Takeouts: Rep. Eric Massa’s defensive strategy, listeners respond
WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: Everyone loves a political dogfight. Rep. Eric Massa, freshman congressman from western New York resigned on Monday. Is that because the House Ethics Committee is investigating complaints that he made inappropriate sexual remarks to a staffer? Or because, as Massa says, his president and party have pushed him out? Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich joins the show with a play by play in the tete-a-tete between the former representative and… well… everybody else in his Democratic Party.
YOUR RESPONSES: We asked you to weigh in about what is and isn’t genius, and got plenty of feedback. We hear what you had to say.
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