from "the washington post," kathleen parker. our political director, chuck todd. former communications director for the obama administration anita dunn, and congressman from utah, jason chaffetz. welcome to all of you. all right, chuck todd, you got some humor there. you also maybe had some clues 20 -- about 2016. >> some clues? there's even a third joke you didn't do about showing him moving out of the oval office and everything said hold for hillary, hold for hillary. you know, people say, oh, it's just joking, it's just humor and all this. there are people that are supporters of biden that get a little cranky about how easily the president talks about hillary clinton as his successor now, and it is sort of this fait accompli among a lot of democratic donors and elites, that that's just what it is. the baton is about to be handed to here and it's up to bill clinton, buzz she want to run for bill clinton's third term or barack obama's third term. she gets the choice, but the president certainly sees her as the heir apparent. >> and almost this making fun, kathlee

kathleen parker is a syndicated column ix, a very successful one. and a political analyst as well.page is a columnist for "the "chicago tribune."" is jeb bush running? >> yes. i think -- i've been told definitively that he is running. i haven't been told that by him. so he may call me right after the show and say who do you think you are? but i got this from very reliable people. he is definitely running. that changes a lot of the plans for a lot of people. marco rubio will not run. people in the know say he definitely will not run and that may as well effect other people's decision making. it changes the dynamics a little bit. >> i guess that's a great way to put it. you've got the secular libertarians, they don't talk about god much. the establishment types who sort of, you know, they're establishment types. they don't talk about religion at all. and then you've got to huckabee people out there waiting. who's -- what's the most natural alliance. is it the establishment types going into bed saying we're both hawks because you can't really have rand paul as the hawks. what's the na

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david brooks, kathleen parker, a number of them. wrote a blog in which i gave my reasons in an argument about why i was going to vote for obama and not mccain/palin ticket. remember who else was on that ticket. [laughter] >> well, well, well. and then the beast, tina, put that headline on it, sorry dad, i am voting for obama. well my dad died in february and was well past giving a shit who where was voting for. sorry to put it that way but -- and i would not say it would be an exerating to see all hell bloke lose. but the tea pot was made larger when the national review fired me as a columnist which was funny because i was on the board of directors and technically owned 1/7th. and the story sort of took on a life of its own. are you asking me did i regr regret -- i would rank myself among the 41% in obama's current non-approval ratings. i am a little disappointed. and i think at the time, i said, one of the reasons i am going to vote for him is because i think he, as was said of fdr, had a first class temperament. i am not so sure a

and political analyst kathleen parker, a columnist with "the washington post." and jamal buoy, a staff writer. the set looks different. this is the first time we have had two pastry plates. the dress code is more serious so i put a jacket on. but let's talk about this dinner. i'm not going to be going to it tonight, but i will be watching it. you wrote the book sort of explaining why this thing is bad for politics. make that case. >> i think the dinner itself is a sleepy dinner. it raises money. that in and of itself is innocuous. what i object to strenously is the five-day, 30-party decadence over a long period. what message are we sending? the notion that we're celebrating ourselves, what are we celebrate exactly? we're talking millions and millions of dollars spent on this. it's great that scholarship money is raised, but i would advocate for in lieu of flowers at the end of an obituary, certain media organizations should say in lieu of the 2th party this weekend, give to their own scholarship fund or something. >> you talk about the culture around the dinner

the war on women and what the legislature has done vis-a-vis equal pay and reproduct uf rights, kathleen parkerays today men and women have been told about how they are favored. and kathleen continues an impression of ub fairness has made a lasting effect on the female human brain. from clintonland and hillary's perspective if we're to sort of look into the crystal ball, it feels like given her speeches lately, given all the talk around women that team hillary if there is a team hillary would be more -- i think would take the mantle up of her the nominee in a more forward wau than perhaps in twaugt. >> i think that's a good consumption to make. also you can't just run on becoming the first president. i mean, you see the events that hillary clinton has done since she left the state department. they are almost all focused on women and girls' issues. i think in 2008 there was a lot of wrestling of how do we position the female candidate? we should make her the strong commander in chief and shouldn't show a feminine side. we'll see how they handle it if there's a 2016 campaign. >> governor, real qu

kathleen parker has a great column out today on what she calls the sobering message from the recent sterling fallout. she writes, "if you don't want your words broadcast in the public square, don't say them. such potential exposure forces us to carefully select our words and edit our thoughts. speaking one's mind isn't really all that it's cracked up to be." i love that line, i am what i am. >> you love that line? i don't know. >> it's a great line, because it's actually -- i was thinking back, talking about the 47% line. >> yeah, right. >> your paper is most famous for what? richard nixon's tape recordings. the days of the private cone of silence with your girlfriend are gone. >> no, there ain't no code of silence. >> let's talk about what we're really focusing and not little he said/she said. racially antagonistic, hostile language, is there a new zero tolerance in the way we're going to cover these stories and the way the public's going to react to them? >> you know, way back in the past, there was a whole lot of tolerance, right, stuff was said in the open. for a while now, it has been s

