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It’s been a rough day on TV for former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

The candidate for New York City comptroller was first grilled by Jake Tapper for his “incredibly reckless and … very illegal” prostitution scandal. Then, he was asked by Stephen Colbert if forgiving voters signal the “slow decay of our moral values.”

As Spitzer laughed the question off, Colbert declared, “This ain’t Charlie Rose, motherf**ker!”

Mark Sanford On Marriage Equality: ‘Who Are You To Deny Love?’ Asks Jake Tapper

April 4, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

As marriage equality has emerged as one of the Beltway’s topics du jour, inquiries as to when lawmakers intend to “evolve” on the issue have been in abundance. But whither former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford?

Sanford, famously, has made his feelings about traditional marriage quite clear. As his history of mistress-having and telling-constituents-lies-about-the-mistress-having demonstrates, he’s clearly not too terribly impressed with the “sanctity” of the institution. “This was a whole lot more than a simple affair,” said Sanford in June 2009. “This was a love story. A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day.”

So, newly minted as his party’s nominee for the South Carolina 1st Congressional District seat in the House of Representatives, Sanford made an appearance this afternoon on CNN‘s new show “The Lead,” and host Jake Tapper threw the high, hard stuff at him on marriage equality: “Who are you to deny love between two men or two women, when you are somebody who talks about following his heart, regardless of the laws and traditions of the state of South Carolina? Why are you sitting in judgment of same-sex couples, when you have had the life you have had?”

Jake Tapper’s ‘The Lead’ Debuts To Lower Ratings Than CNN Predecessor

March 23, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

“The face of the new CNN” debuted with rocky ratings during his first week.

“The Lead,” the new show anchored by Jake Tapper, premiered with huge expectations on Monday. New CNN chief Jeff Zucker hailed Tapper as one of the key assets in his reinvention of the network.

In its first four days, though, Tapper’s show struggled to maintain the ratings from its predecessor, “The Situation Room.” Tapper came in third from Monday through Thursday, with his first show drawing 400,000 viewers. As the Hollywood Reporter noted, it averaged a 50 percent drop from “The Situation Room” in the coveted A25-54 demo, as well as a 42 percent drop in total viewers.

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Stephen Colbert Grills Eliot Spitzer, Declares ‘This Ain’t Charlie Rose, Motherf**ker’ (VIDEO)

Mark Sanford On Marriage Equality: ‘Who Are You To Deny Love?’ Asks Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper’s ‘The Lead’ Debuts To Lower Ratings Than CNN Predecessor

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