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>> nice slip, sparky. howard fineman and chris hays on giving the de-energized base an anvil. gold line and the gold finger. >> heres the deal. call gold line, study it out, pray on it. if its the right thing for you, then do it. >> you better pray. at the gold line congressional hearing. >> once people have been convinced by their fear and the lies to purchase these products, they are profoundly ripped off. >> our guest, congressman anthony wiener. all the news and commentary now on "countdow...

President obama. some people commented at the time it was crazy for obama to tie himself to the democratic leadership in that way and it was like an anvil around his neck that would drag him down and i think we have seen that to a large extent over the course of the 18 months. what is ironic is the obama administration is mad at him for not doing it. its very painful, i think, for both sides. >> thats one more reason, mika, for the white house to be frustrated because, of course, they have terri...

United states. how are republicans handling this? >> this is whats so interesting. in the past -- as you know, this has been going on almost two years now, this investigation. republican leaders have pounded rangel and pounded democrats for their connections to rangel. right now were seeing the republican leaders are very much mum. i asked one republican aide, whats going on here? and that source told me, you dont need to throw an anvil at a drowning man. were seeing republicans really leaving t...

Of thousands of dollars in assets. its a litany. we know he has been admonished by this various ethics committee back in the winter, anderson for failing or really accepting corporate-sponsored travel, also a very big no-no for members of congress. >> the list is extraordinary, especially for the guy who is overseeing tax laws in the united states. how are republicans handling this? >> this is whats so interesting. in the past -- as you know, this has been going on almost two years now, this inv...

Failing or really accepting corporate-sponsored travel, also a very big no-no for members of congress. >> the list is extraordinary, especially for the guy who is overseeing tax laws in the united states. how are republicans handling this? >> this is whats so interesting. in the past -- as you know, this has been going on almost two years now, this investigation. republican leaders have pounded rangel and pounded democrats for their connections to rangel. right now were seeing the republican lea...

The pakistan one is sort of the killer in the sense that you get everything right if youve got this very large safe haven with potentially some elements of the state and almost everyone now agrees theres a london school of economics report on the continuing ties between the pakistani military and the afghan taliban. with the government supporting it, how do you win? >> well, you know, we can be the anvil, but if pakistan isnt ready to be the hammer and hammer those afghan taliban into submission...

>> when we think about the four things dave point out, to me, the pakistan one is sort of the killer in the sense that you get everything right if youve got this very large safe haven with potentially some elements of the state and almost everyone now agrees theres a london school of economics report on the continuing ties between the pakistani military and the afghan taliban. with the government supporting it, how do you win? >> well, you know, we can be the anvil, but if pakistan isnt ready to...

How much weight? how many people can you get on here? how many problems? america is not this big heavy desk. america, as we found out on 9/11 is quite fragile. its the constitution that is our stab table top. the three-legged table. look what we stacked on this thing. how much more weight can we put on the table before it collapses? the economy is a giant anvil on the table and getting bigger every day. right now the unemployment is at 9.7%. national debt is at $13 trillion. our understo unfunde...

>> you sort of have a cause, all of these issues and -- >> thats not what this is about. >> no, its not. this is about charlie crist -- >> trying to win. >> -- trying to win like our friend up there in pennsylvania, mr. specter did. is there a chance theres another senate seat coming up, if charlie crist walks out of the gop, he aint ever coming back, so this is the last shot for him. >> thats right. >> how about, is ben nelson -- not ben nelson -- bill nelsons seat? could he go for that if he. ...

And the vice gets tighter and tighter. there are -- there are not easy long term principles. but there are long term principles that will solve these issues. weve talked about them at length many times. were gonna talk about them in the next few weeks. im going to solve some of these things. you dont have to agree with my answer but got to be behind something that makes sense. in the shorter term we need to keep our heads. we need to fight hard within the rules and pray, get down on your knees a...