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>> jon: thats how the big three networks covered the threat of hurricane isaac and the one day delay to the republican convention due to that threat. was it the perfect storm for the media? >> nice, nice analogy, thats good, john. this is why you get the big bucks. look, i have sympathy, i used to cover hurricanes when i was a local reporter in houston along the gulf coast and other things going on and its very difficult and i do have some sympathy and easy to say, it would have made the media h...

Believe is that my opinions that i do have of obama are based on the fact of what he has promised and what we actually got. i cant say a whole lot about whether or not his policies are a failure because i think he missed an opportunity. he had the ability to execute and he spent most of his first year at least, trying to get everybody to agree-- this is more about results for you? >> its 100% about results? >> so, you think... vetting a president, though, on these important issues -- i just th...

>> i was pretty much appointed by all the inmates to do it. probably because im educated. i know whats going on. ill go ahead and put in the paperwork showing that ill represent you. since you gave 24 hours prior -- >> 24 hours after? >> after. >> since you did that and then youre clean on that one and then we can probably get the suspension changed, like 30 days or 30 to 90 days youll be sanctioned. >> thats cool. >> i enjoy what im doing. i enjoy helping people. it keeps my day busy. >> but pe...

Disappeared. on wednesday, on the second day of the republican convention in florida this week, a federal judge said he would permanently block floridas new law that makes it harder to register voters in the state. the law had been put on hold by a court in may, and the news this week, the new ruling means that the law is not coming back. and you know, looking at those numbers, look at 04 and then 08 and then 2012 in those blue lines. maybe the damage is already done for democrats. maybe they ca...

Especially for this campaign. they have operated so far with what looks to be a sharp understanding of the math that goes into winning elections. they have to understand momentum, right, they sure ly understand geography. its not an accident that the party held its convention in florida which had not hosted a convention in 40 years but has voted for the winner of the presidential election for the past 40 years and where barack obama now leads in the polls by an average of one single point. repub...

Im being singled out. im being targeted. im being picked on, and it sucks. >> okay. ill review the evidence, the report and your testimony and make my decision. my decision subject to the review and revision by the deputy warden. the deputy warden may approve or reduce or modify or reverse my decision. do you understand? >> yes. >> do you understand everything that has been explained to you during the course of this hearing? >> yes. >> at 2:30 p.m. on 5/6/08, the hearing is completed. you are he...

>> well find good people who like us, want to make sure this company deals with its challenges. well get america on track again. >> america is not a company. and does that mean mitt romney wants to fire all of us? like he fired workers at a lot of those businesses, bain capital bought so he could turn them around? >> these guys are tired. theyre all tired, but in politics, it doesnt matter how tired you are. after their respective conventions in 08, the democrats and republicans raced off to sha...

The spotlight yet. the governor saying it is time to turn the page elect a new leader. his speech capping off what became a shortened three-day convention. steve brown was there. in the course of your reporting what mitt romney said last night what did folks talk to you about when it came to the tone he tried to set? >> reporter: it seemed like a soft sell and that may match up with his campaign research with other research we are learning about. frank luntz, a fox news contributor, karl rove an...

Earners who make up the vast majority of latinos? >> lets talk more about that business angle because as we recall president obama won two-thirds of the latino vote in 08 but according to the telemundo poll hes holding on to a similar lead in this election cycle. as we talk about business and, as you say, that emerging small business leader are within the latino community, will romneys message that hes better for those small businesses and the economy override the immigration/that certaimmigrati...

Obama side involves how to avoid that and how to try to evoke the similar regal potential in mitt romneys personality. >> i wondered about that. i remember watching the debates in 07 and 08 and thinking, obama really not a good debater. it seemed a lot of times to me like hillary clinton was almost walking all over him in those debates. i wonder if the sort of style to me was a liability for him then will play differently and will work differently in general election debates now where the lack o...