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The bull weasels. i men when newt gingrich was the only republican. pretty soon almost all the state delegation, with the exception of john lewis, is all republican. >> and the entire south. >> and the whole south. but president bush, in fairness, he really courted ted kennedy when he came in because he really wanted an ally. he was looking to duplicate bob bulluck in texas legislature, who was like a republican but a big democrat. and bush was looking for those kind much alliancof alliance. i d...

Modeling himself after the president. and i think hes betting that the tea party is just going to wear itself out. that if the senate elections shape up as they now seem to be, with the tea party primarying candidates and producing candidates so far to the right, democrats may be able to hang onto the senate that the tea party will be spent by the time cory booker will run for president, because thats in his game plan, there will be more of an appetite to bring people together. if you look at 08...

How did you get into that character? >> i was fortunate enough to have parents that were involved in that. and friends of my parents. so i grew up in that kind of environment. you know, my parents got together in 1963, interracial couple. so they dealt with it, you know, the same but a whole other set of obstacles as well, and my grandfather always educated me when i was young about the foundation that was laid. and thats the beautiful thing about this movie. people, kids, whatever age you might...

Happen. so there should be a lot of americans saying to your congressmen on both sides of the aisle, where were you guys since 08, 09, 10, 11, 12. why arent you paying attention to the information? they seem to completely have no clue what the nsa is doing. >> hold on. remember what "the washington post" said. im not disagreeing with you that congress didnt do its job. one of the key nuggets in the "washington post" story today is that the nsa has been withholding this information from congress....

Clinton foundation okay? so amid the early 2016 election buzz that surrounds hillary clinton all of this hit the front page of none other than than "the new york times" that points to possible golden parachutes for some of the organizations biggest donors and concerns about the finances. the report claims that was printed in "the new york times" that the foundation brought in $214 million in revenues. they do a ton of fund-raising with this organization but that they are running an 8 million-dol...

Question, of course, is, could it happen again? and the answer is maybe, but it is in fact probably less likely now. since then our country decided to try to fix it, at least we decided to spend a bunch of money trying to fix the problem. after the blackout, utility companies spent a lot to maintain what theyve got per mile of line, transmission line, theyve been spending nearly three times what they spent in the ten years before the blackout. the federal government also stepped up, five days be...

Speeches from 08. i will remind you. brittle. >> thats it for the panel. clever tactics get caught on tape. well be right back. alert. the beach on your tv is much closer than it appears. dive into labor day with up to 50% off hotels at travelocity.

It happen again? and the answer is maybe, but it is in fact probably less likely now. since then our country decided to try to fix it, at least we decided to spend a bunch of money trying to fix the problem. after the blackout, utility companies spent a lot to maintain what theyve got per mile of line, transmission line, theyve been spending nearly three times what they spent in the ten years before the blackout. the federal government also stepped up, five days before the 08 presidential electi...

It goes back to the movie. the first time on the big screen in 15 years. and getting critical acclaim for it. its an amazing movie and there are a lot of things that bring up historical points we reference in the past. racial discrimination and segregation and her talking about not being able to buy a bag in switzerland goes back to "the butler" again. >> you mentioned you have quantified oprahs endorsement of president obama, what? about a million votes for him in the democratic primary? althou...

>> i agree with you. >> let me wrap up if i might. courtesy of nbcs first read, a reminder of how early we really have in the 2016 race. at this point in the 08 cycle, august of 2005, this was the state of play. on the republican side, senator george allen was considered at least the cofront-runner for the nomination. here he is on the cover of "the national review" with the headline "his future is now," and the first string presidential talent out of virginia. a year later he lost his bid for r...