peter fenn here the whole hour with us. we will be joined by larry sabato from the university of village coming up a little bit and we'll cover the political landscape. peter fenn, but first. what have you got peter? >> some other headlines making news, washington redskins robert griffin iii is getting married first week in july. most of his wedding gifts have been purchased off of his registry by people not even attending his wedding. u.s.a. today reports after the media uncovered rgiii and his fiance were registered his fans started buying up the wedding gifts. he tweeted out a photo of a roomful of boxes in his house yesterday saying a big thank you to his fans. and there are not many items left to purchase. if you would like to get rgiii a wedding gift, you can do so. >> if you are following him on twitter, our friend cindy boren was tweet being this. he issponding to some of the fans. so the rgiii, did you get that beef jerky maker i will send to you? he would say, yeah, we got it. thanks so much. beef jerky maker, hum

joining me now, democratic strategist peter fenn comes to us from washington, d.c. ome back as always into "the war room," peter. >> thanks, mike it's great to be here. i guess. >> michael: it's great to have your here. the ap stuff isn't so silly, and the perceptions of america isn't so silly. could this issue now gain traction? >> everything is gaining traction on fox, right? just the fact that you put up the headline scandals. i think a lot of this is much to do about nothing to be honest. but if there is one area that i think we have a problem with it is this whole area of looking in the press and personal privacy. one of the first jobs i had here was in the intelligence committee, and i'm a big civil libertarian. i don't like people getting their phones traps, i don't like looking at people's emergency room and their computers. the bush administration lead the charge on this. they went after the so-called leakers as you point out, valerie plain got hammers and i think if you have a problem you try to go to the source talk to the responsible press if people's liv