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CNN anchor Jim Acosta said Monday on “Newsroom” that the Republican Party should have “flat out rejected” President-elect Donald Trump. Partial transcript as follows: ACOSTA: Brad, is it time for Donald Trump to apologize for what took place four years ago? BRAD TODD: I wouldn’t expect Donald Trump would apologize, I think, nor do I expect Democrats to apologize for trying to undo his presidency by all legal and extralegal means after that. ACOSTA: Oh come on Brad! Come on! TODD: No– dude! Look at our own polling. Look at CNN’s own exit polling. Voters who said they voted on...

Dana Milbank tackles the issue of Vice President Cheney's tarnished reputation this morning in his "White House Notebook" column for The Washington Post. "The word around town is the vice president, once revered as the regent behind the throne of George W. Bush, is becoming something of a liability for his boss. The chattering class is speculating about whether Cheney will be dumped from the ticket in '04, and who should replace him," Milbank writes. "Of course, there is very little chance of that happening," Milbank adds. But his chronicle of Cheney's "knack for controversy" is bound to stoke the...