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Sachs cheered the large financial gains the firm stood to make on certain bets it had placed according to newly released documents. the documents showed the investments calculated to benefit if housing prices fell. a senate investigative committee found. lawmakers said the internal e-mails released saturday contradict what they said are goldmans assertions that the bank was not trying to profit from the decline of the housing market in 2007 and merely seeking to protect itself if prices collapse...

>> its a fast track. d.c. court of appeals. >> sort of the farm team for the supreme court. four of the current justices. but i think they feel, they know each other. theyre friendly. they feel hes familiar with the kinds of issues that end up in the supreme court and that he could go in and from day one be a very productive justice. now, thats the plus side. the minus side for liberal interest groups, hes not a liberal. >> whats an example though that makes it not a liberal. ive heard this char...

Whether he was even relevant. then the murrah building bombing hit and the president went out there and he made a quite moving speech and at the same time, he made several statements in which he talked about the hot language on the right in america, having perhaps given rise to the intense feelings, indeed the murderous indistincts -- instincts of the oklahoma city bombers. i didnt quite say it but the implication was unmistakable. there are those, dick morris, that date his comeback and those a...

The republican leadership to link financial reform to the bailouts even though the financial reform is designed to prevent the conditions that forced the bailouts and it really doesnt have any foundation, in fact. but if you repeat these assertions a number of times, they do gain traction. i think the president was entitled to what he said. the republicans are in a difficult position defending new rules for the financial services industry and so theyve got to kind of go over the top in making th...

Lobbyists who were paid big bucks to try to keep the status quo. >> lo and behold he came against common sense reforms we proposed. in doing so he made the cynical and deceptive assertion that reform would somehow enable future bailouts when he knows it would do exactly the opposite. >> well, joining me now contributing editor with "newsweek," eleanor clift, also with us a reporter with politico. good morning, guys. good to see you. >> morning. >> good morning. >> eleanor, cynical and deceptive,...

Campaign on the bush administration. you know better than anyone else, to use assertions that werent true to get the country into war. >> we know all about that. >> over and over again. >> okay. now for a refreshing change of tone. heres tom coburn who i respect tremendously for what hes done. heres senator tom coburn of oklahoma talking with a woman at a town hall meeting in oklahoma city on march 21st, not too long ago. lets listen to this departure. here it is. lets listen. >> if they can put...

Of getting things wrong. theres an intent here. its demagoguery. its saying things to whip up your base, your followers to gain political advantage. we saw back in the 2000s, in the early part of the decade a whole campaign on the bush administration. you know better than anyone else, to use assertions that werent true to get the country into war. >> we know all about that. >> over and over again. >> okay. now for a refreshing change of tone. heres tom coburn who i respect tremendously for what ...

Time it chose to do so and wanted more senators, but never leave the union. how did he make that up and get away with it? >> theres an intent here. its saying things to whip up your base, your followers, to gain political advantage. we saw back in 2000s early part of the decade a whole campaign on the bush administration you know better than anyone else to use assertions that werent true to get the country into war. unfortunately it works over and over and over again. >> for a refreshing change ...

You. >> some in my party didnt like it very much but i approve this message because i dont answer to my party. i answer to arkansas. >> apparently arkansas being picked off by bankers. i didnt realize this. on top of her swipe at the unions, her opposition to cap and trade and assertions of political independence democrats, most upset with her split health care votes. youll recall she voted for the main bill but was 1 of 3 senate democrats who voted against the reconciliation fixes that win with...

A half? >> yes. every time we saw each other it was like we became more and more comfortable with each other, just became more of an actual relationship, boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. >> reporter: another common thread? the women all say tiger was cheap. jamie jungers claims tiger only flew her in coach. her mother thought she should demand first class. mindy lawton says tiger bought her dinner once. tiger reportedly called her from subway where she asked him to grab her a chicken wrap. sea...