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Sympathizer, a muslim, even though there is nothing wrong with them if that is their religion and to make him other than american. and this are all kind of implications on that, joan. >> they have been saying that all along, reverend al. and david is right. normally a man or a woman -- hopefully some day a woman -- comes out of the primary season and attacks to the center, whether they are a republican or democrat, they want to talk to the swing voters. but this year they dont see a course for t...

Lies, and b, theyre trafficking in the oldest republican stereotype out there. theres no doubt about it. and hes also got the problem that, you know, all hell could break loose next week around akin with mike huckabee saying hes a martyr, were going to support him. hes got -- every once in a while he locks the base down and then things get uneasy. >> pursuing a base strategy. what james and joan are saying. he has decided by picking paul ryan hes not going to move to the center and try to do wha...

Its becoming -- feels more like a base on base strategy and i think thats where romney is heading. with akin and these other things on the platform, thats becoming more deeply imbedded in his campaign. >> chuck, do we think medicare is going to be a game changer in this presidential campaign with ryan on the ticket? >> you know, they have to -- the romney people frankly have to hope they fight it to a draw. it starts out in a bad place for republicans. they knew that going in. they knew that whe...

They are being kind of critiqued kind of harshly. what happens when they get out of the primary process and has a party that, at best is demoralized? >> well, you know, i think the republican party in 2009 in electing michael steele to head the rnc was trying to have a more big tent philosophy in terms of their party. diversify the ranks in terms of adding blacks and attracting latinos to the party. i think thats where theyll have to go back to. and even george bush. he was able to get something...

you may not be surprised to hear whos behind it, peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. it blows the whistle on unethical treatment of animals anytime it can. they are denied freedom, peta, claims and everything else that is natural and important to them while kept in small, concrete tanks and reduced to performing stupid tricks. the 13th amendment prohibits slavery and these orcas are, by definition, slaves. seaworld, of course, couldnt disagree more. i want to reed you it...

We want a government that is the side of helping people help themselves? or do we want a philosophy which the national republican party has been pushing anyway, which says that everybodys on his or her own? i think at the end of the day, the american people are going to choose a partnership with leadership in the form of president obama, which is about helping people help themselves. and the jobs bill is just the most recent. and i think very important -- >> what is he doing now? is this a base ...

I think that thats more consistent with how people are feeling in the general population. and i think the question is, do we want a government that is on the side of helping people help themselves? or do we want a philosophy which the national republican party has been pushing anyway, which says that everybodys on his or her own? i think at the end of the day, the american people are going to choose a partnership with leadership in the form of president obama, which is about helping people help ...

Before. and one reporter says that is your strategy from 2004 going after the suburbs that have popped up, the communities that were not in the map, is the president stealing a play from the karl rove play become. >>guest: that article gets some things right and some wrong. the president is going after latinos and that could be, i hate to say i am associated with american cross roads and we spent $20 million in advertising during the debt ceiling vote and a key component was reaching into the hi...

>> absolutely. and democrats have never marched behind this president. this is the same problem the president had on health care where his instincts were more progressive but he had this firewall of conservative democrats, and joe lieberman saying were not doing the public option. even when you look at the stimulus, you always had pushback from within the democratic party on more progressive things the president wanted to do. closing gitmo. that was democrats who sided with republicans, trying k...

>> so the national democratic party is also getting in the fight. organizing for america, a remnant of the obama 2008 campaign. >> right, ran to the party. >> paul: the party is getting in and whats the calculation here for the national party? >> dont forget, president obama himself called this an assault on unions and what hes telling us with this, he is owned by the unions. this is not an act of leadership, this is loyalties with the unions and got out the vote for him and in 2008. >> paul: wh...