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Electricity in which wed end up with a ton of inflation." the other weird thing about this is in 1981 the country really was facing an inflation problem. it made sense that people would be looking for radical alternatives to help control inflation. today inflation is about as low as its ever been and weve come through a financial crisis in which the entire global economy might well have collapsed if the federal reserve hadnt stepped in after the credit markets froze. across the sea, weve been wa...

Showed a wider gap, 9% of the electorate. three quarters of a million people dont have i.d. its a widespread problem, but not an evenly spread problem. the vast majority live in philadelphia county to the east and allegheny county, pittsburgh to the west. and the funny thing about those two counties, they prove to be democratic strongholds in the 08 election. so if your goal was to limit democratic voter turnout this election, how would you go about it? well, you could pass a law making it harde...

When the pennsylvania governor introduced the new photo voter i.d. law, his office said 9% of voters already had an accessible form of i.d. but a comparison between the list of registered voters, the most common form of i.d. to vote showed a wider gap, 9% of the electorate, over 750,000 dont have i.d. its a widespread problem, but not an evenly spread problem. the vast majority live in philadelphia county to the east and allegheny county, pittsburgh to the west. and the funny thing about those t...

So, fast forward 30 years were here in the present now, no inflation problem, the head of the federal reserve was originally appointed by george w. bush and credited with having headed off a potential great depression in 08. and so what does the republican party want to do? well, according to a draft of the partys platform, they want another gold commission. to study whether or not we should go back to gold. you might dismiss this as meaningless capitulation to the ron pauls delegates. but thats...

Anyone who isnt the most indoctrinated democrat would tell you that the new york times is seriously one sided. and it was in the whole race in 08. you are just looking at the coverage now and its close to absurd. todays a great example of it. i mean, two articles about akin today? on the front page, when we have afghanistan deteriorating. we have an economy that -- there is a prediction that we may have 9% unemployment next were -- year. we have beena at 8% unemployment for a record period of ti...

They gather for their convention? todd akin and his comment on abortion, rape and pregnancy, have put the spotlight on an ideological split between the party and its current standard bearer. joining me is ron reagan. its good to have you here. the official platform as we all know, was approved ahead of next weeks rnc, calling no a ban on abortions. this is no different than what platform in 04 and 08. we do have mitt romney speaking this week to affiliate wcmh about his own platform and the diff...

Bill: governor mitt romney talking about his energy plan today in the state of new mexico. his policy aimed at expanding domestic and offshore drilling. new mexico the 6th largest oil producing state in the country voted blue in 08. five electoral votes up there. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live. >> reporter: governor romney is going to say that states should have more freedom to explore for energy on federal lands within their territory. they should also have more freedom ...

President clinton once said to me, when he was still in his first term. i said, what surprised you the most about being president? he said, its that the media wont allow you to a centrist idea. in order to be heard and make noise and even get your idea thought about, it forces you to move to one direction or the other. and thats not how problems get solved. so somehow we need our politicians to get in the business of solving our problems. and if theyre not doing that, then somehow theyre not doi...

And dominican republican. this is something were keeping a close eye on, martha. martha: that is what you typically expect. as it goes over the land mass it is starts to shave off some of that power, right? >> well hope for that. were looking at strong impact across parts of the caribbean with heavy rain of 8 inches as we head onto the parts of leeward islands. storm surge as high as one to three feet above normal levels. martha: give as new meaning to right track and wrong track. maria, thank y...

Youngstown is located, their county commissioners voted unanimously that their county also should allow weekend hours for early voting. the county commissioner said they have the money to do it, the space 2to do it, and theyr able to make early voting on weekends happen. to make early happen. ohio had early votings in 08, early votings on the weekend in 2010, early votings on the weekends even for the presidential primaries this year. and now these democratic-leaning counties are in revolt over ...