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Republicans have announced retirements in the senate and in the house and among governors than democrats. and so theres going to be contentious races. we acknowledge the average president in a first midterm has challenges since 1900, on average, the party of the president loses 28 house seats and four senate seats in governors races too, and these challenger challenging times. and it may be tough, it may be uphill, but thats what democrats do. we did it in 08, were the underdog party, we tend to...

Contentious races. we acknowledge the average president in a first midterm has challenges since 1900, on average, the party of the president loses 28 house seats and four senate seats in governors races too, and these challenger challenging times. and it may be tough, it may be uphill, but thats what democrats do. we did it in 08, were the underdog party, we tend to be underestimated and then we tend to overperform. i think well do very well this november. >> larry: are you making a firm predict...

Get care. the mayo clinic does want to take care of people on medicare or medicaid. thats how the president promises to cover 15 million more people. with the coverage but not the care that they need. >> senator, what about the whole approach to reconciliation? theres a lot of moan being reconciliation from the republican side but as has been accurately pointed out, lot of republicans use the same procedures for the bush tax cuts, just under a different regime. >> well, the truth of the matter i...

She knows theyre going to be voted out? absolutely not. its all about saving their own skin, and thats why youre seeing the division so deep and fierce amongst democrats. megyn: juan, there are 54 so-called blue dog democrats in the house, and those are, many of those went along with bart stupak on his abortion amendment and said were not signing on unless there are strict restrictions on whether federal money can be used for abortion. now that language has been watered down, so handicap it for ...

I would add one more thing, too, gregg, because, the house ethics committee itself, i think has not done a credible job here. they started this investigation in september of 08. september of 08. the first stories about some of his misdeeds, came out in july of 08. and, nancy pelosi at one point in september, said it will be done in january, of 09. and here we are, coming up on marchi march of 2010 and theyve only adjudicated one issue and gave him a finger pointing, dont do that again admonishme...

Paralyzing him. the company reports it to the military as the reckless use of an unauthorized weapon. but senator carl levin says the right people never read it. >> if that shooting back in december of 08 had been investigated, it would have been discovered that personnel were using weapons, unsafely, unsafely, inadequate supervision. >> reporter: flash-forward to may of last year. on a dark, dusty road in kabul, blackwater contractors with unauthorized weapons, opened fire on afghan civilians t...

Another 200 rifles out of the bunker. who signs for it? eric hartman. theres a south park character by that name. but blackwater told investigators for eric hartman ever worked for the company. and blackwater admits quote, contractors should not have been armed without the proper approvals. later that year, one contractor accidentally shoots another trainer in the head, partially paralyzing him. the company reports to it the military as the reckless use of an unauthorized weapon. senator carl le...

Terrorist will less be able to do. so i agree with the secretary, that is a greater challenge. >> fran, i want to challenge you on one thing here. we had you on talking about the cyber shock simulation last week, what an interesting exercise that was. but you said that the government is woefully unprepared to address cyber terrorism in this country. but you were homeland security advisor for 3 1/2 years. why werent things fixed back when you were in charge? >> you know, john, in january of 08, t...

About big, bad wall street. as wall street emerges from its worst crisis in decades, a new report shows executive bonuses are growing again. employee payouts were up 17% from 2008, just a year after taxpayers rescued the industry. in all, employees walked away with more than $20 billion. thats nearly three times larger than any other increase in wall streets history. >> pat buchanan, let me ask you this question. >> come on. >> because youve got a lot of stock in a lot of these bank companies. s...

State by one company specifically, anthem blue cross, go up to 39%. this creates an enormous problem for people. think of it if your rent jumps up 40%, my understanding is that anthem blue cross, regardless, regardless, is going to proceed with these rate increases. they believe that they are fair. they believe that they are fair when they have made billions of dollars of profits this past year. i dont believe they are fair. >> i was going to ask you about the profits. at a hearing on the house ...