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The 08 onslaught and the democratic wave that took place with the presidents first election. their challengers range from texas to the daughter of a former vice president. there is a bell manufacturer millionaire in kentucky. there was a distant cousin of president obama in kansas who is running. there is a mississippi lawyer and a tennessee farmer and a slew of candidates including the first woman to graduate from the citadel. the performance will set the tone and the direction for the gop in 2...

That from happening. is that true or is that false? false, kind of. at least as of tomorrow, it is probably false. ever since president obama announced his plans to close guantanamo, congress really has been blocking him from sending prisoners to their home countries or transferring them to the real court system. youll recall that in the 08 campaign, it was barack obama who said he would close guantanamo, running against john mccain, who said he would close guantanamo, both vying to replace pres...

At least as of tomorrow, it is probably false. ever since president obama announced his plans to close guantanamo, congress really has been blocking him from sending prisoners to their home countries or transferring them to the real court system. youll recall that in the 08 campaign, it was barack obama who said he would close guantanamo, running against john mccain, who said he would close guantanamo, both vying to replace president george w. bush, who also said we should close guantanamo. this...

To save one man who has crept dangerously close to the edge of the falls. the call comes in on march 19th, 2003, 5:08 p.m. sergeant pat moriarty is on duty. hes a 19-year veteran of the niagara falls state park police. >> our radio man yelled down the hall, sarg, said i just got a call from the canadians, theres a man on the ice at terrapin point. >> not a safe place to be. terrapin point is a piece of land that sits as close to the falls as you can get. >> the drop from that point, at terrapin ...

Dan, i want to start with you. its not surprising the purpose of the focus group is to get context to the poor poll numbers and the poor reflection that clearly the public has for washington there. what was striking to me was the lack of not knowing what to do next. not knowing how to punish washington. >> that frustration has been out there for several cycles. once we got past 08 was a historic election and one in which people felt good about and maybe the country could turn a corner, what we h...

It helped president obama in 08. but the corporations have a lot of power, chamber of commerce and those organizations have a lot of power. wouldnt it be better suited for them to put efforts more in terms of what happens at state level races in the house of representatives and statehouses and with governors where they can have much more of a direct impact? because the government shutdown, mitt romney thats not his problem or john boehners issue so much, that is a small number of extremely conse...

>> well, couple of things. you saw the lines we had not only in 08 but in 12. some of these folks may have stood in line. i said on election night thats not acceptable in a democracy. that has been around as long as ours and the world looks to. so we immediately assigned by chief election lawyer and mitt romneys chief election lawyer to sit down with a group of experts and come up with a whole series of voter reforms. theyre supposed to report back to me by the end of this year so early next yea...

Of governance. we cant go back to 08 and change the past but we can change the future. and so the balance has to be that if people are already retired, you need to be fair. you cannot make draconian cuts. their ability to work and make up for that income is limited. what we have to focus on is how were going to ensure that were not having this conversation in another ten years. >> bridget gainer, thank you so much. hope you come back. >> thanks. i would love to. speaking of detroit, check this...

Only in 08 but in 12. some of these folks may have stood in line. i said on election night thats not acceptable in a democracy. that has been around as long as ours and the world looks to. so we immediately assigned by chief election lawyer and mitt romneys chief election lawyer to sit down with a group of experts and come up with a whole series of voter reforms. theyre supposed to report back to me by the end of this year so early next year were going to put forward what we know will be a bipar...

Most similar countries when you think about it, which is why i think for black americans in this country, we have this living memory of apartheid. i came of age in the owe 08s and 90s and i remember conversations in my house with friends and especially in college we had just missed the divestment movement on college campuses. >> explain what that means. there was movements for colleges with endowments invested in certain companies to divest any companies doing business in south africa. and this ...