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Dissipated, partly on the heels of dick cheneys strong performance against john edwards the week afterwards in the vp debate. democrats this year are hoping for that same kind of dynamic to play out. so honestly, the stakes for tomorrow nights debate between vice president joe biden and paul ryan could not be higher. and no one on the obama side is trying to play down this debate as if it is not important. the romney/ryan side did make a kind of hilarious feint this week at trying to play down h...

Kind of hilarious feint this week at trying to play down how well paul ryan is expected to do at this debate. this is mr. romney trying to do that on cnn yesterday. >> i dont know how paul will deal with this debate. obviously, the vice president has done, i dont know, 15 or 20%s during his lifetime. experienced debater. this is, i think, pauls first debate. i may be wrong. he may have done something in high school. i dont know. >> high school? really? paul ryans first debate? as abc news noted ...

Have been spending time getting to know each other and helping you get to know us. today lets map out the story that is steve kornacki. steve is a former photographer and before he was discovered and became a national heart throb he hosted a regional political show in new jersey. take my word for it, lets go to the video type. tape. >> were back on power and politics. >> i love that. >> i love the hair. long before he was a tv star he did a brief stint as a politician, president of the tenth gra...

Bankers. >> trying to figure out how to price these things. >> she calls it a boom. folks, thanks for joining us. the markets are up, the markets are down. its not necessarily an investing atmosphere if you are feint of heart. im going to show you how to defensively invest your money next. ♪ ooh-oo, child, things will get brighter ♪ ♪ ♪ someday, yeah [ male announcer ] wherever you are, whatever it takes, like a good neighbor, state farm is there. ♪

This next story will make you think again about complain being your malities, i have a shoulder injury, oh, my back or whatever. pay attention to this because a sport that involves swimming for hours and getting stung by jellyfish isnt for the feint of heart. at the age of 60, diana nyad is getting ready to swim 100 miles and finish a goal she started 32 years ago. i cant see how an 18-year-old can do this, 100 miles at 60. dr. sanjay gupta has the story, this amazing athlete in todays "fit nati...

Didnt happen while i was there. it was a few years before. the point is politics has never been for the thin skinned or the feint of heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed up. more over, a democracy in a nation of 300 million people is inherently difficult, its always been noisy and messy, contentious, complicated. we have been fighting about the proper size and role of government since the days the framers gathered in philadelphia. we have battled over the meaning o...

Right. weve seen this time and time again. if you step to the right and they step to the right, the center moves to the right. so all of a sudden, like guantanamo, where things particularly in the national security state, centerist ideas like we shouldnt torture or we should close guantanamo, in moving toward them you shift parameters of the conversation over. we ended up with a center-right health care bill. romney care essentially for the whole united states. you worry thats going to be the en...

If you step to the right and they step to the right, the center moves to the right. so all of a sudden, like guantanamo, where things particularly in the national security state, centerist ideas like we shouldnt torture or we should close guantanamo, in moving toward them you shift parameters of the conversation over. we ended up with a center-right bill, romney care essentially for the whole united states. you worry thats going to be the end result of this sort of ideological feint here with cl...

The bar code for the coupon can then be scanned at checkout. thats it from cnbc. first in business worldwide. david, back to you. it is time for the fastest three minutes of news. we go down to the wire. on auction, ebay, evidence that brought down former baltimore mayor dixon. prosecutors are selling the x-box they say dixon purchased with gift cards intended for the poor. bidding on the x-box, highest bid so far is $405. we have more proof wedding plan sing not for the feint of heart. chec...

Studying the constitution and reading about the constitution and falling in love with our american democracy. now, our frustration is with people, frustration with problems, challenges of a changing world, frustrations with employment, all those things, how we resolve conflict. it has been the greatest honor of my professional life. i love the job and i love the opportunity to serve in the greatest democracy in the world particularly at a time of great, great challenge. this job wasnt intended t...