krystle, let me repeat that line from mr. gingrich in case you didn't hear it.f the era of obama's disaster, we have to get beyond being anti-obama. so he's terrible and we have to stop saying he's terrible. can this guy hear what he's saying? >> it is amazing that he has to start out by bashing the president before he dk even begin to make a point what the future might hold. but newt might have one important message for them which is how disastrous it was for him and was for republicans in the '90s when he made the decision to shut down the government. right now with republicans contemplating going over that ledge again. >> he's not talking about that, krystle. he's talking about smartphones and technology. >> you got to be on the twitter if you're going to get to voters. that would be an important message if he goes there and talks about how disastrous it was for the party not to mention for the american people. >> brad, gingrich kept saying how they can't be the anti-obama party as they like to put it. they have to stand for something. yet he didn't get his f

if he can maintain is an open question >> he krystle makes a great point.ever you need him to be at the moment. he's also the guy who shook hands with president obama. that image is permanent, all over the internet, it's going to dog him if he runs in 2016. he can't pull this balancing act off. >> i was just on the phone with a leading tea party activist. she has a lot of problems with chris christie. but the obama stuff is not primary among them. you know, i think that we will tend to think that any republican who makes friends with obama is dead in the water among the conservative base. i think that the real problems are what krystle said. where is he exactly on guns. that was something that came up among many of the conservatives even i talked to at that event yesterday where christie endorsed lonegan. those are the issues that hurt him among the base. the cardinal sin in a lot of the conservatives was that christie did not show up for romney at the end of the election. not so much that he was friends with obama or any of these other issues. this is kind

for more, i'm joined by krystle ball and josh barrow. josh, i'll start with you.t in the break how it feels kind of retro for ted cruz to still stb obsessing about getting rid of obama care. why do you think he's doing it? >> the reason this idea has stuck around so long, we had this unusually long period between when it passed and when the major provisions will be implemented. if ted cruz isn't doing it, there's going to be somebody out there telling the conservative base to keep hope alive. there's still time to turn this around. there are big incentives to be that guy. we'll see the dynamicing change over the next few months. on january 1, a lot of people will get new insurance through the program. then you'll get more of a feeling of permence and a feel of it's here to stay. >> today nikki haley had a lot of governors with her for the relaunch of her campaign. you have celebrity governors in the gop. a lot of them are either implementing obama care or thinking about it. so if josh is right and republicans think this will be a salient rah-rah issue for the base

up next, full disclosure from krystle ball on why she loves chris christie. too big. too small.. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. new creamy alfredo soup. every day we're working to and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. >> big shot. you're a real big shot. >> walk away. keep walking >> keep walking. keep walking. >> who is that angry plan with the ice cream cone our next president? he seems to think so. you can't help but be impresses by christie's raw political skill. his approval rating among democrats is over 50%. for all the talk about christie's problems with the republican base, is he currently leading among the 20916 gop favorites. not to mention he is cruising to an easy re-e

krystle, the notion that snowden was the deciding factor here is something that's being debated a lot today. it seems like the white house and the administration had a lot of incentive to actually look for a reason to not have this summit since there really was at this point very little to talk about. >> yeah, i think that's right. snowden was a convenient excuse. there was a lot of pressure actually on the president to not have this one-on-one summit with putin as a result of snowden. but in reality there wasn't a lot to talk about. we haven't been able to make progress on things like syria, the crashes we have been able to collaborate on suss the transit routes from afghanistan. there wasn't any more progress to be made there so there was a risk for the president of having a one-on-one summit and really having nothing come out of that so i think it was sort of a no-brainer then at this point to go ahead and cancel that summit. >> ari, the last one-on-one with putin didn't go so well and they had those photographs coming out of these guys, obviously having run out of things to say to

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