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we are less than six weeks in to
president obama
's second term and those promises to stop politicizing every issue seems a memory. was he really threatened over the story on the sequester? let's spin. save you spence, no he was not. we'll get back to that later. let's start with
chris christie
and questions about what's going to happen with him for
2016
. has he angered the conservative base so much that he couldn't survive a primary? i think at this point associated with the
national republican party
is not a great thing and him not appearing at
cpac
probably not a
big deal
. here's the other thing. plenty of time. re-elected this fall. plenty of time between then and
2016
. he can go and yell at some teachers. cut some pensions. will be back in the good graces of the republicans. he will have bolstered the independent brand and he also has a lot more talent than
mitt romney
as a politician and i think romney had to move to the right because he couldn't sort of finesse the more moderate positions.
christie
is a much more talented politician. will get away with more than
mitt romney
was able to in a primary.
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first, if
woodward
wasn't threatened, i don't know how you explain the bandages on the legs. that's later. on the issue of
christie
, there's conventional wisdom this week that the
cpac
snub indicates he's lost favor with the sket movement. win knowed from the
2016
republican race and it's vastly overstated the idea that he's alienated from the right. first, looking at the supposed vulnerabilities, a couple of issues. there's the praise of obama right before the election. like to see the republican to get up on the stage with
christie
and challenges him and
christie
turn on him. i was watching my state get destroyed. what did you want me to do? what would you do? something like that. immigration,
christie
said he didn't like the term illegal im immigrant five or six years ago as
u.s. attorney
and moving more by
2016
on immigration and medicaid this week, expansion. staying seven other republican governors done the same thing. what we have seen in the past is republicans will overlook past if they like you and want to be behind you.
tea party
republicans nominated romney and then --
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okay.
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we shall see how much they get over this. the war for the soul of the gop rages on. this snub of the most popular republican on all the land is horribly dumb and comes down to what are you going to be -- what's the problem? is the problem the policies or the marketing? is it the pizza or is it the box?
chris christie
gone away on immigration, on
gun control
and it says to me that they think the problem is the marketing. it is the box. not the pizza. and when you have a party that's on the wrong side of national polling, on
gun control
, immigration, on
marriage equality
, tax fairness, saying that it's the box, it's the messaging, not the policies, strikes me as just sort of horribly dumb. can you not read?
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will he be okay in
2016
?
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i think so. i think it's too many for republicans to let
christie
off the hook.
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yes.
>>
they're not doing that.
>>
cpac
, i will point out, is not the whole of the party.
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bingo.
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there it is.
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so turning back to
bob woodward
and those that did not follow the story on twitter last night saying that the president is responsible for the sequester. he wrote it in the book and "
wall street journal
" op-ed and
white house
not too pleased with this
story line
.
woodward
then went on cnn and said he was threatened by the
white house
.
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oh my.
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he would regret the actions.
>>
oh my.
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the actual e-mails released and included the threatening language as from sperling to
woodward
, i apologize for raising my voice in our conversation today.
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what?
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my bad.
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my bad.
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and
woodward
you do not everpologize
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