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Succeeded. >> brian: perfect secretary of state. >> steve: oh, why dont we switch. they thought of that. >> gretchen: do you believe that there was talk of ha? >> doing what? >> gretchen: switching hillary clinton with joe biden. >> it is all speculation in washington and political circles and fostered by the moment people are so intent on the vice-presidential ticket. the idea came about because hillary clinton is the most popular politician in america and women who will decide the election who...

Obama spent more in 08 than bush and ker re combined in 04. were already breaking records from 08. what is the impact day to day on the campaign, on the election? how does this affect democracy? >> well, i dont know about democracy. i know that having spent the last -- early part of this week with joe biden in north carolina and virginia, theres a lot of people in those states who are already trying to figure out someone who can take their television set away from them for the next two months be...

>> let him finish. >> my point is im sure his group isnt just -- ours has an eclectic group. weve got democrats, republicans, independents. i myself, fact check this. i donated to obamas campaign in 08 in obamas campaign. just like a lot of people in our group. just like people you service in the army. people have different backgrounds. you cant just bucket a group of people. >> im not bucketing, i serve with people of all political persuasio persuasions, youve lied. okay. theres been no evidenc...

Campaign to say essentially its not on the table and that he wants americans, he thinks it would be better to make sure people are aware of this. ben, why is this war which as i mentioned has more troops on the ground today than it did in 2007 and 08, why has this war fallen off the radar? >> there are two reasons. one is americans arent focused on it and the candidates tend to go where the action is but that was true in 08 with john mccain, when he wanted to talk about foreign policy. its somet...

Weve got democrats, republicans, independents. you can fact check this. its all public record. i donated to obamas campaign in 08 in the primaries. ive voted for republicans and democrats. its just like people with that you serve with in the army, jon. and the same in the the squadron i used to fly. you cant just bucket a group of people into one political persuasion. >> im not bucketing -- i serve with people of all political persuasions. theres a difference between expressing an opinion and ly...

Students carrying to social issues to even issues around, you know, the wars in iraq, afghanistan, even iran. these are issues that people are concerned about today. but i would say, first and foremost, jobs and the economy for young people. >> heather, president obama in 08 did very well with millenials. he got two out of three votes with the under 30 crowd. are we going to see a repeat here? >> well, i think young people are just starting to pay attention, despite what we are doing in d.c. and...

>> they are trying to sell this that romney and ryan want to hurt the folks. you say because there veally nothing to back that up. >> or any preexisting image to that effect, right. >> by saying that and thats kind of nativitiy, all right, that the woman died of cancer. >> bounces back at them. there is more profound view of this situation. -bama understood viability was how many of the people that were not voting. he could get out to vote. think he made a fundamental strategic error which he ma...

Vote is in fact love and hope. what he should have done is recreate the obama of 08 to whatever extent he can. >> how can you do that when you are mired down in policy decisions that have hurt the folks? how can you do that? >> you can. >> make sure you tune into fox and friends they are going to be covering the campaign tactics. they will have john sinunu and michelle malkin this morning both of them live. if you face a so-called economic recovery is moving at a snails pace you are not alone....

>> they are trying to sell this that romney and ryan want to hurt the folks. you say because there veally nothing to back that up. >> or any preexisting image to that effect, right. >> by saying that and thats kind of nativitiy, all right, that the woman died of cancer. >> bounces back at them. there is more profound view of this situation. -bama understood viability was how many of the people that were not voting. he could get out to vote. think he made a fundamental strategic error which he ma...

Obam in 08. >> i will be honest, i dont know the answer to that question. i know a few of these people, but a lot of them, i dont. its one of those things where the call went out, saying what small business people do we know that are in disagreement with the presidents statement that, you know, all it takes is hard work? it takes more than that to be successful. it takes an entrepreneurial spirit. thats what made the country great and thats what will return the country to greatness. they put the...