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im lindsey reiser. we have a lot to get to this busy tuesday, starting with a terrifying kidnapping in mexico. the fbi now offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of four u.s. citizens taken at gunpoint. this video youre watching now shows part of that kidnapping according to a law enforcement official. a gunman appears to drag people into a white pickup truck, one of whom was in mexico for cosmetic surgery. the u.s. ambassador to mexico saying an innocent mexican citizen was kil...

Think theyre so focused on playing to the base that theyre hurting themselves in a general election. >> do you agree? >> yes, it is a very real risk. one of the more troubling parts of our politics right now is that if you ask most activists on the right or the left what animates them, it is the worry that the other side is taking the country in the wrong direction or destroying the country. and so inside a republican primary, democratic primary, speaking to these base activists, youre developin...

Chris christie was not even invited to attend. so instead you heard from these conservative base activists. whether thats going to end up being a reflection of where the new hampshire electorate is rem remains to be seen and is probably unlikely. >> its interesting because you did also kind of hear a little bit from paul ryan talking about his budget and a little from rand paul, sort of this idea they need to try to come together as republican party and ignore that theres this inner party disput...

In trying to seem more well-rounded than that, for his run for governor in purple state virginia, a state that just cast its presidential votes for a man named barack obama, again, although hes been trying to soften up his crusading social conservative antiabortion activist bring back the sodomy laws image so as to run statewide for governor in this purple state, ken cuccinelli has been hobbled in those efforts. hes been hobbled in his makeover attempt. by the rest of the ticket hes running with...

Hardcore republican party base activists. so they not only picked fire and brimstone ken cuccinelli, they also picked him a running mate who is not going to be an asset in any effort to soften the virginia republican partys hardline tiny tent message. >> their minds are perverted. theyre, frankly, very sick people psychologically and mentally and emotionally and they see everything through the lens of homosexuality. when they talk about love, theyre not talking about love. theyre talking about h...

These programs in the face of the democratic challenges and pressures theyre under. >> i understand you are sympathetic to cutting entitlements. i am not. i am very sympathetic to these guys demands and leaving social security alone ch just as a matter of political tactic, what is the most effective form of pressure that you have seen base activists use against their own side. republicans have been dealing with these kinds of fights on the right for a long time. democrats dont much have to deal ...

With a solution to strengthen these programs in the face of the democratic challenges and pressures theyre under. >> i understand you are sympathetic to cutting entitlements. i am not. i am very sympathetic to these guys demands and leaving social security alone ch just as a matter of political tactic, what is the most effective form of pressure that you have seen base activists use against their own side. republicans have been dealing with these kinds of fights on the right for a long time. dem...

Screens. >> it was a very pointed part of his vfw speech. >> i was surprised. in terms of the republican base activists who follow this closely, that was a big applause line but for most americans shall even if theyre interested in for sure foreign policy, this is far afield. >> playing to the concerns about leaks that put people in danger, that could play politically. >> it certainly could. its shameful and could be criminal. one of them comes right out of the situation room. the president is s...

>> look, both parties are crossways with their base on some elements of this proposal. but the upshot of our poll is that democrats are more aligned with independents now than republicans are. what that means is that republican members of the house are squeezed between primary voters, their base activists who dont want them to compromise and general election voters who do want them to compromise. it may not matter for a lot of house members because theyve got safe districts. theyre not going to ...

The floor na the ball is now in the houses court. we dont know whether john boehner can bring any of his members or enough of his members along. our poll also as you know says that when asked should democrats cut sbiet legitimates 52% said a clear majority said no. >> look, both parties are crossways with their base on some elements of this proposal. but the upshot of our poll is that democrats are more aligned with independents now than republicans are. what that means is that republican member...