. >> kathleen parker said she's done her reporting and he's running. >> he may be running.enning. for these gop mega donors to be looking so seriously at him just shows -- >>ing o, so where should they be going? >> i don't know. >> i see one name. i see scott walker. i see one guy who is a somewhere in the center right, he's a governor, which ask really important. he's got a job. >> he's got to win re-election. but you're right, he does fit the bill. but this week, nbc/wall street journal poll, jeb bush has a 21% approval rating. you can't blame that on lack of name recognition. the bush name is the most famous name in politics. >> let's take a look at this poll. this is how far christie has fallen. he was consistently on top of the polls for the 2016 nomination before this scandal hit. but in this week's washington post, this week's post, an abc poll, christie is trailing paul ryan, mike huckabee, jeb bush and rand paul. christie also lost his crossover appeal. christie with an impressive 45% approval rating among new jersey democrats. in their latest poll that number has

last night on "hardball" kathleen parker told chris matthews that he is in. >> is jeb bush running?old definitively that he is running. i haven't been told that by him. so he may call me right after the show and say who do you think you are? but i got this from very reliable people and it's just -- he is definitely running. >> and it looks like big money donors are preparing for that very occurrence. a front page story in "the new york times how about republican donors who supported chris christie now plotting a transition over to bush. bush has shaken the ranks of establishment republican donors and fundraisers who planned to back governor christie in 2016. some of them are signaling to mr. christie's count that should mr. bush enter the race the first loyalty would be to him, not to mr. christie. even bush's big brother, the former president, is now weighing in giving jeb his endorsement. >> i hope jeb runs. i think he would be a great president. he's checking his core and as he said publicly thinking about my family. i knows full well what a run for the presidency can do on famil

>> kathleen parker wrote it's the cocktail of self-love and self-loathing. >> exactly. >> i have been 30 years. and, i sense another turn in the dinner. it kind of had this, a big rise where all of washington and hollywood are coming together. the last couple of years, it does seem there's a little more pushback to going to -- to recalibrate toward the old days. >> i would hope so. my book is about disconnect. disconnect between how the country views washington and how washington views itself. and this is a classic case of the bubble world and the unself-awareness of spending millions of dollars over a number of days to celebrate ourselves. and again, you ask, why? >> sara, you brought up the roast humor sometimes gets -- >> i'm not a big roast person. i'm a good natured sense of humor. i found myself squirming most of the time. i did get a few laughs. i love joel mchale. >> thank you both very much. >>> john oliver, became a breakout star on the daily show. he now headlines his own sunday night gig. i caught up with him there. after last week's launch. >> we've done one show. the who

kathleen parker is the, i think, hottest columnist in the country right now, and john feehery is a politicalgist. do you have the fastest rising column in the country right now? >> i think it's risen, but i like the comment. >> you're brilliant, amazingly prolific and reach everyone with your thinking. now that i've set you up, should the republicans buckle or fight, switch or fight? >> i think they are not going to. they are not going to buckle. john boehner's not going to put this up for a vote, not going to put minimum wage up for a vote, for a couple of reasons, number one, they are not hearing from their constituents this is an issue they care about. they are hearing more about health care and jobs, i know it's redundant, but that's the case. >> that was snarky for me to do. i closed my eyes. >> i'm used to much worse. >> go ahead. >> this is not what their constituents are saying they care most about, and, you know -- >> it's not a budding issue on the republican side. is a voting issue on the dem side? will democrats come out and vote because they think the republican party is a 1% pa

-- a couple of those thoughts from kathleen parker. we want to get your thoughts on the beltway culture. we are using the themes from last night in her to this. -- we will show you that's from this. the phone mines -- twitter is available to you. and if you want to send us thoughts on facebook you can do so at facebook.com/cspan. off of facebook, robert wheeler says -- some of the thoughts on the beltway culture, as we are calling it. the phone lines are available to you. edgewater, new jersey on the democrats line, you are first. thank you for having this form available to us. yesterday's event was by far the most real and the best, and here .s why sometimes we tend to look only through our own glass for some. ofterday we had a variety people who gave honors. they were not only looking at themselves, they were looking at other people. they were saying things that were painfully true but they did it in a lighthearted manner. people tried to live their as that situation played out. we would not only be able to deal with serious issues b

. >> alex, kathleen parker has a piece in the post where she says the rest of the world could not carelar americans and journalists are too schmoozy with officialdom. >> i think that is what america sees. that is why this dinner has lost some of its magic, too. this is washington elite hanging out with another washington elite and very far from the trials and tribulations from the americans and their daily lives. the president is in a weakened state politically. that is when there is blood in the water and that is when the sharks come out. when he was a brand new president and people were excited about him, that was very different than the situation he is in today. >> alex, lighten up a little bit. this is an evening where very frankly you may call it elite, but they think lindsay lohan is a celebrity. >> all right. alex and robert, you will have a lot to say when this is over. thank you, gentlemen. >>> royalty is in the house. >> prince william and his brother harry are in the u.s. you want to know why. stick around. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends