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EJ DIonne was pontificating that Bush's Presidency and era is over. He seemed thrilled..however, Chrissy Matthews said: "Who can take the bullhorn away from Bush?" Dionne said: The bullhorn is in the water". Pat Buchanan was watching these two with disgust and proclaimed: "Who do the Democrats have? Hillary, Kerry? Pleeeasseee...When I was with Reagan during the Iran-Contra Scandal, we took a beating for 6 months and at the end of Reagan's Presidency he had a 70% approval rating. Bush is still the President, don't forget that, he can use the military, Congress, he can make many decisions, he still...

The heated exchange on Thursday took place at about 7:50pm EDT as the group sat in MSNBC's outdoor set up near Madison Square Garden. The MRC's Geoff Dickens took down the highlights: Chris Matthews: "You know the old question in every political campaign is do you go hard or do you go soft? David Gergen. That fella just went hard. Was that smart?" David Gergen: "He went hate, he didn't go hard. That was a speech, in contrast to Dick Cheney's speech which was well within the bounds of political discourse and it was a tough speech. And, and, and...

Did anyone else hear Willie Brown's comment on Zell MIller and the KKK? I will have to paraphrase, as I have not found the transcript: Dennis Miller: Well, he is a Democrat. Willie Brown: Yeah, well a lot of the KKK use to be Democrats. And I think Zell Miller was a lot more comfortable being a Democrat when they were.