in his own state -- when you get out of washington the republican party is not in bad shape. chris christie has done a good job per the people of new jersey, sticking mostly to republican princi

. >> joining us tonight, andrew sullivan. anna th anna navarro. and robin, the rob ford we saw in that interview is that the rob ford you know so well? >> you are getting a chance to see vintage rob ford. after he was elected mayor he calmed down. his temper was even keel and in contrast to his ten years as a counsellor. >> how did you find him this week? the fact he is arguing it is just semantics. no reporter asked me the right question. >> typical media, you guys with your questions there. but to your point, i always used to brag i saw guns and roses play and now i've seen rob ford live. when you see his mood swings in person it's a staggering thing. that talking point about i never lied about it, he was ready to jump on that. he had misheard my question which was doesn't smoking crack in the first place indicate a huge lack in judgment when you are the leader of a city? but he -- it's this mixture of entitlement and a sense that everyone else is a hypocrite because everyone's getting hammered and i'm just a man of the people. we all have feet

joining the conversation blogger andrew sullivan, chief international

joining the conversation blogger andrew sullivan, chief international correspondent christiane amanpourblican strategist alex castillanos and writer and humorist p.j. o'rourke. his newest book for preorder "the baby boom how it got that way and it wasn't my fault and i'll never do it again."

here to taw tonight, andrew sullivan of the dish. holmes anchor of the hot list and the blaze.com. senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin, former republican congressman rick lazio. i want to start with john martin of the "new york times" who broke the details. really fascinating details. talk about how the obama white house considered hillary clinton what they did about it. >> sure. this is the end of 2011. president obama's numbers were really bad at that point there. were a handful of his top aides trying to figure out a way forward. how can we be competitive in next year's re-election, win next year's re-election given the political predicament we're in. one of the options they looked at was replacing joe biden with hillary clinton on a ticket in 2012. >> when you say looked at it, polled a focus group? >> two things. the polling and focus groups, asking voters how would you respond, for example, to hillary campaigning with president obama. those kinds of questions. the person advocating for is was chief of staff will ciam bailey. ex

with me andrew sullivan editor of the dish. and cnn national correspondent christiane amanpour and chief political analyst gloria borger and chief political correspondent candy crowley. what do you make of the results in virginia? how significant? >> well, how significant, ask me that in 11 months. i think you can overinterpret what happened. but this is clearly not some huge rejection of the tea party. cucinnelli did a lot better. he was outgunned 10 to 1 in the last few days, last couple of weeks in advertising. mcauliffe was out early and just pounded cucinnelli with the anti-woman theme. a lot of social issues. and positioned himself as the centrist. and if there's one thing you can say that both chris christie and terry mcauliffe had in common in their campaigns it was selling themselves as i'm the guy that can work with the other party and get things done for you. that was their come onnally. >> the irony in this year the two people who won are the two people who kind of tried to run to the center the fastest. and they we

the most disruptive workspace award goes to andrew sullivan's apartment in greenwich village.wo ancient dogs suffering from copd in the interview. if you listen, you can hear -- [ gasps] [laughter] arianne huffington was the only interviewee that refused to be video recorded. he won the got away was rupert more dark -- rupert murdoch who agreed in principle but think -- things keep coming up. he had a very busy year. with that, i will turn it over to my colleague, martin, to get to the meat of the matter. [applause] >> [indiscernible] the newspaper association of america. of is the ceo and publisher washington post interactive. she placed two very important roles in this history. and of course, arthur sulzberger , jr., publisher of "the new york times." i want to start with a question about the state of journalism. if you are a doctor and the state of american journalism was her patient, how would you assess the diagnosis? >> if you look at the data, you would be concerned. the number of journalists has gone down by about 30% in the last seven or eight years. newspaper resonan

andrew sullivan who is gay wrote this on his blog, this raging violent bigot cannot be defended any longere line here, these incidents are coming more frequently. i think he is spinning out of control. i don't think this is going to end well. please, alec. take a vacation. >> let us know what you think. email us and hit us up on facebook or twitter. >> he has a forced vacation for two weeks. >> he would already seeing a split among democrats for obamacare. what would it mean for the party down the roads when voters get to weigh in on what they think about obama' that care. that debate is coming up. >> something that's never been done before this now. the incredible 360 move straight ahead. there are seniors who have left hundreds of dollars of savgs on the table by not choosing the rit medicare d plan. no one could hav left this much money here. whoo-hoo-hoo! yet many seniors whoompare medicare d plans realize they can save hundreds of dollars. cvs/pharmacy wants to help you save on medicare expenses. talk to your cvs prmacist, ll, or go to cvs.com/compare to get your free, personalized pl

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick. joe's out today, but brian sullivan table this morning. take a look at futures to see how things are setting up this monday morning. we do have green arrows, dow looks like it opens up about 55 points higher. s&p 500 up close to five points, as well. let's get you through the morning headlines. oil prices are falling on news of a weekend nuclear deal with iran. the deal limits iran's nuclear activity for -- activity in return for relief against sanctions and we'll have more on that big story in a moment. >>> also boeing warning that airlines operating the dreamliner and the newest version of the 747 jet to avoid high altitude thunderstorms. the issue is this, there are general -- it's general electric engines can experience icing problems under certain conditions. and there have been six issues, apparently, involving this problem, though all the jets in question did land safely. ge says a fix has been developed. a power retailer jones group is in advanced talks with sycamore partners. the price being discussed said to b

sullivan, for a job well done. i yield back. thank you. mr. capuano: i recognize another gentleman, mr. andrews from new jersey. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding and with a sense of real mixed emotions, join this discussion tonight, certainly with gratitude and pride for barry's 33 years of service, but for a real sense of regret that he will not be part of our evidence lives and work as he has been for all these years. the house is a chaotic and noisy place. the bell rings and hundreds of people descend on the floor and have their ideas and needs and in that sea of chaos, you look for a person that stands tall and strong and is unflappable no matter what. barry, for all of us, for all those years, you have been one of those people. nothing interviews terse barry sullivan. there is no problem too great, no controversy too bitter. he is the same optimistic, friendly, honest, cheerful, strong person no matter what. and you have been an inspiration to all of us. from where you know where barry comes, his strength is easy to understand. i did not have the privilege of sharing the heritage that he has from bo