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>> the president campaigned on 08 in the assault weapon ban and the only gun legislation that the president has signed since then, one is the right to carry a gun in national parks where our kids play and one is the right to carry guns on amtrak. i assume thats to stop the rash of train robberies which stopped back in the 1800s. and this is ridiculous. >> sir, how do you respond to that? >> mayor bloomberg is on target and very motional about it and he has been consistently pushing for stronger ...

Criminal records who have substance abuse problems, who are minors, if you ever stopped any of them from guy buying a gun, that this particular event would not take place. this is just one in a series of what happens again and again and again. your argument is that theres no reason to have speed limits because it wouldnt have stopped that one person when the cops werent around that they stepped on the pedal. if congress were to act, if congress wasnt so afraid of the nra, and i think i can show ...

Left the firm in 99 to go to the olympics. so he was setting down a mile marker. he ran in 08. the economy tanked. he was planning to run in 2012. his sole credential was his experience at bain. he understood the economy, he knew how to fix the economy, but they never figured out how to tell that story. you know, the attacks came, telling what we would call the real story behind bain, was never countered. in any way. >> what would be the counter? if youre playing for the other side, whats your e...

Well. do you think that clinton, secretary clinton or former president clinton, they have done this i know in private, said what they thought about this, they were for kerry. did they ever express that or lobby for kerry or against rice in this case do you know? >> its my understanding they didnt. i think that hillary clinton understood where the presidents loyalties lie, that he was leaning towards susan rice, and she wasnt going to start a debate and try to -- and i think, in fact, those close...

You know, theres never going to be that close personal connection between samantha powers and susan rice who were with obama in 08 and hillary clinton, the person who ran against him. this is a team of rivals which has come together at the top between hillary clinton and the president. but the people in the national security team and a lot of those others who worked in that campaign are not that close with clinton. >> and susan rice will remember and probably can tell you how many days, hours an...

Did they ever lobby for kerry? >> hillary clinton understood where the presidents loyalties lie. he was leading towards rice. he wasnt going to start to debate and try to -- and i think that, in fact, those close to secretary clinton, i think andrea can speak to this, really try to snuff out these stories that secretary clinton wanted kerry over rice. didnt want to have rice replaced. she wasnt going to get involved with that. i think she stayed out of that a lot. i dont think that they were goi...

Place where republicans have to do better. white voters in general, white independents. this is the problem, chris. its across the board, and thats why its not just -- chuck rightly points out, its not just an election, its not just a candidate. youre making a mistake if youre saying this is about mitt romney. not really. this is about the fate of a republican brand. chuck mentioned 2010. i look at 2010, 2010 almost in retrospect looks like a false positive. i think a lot of republicans thought,...

Loss in 08 to barak obama in which -- which is something she has been considering. insiders say there is no rush in her making up her decision. she could actually join the race late, they argue, in part because shes got big name recognition that the big donors would likely stand on the side lines and freeze the rates for some her rivals as long as she wanted to wait. once she wraps up her time at the state department, do not expect her to hang her hat at her husband, bill clintons, foundation. i...

Loss in 08 to barak obama in which -- which is something she has been considering. insiders say there is no rush in her making up her decision. she could actually join the race late, they argue, in part because shes got big name recognition that the big donors would likely stand on the side lines and freeze the rates for some her rivals as long as she wanted to wait. once she wraps up her time at the state department, do not expect her to hang her hat at her husband, bill clintons, foundation. i...

A very sad moment. these attacks against her were completely baseless. she was not the problem in benghazi, said this over and over. she reported exactly what the intelligence community told her to say and what they wanted said at that moment. this is naked politics by the gop to take blood a piece of blood out of obama. a return to somebody who had tabled mccain as part of the 08 campaign, part of mccains bitterness about losing in 08 and perhaps again losing in 2012. and just this sad, nakedly...