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Not a citizen and got excited about that and looked at the law and that turned out not to be true. and this was sort of a backup strategy. oh, what if he was actually born in kenya. it was ludicrous. this bubbled through the 08 campaign. the main smear was that he was a muslim and this bubbles around the fringes and burst after the election for some reason. >> was it the republicans also in the election campaign or was it really during that bitter primary fight? i seem to recall john mccain at a...

The president to highlight list commitment to funding new forms of energy. also in nevada, of course, considered a battleground state. a huge battleground state back in 08. i spent a great bit of time here during that election. the president ended up carrying it by 12.5 points. xho economy in nevada shaky. nevada leads the nation in foreclosures. one out of every 35 facing foreclosure. i expect a few questions coming from the crowd about the housing crisis. the president at facebook yesterday, t...

Issues. you would think the federal government would want to test these people, give them physicals, and make sure, if the dispersants are okay, which, again, they were told to quit using. i was told personally, 24 hours, theyve got to find something else. they continue to spray for months, yet were not getting the whole story of what those effects could be long-term on the gulf of mexico. >> does it surprise you that in the most recent poll that ive seen, 69% of the american public wants to go ...

Remember he told charlie gibson back in 08 that he would increase capital gains taxes even if it didnt result in more revenue coming into the feds just in order to be more fair to taxpayers. an issue like that this is so relevant today as with see obama starting to flirt with this idea of increasing taxes on everybody should have been followed up back then as a candidate and certainly now he as our president, he needs to be asked these tough questions. >> i watched your speech over the weekend a...

>> well, you know, they used a similar argument when they wanted to do the bailout in 08 saying there would be a depression if we didnt do it. all they did was prevent the depression for wall street and gave the depression to the poor people. so now theyre saying once again, another fear. no matter what happens, use fear after 9/11 and, you know, osama bin laden -- saddam hussein, we had to scare the people. rut now theyre scaring again. if you dont pass it, theres going to be another disaster. ...

Boehner, majority whip leaders, committees. i wonder if it had an affect. the oil and gas industry, they have done $146 million in lobbying for the federal government and spent $28 million to give to federal campaign. any chance thats part of the problem? >> look, not just this year but every year, gop does not stand for the grand old party, it stands for the gas and oil party. they, in their budget, did not cut any of the tax breaks for the oil companies even though at $108 a barrel they are po...

The evil trouble. saying suppose you lump together all cows in the country. would i allow you to sue all the farmers? dont you do it defendant by defendant or cow by cow or farm by farm? some who support the power companies are already predicting a win. >> i think the court saw the cost, potential disruption and chick disruption and potential loss of jobs. >> reporter: suddenly the case has more relevance now than when it was originally filed. at the supreme court, shannon bream, fox news. >> oi...

I approve of the cuts we are in, it cut a couple areas i would have not have done. it cuts a couple areas of transparency that we need more of, not less of. >> you are so measured in talking about this. this is absolutely pure insanity on the part of our federal government and we are just talking with 2010, not 09, 07, 08. all another years. there are depends made on americans in terms of tackers spending cuts on programs, and then we hear that $125 billion, thats just one year and we have no id...

Relax. >> so how do you attack the deficit if you dont touch medicare, the entitlements as you well know, medicare, medicaid, social security? thats where the debt problem is. how do you address it? >> you know how you do it? by stopping whats going on in the world. the world is just destroying our country. these other countries are sapping our strength. opec is sapping our strength. we cant pay $108 a barrel oil. its sapping our country. and by the way, theyre going to raise it higher, because ...

Will we have a real credit problem weveç never had befor if it goes down, the debt ceiling? >> well, you know, theres a similar argument when they wanted to do the bailout in 08 saying there would be a depression if we didnt do it. all they did was prevent the depression for wall street and gave the depression to the poor people. so now theyre saying once again, another fear. no matter what happens, use fear after 9/11 and, you know, osama bin laden -- saddam hussein, we had to scare the peopl...