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Look, i think whats interesting about this, how its all framed within the context of terrorism. remember, president obama has said many times, keeping the american public safe is his first priority. youve seen elections in the past decided on this. 2002 and 2004, in 2002 a mid-term election you saw republicans run very strongly that they were better equipped to keep the country safe. 2004 that was at the basis of george w. bushs re-election campaign. we saw the issue move away from republicans i...

Dominant feature as far as you are concerned? >> well, you begin with character and begin with a place and idea of a story thats out. but everything is strange through politics. life is politics. ultimately, you know, the trick to do television, at least the way we want to do it, is not to decide we want to get a franchise up and keep it on the air because theres money in that. actually to have something to say. this is -- piece is making an argument for the city. thats a distinct opposition to ...

It is really good to be here in the land of 10,000 lakes with patriots who love your country, you are so proud to be americans and you who love your good hunting and fishing and -- some of you proudly clinging to your guns and religion like the rest of us. >> sarah palin, sort of channelling barack obama from back during the pennsylvania primary in 08. that was palin and michele bachmann in minneapolis last night. joining me now, ben weber, pat buchanan, former republican presidential candidate ...

>> our most immediate political priority isnt the 08 presidential race. its the 06 midterm elections, and weve got to do it and weve got to win. my friends, dont think it isnt going to be a tough fight because it is. >> this presidents under siege. and if we follow him or not follow him based on polls, shame on us. george w. bush, ladies and gentlemen, is the winston churchill of our time. >> reporter: it was such a difficult climate for republicans in 2006. john mccain, who wasnt going to win t...

While at the same time the number of facilities has been going up. so the decline went on until, oh, maybe just the last year or two, and now its kind of leveled out. but theyre still way below the number they should be looking at. a lot of facilities never get inspected by fda for years on end. jane: this is just one statistic. between 04 and 08, the fda inspected fewer than half of the 51,000 facilities it is supposed to regulate according to the inspector general, so how do we fix this? simpl...

Possible tax hike on every american citizen, based on what you buy and the candidate obama said there is no chance of increasing the taxes on the middle class and the senator, october 08, remember this? >> no matter what senator mccain may claim heres the facts. if you make less than a quarter million dollars a year, under my plan you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime. not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains tax... no tax. the last thing we should do in ...

The governor says only "sliver of hope now that the miners still in there will be found alive." meantime, more questions about mine owner massey energy and its ceo don blankenship as the company, more than doubled its profits in 09 to $104 million. the stock actually up fivefold from 11 to 55, simultaneous to a massive spike in violations and an incredible political campaign to disable the west virginia government for enforcement, particularly from the unions. at the upper big branch alone, 197 ...

Them using something like that. >> i dont think she has a suit. megyn: here i the thing that bothers me about the alleged assault. she says it happened in september 08, she got fired in 09. i dont understand how you dont file a lawsuit and things dont explode prior to that. your boss at fox news slaps you across the face, you wait eight months to do something about it? >> have you seen her in anything lately? maybe she needs some money and she was weighing the benefits of going forward with the ...

People know me very well. and that is independent and a maverick of the senate. >> and here of course is the good senator maverick telling "newsweek" and i will quote him -- thats probably news to anyone who paid even the least bit of attention to the 08 presidential race. apparently, you can call yourself a maverick, say it during debates, even have sarah palin discuss your mavericky ways in public and still yet never actually believe yourself to be a maverick. and finally, police in britain ar...

Was talking to dan on the weekend. they were burned as you indicated from predicks early on with stimulus. so wildly off in what was the imployed promise that this stimulus would keep frus reaching 8%. 8.8% that they have had trouble ever since. so that is not going happen again. they understand is that rumor indicated with growth of 3% the job recovery will be really slow. and i think one thing unstate sthad we have had a significant spike in oil prices up to $87. if you think about what happen...