Martin Bashir   |  November 08, 2012

Top Lines: Stewart, Letterman, Rove, Coulter, Maddow, and ‘mud’

Jon Stewart has fun with FOX News election night crew; Dick Morris is buried in a “mud” slide; David Letterman shares his Karl Rove impersonation; and Ann Coulter pines for 1980 in today’s Top Lines.

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>>> from the highest peak to the lowest valley, from sea to shining sea , here are today's "top lines." get your hiking boots orch.

>> just because we're in the valley one day does not mean we cannot ascend to the mountaintop the next.

>> there was an avalanche on [ bleep ] mountain, ladies and gentlemen .

>> what about florida?

>> is this just math that you do as a republican to make yourself feel better or is this real?

>> well, i'm buried in a mud slide.

>> i have news for you, buddy, that ain't mud.

>> one of the things we learned, matt, is negative politics works.

>> the negative ads went on both sides.

>> the previous numbers were the '04 model.

>> i thought the minorities who voted in 2008 would have disappeared by now.

>> they knew no boundaries when it came to lying and demonizing, slandering, smearing.

>> david brooks , whose best claim to fame is drooling over obama's crease in his pants.

>> this was math. it was ground game.

>> mitt romney would have won last night if he had the same demographics ron 23458d reagan had.

>> it was about 35 to about 12 of people whose votes were decided for them by their ethnicity, their age, or their gender.

>> if we're not getting the female vote, do we become pro-choice?

>> you cannot dodge the reality that the republican party has a woman problem.

>> my wife reports to me regularly that the issue women care about most is the economy.

>> what the heck happened last night?

>> democratic women candidates had a very good night. celebrate good times

>> this victory belongs to you. come on