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80% of both parties will show out. if you get that base support its very difficult for obama to lose this state, richard. >> record turnout. 80% number. if that number goes higher, who does it help here, the democrats? >> well, i think the republicans are probably going to have a turnout advantage. they have in the last few cycles here. if its five or six points that registration edge by the democrats will make up for it. but if it gets close to double digits, if theyre turning out nonpartisan v...

You can make the argument that the deductions and loopholes they want to eliminate wont get you all of the $5 trillion, but theres snow scenario thi $5 trillion. >> greta: get at it that way. instead they get on national tv and insult their opponent. >> the woos o use of the word "s only used to shore up your base support. >> you saw in the clip, axelrod was pushed to go as far as to call him a liar, and he wouldnt do it. he kept using the word "dishonest." >> greta: other representatives of the...

Makes the base happy. it doesnt do for anything with the people in the middle. >> remember the bush years -- bush lied, people died. thats what you do when you are trying to shore up your base support. >> obviously, you saw in that clip, david axelrod was pushed to go as far as to call him a liar and he wouldnt do it. he called him dishonest. >> but other representatives in the campaign have used the term liar. >> its a line he wouldnt cross on the sunday show, which is telling, as far as recogn...

You have been spending time in egypt and here. i think there was a mass of people who were the core of the folks helping to bring down the mubarak ring. a coalition of diverse interest. you have people very devout, very orthodox muslims and liberals. once the elections happened, there was a concern about whether people who are liberals like yourself are going have purchase on the new egypt, say fighting for a first amendment or speech. is there constituency for that in egypt or is this a small m...

Base support. jon: you say republicans are in a good position but last time around we know what happened. this whole thing got kicked to the super-committee. the super-committee threw up its arms and couldnt do anything. you get half a billion dollars of cuts directed at pentagon which havent taken effect yet. >> i would argue republicans terribly mishandled the message issue in that fight. this time i think they learned their lesson from that. what john boehner is trying to do right now to make...

Members jumped on this idea. how will the republicans fight that this was once something, they sure thought it was a good idea? >> theyve been reminded about this for years, as im sure youve seen newt gingrich has been put on the spot about it. so was mitt romney. it was an idea born from the heritage foundation years ago. a conservative idea. a way to protect the taxpayer by stopping free riders. and making sure that everyone bought insurance so the taxpayer would not be footing the bill. but t...

>> thats the question that plays out going into tampa, who can be work together, who has actual base support 0 maybe make a play at the convention. coming up, an army staff sergeant faces charges for that terrible shooting of killing 17.civilians. is it time to revisit how rerecruit and deploy our soldiers next on here and now. for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the br...

and children last weekend in kandahar, afghanistan. today he remains in solitary confinement at ft. leavenworth. hes not yet been formally charged. gas prices go up for the ninth straight day. it is now on average close to $3.84 a gallon, but if you live in some big cities, youre already seeing gas prices average more than $4 a gallon. the record high was $4.11 back in july of 2008. a colorado dad is going the extra mile to stop his children from texting while driving. and hes gett...

Bigger percentage of those voters here in ohio than we saw in michigan last week which mitt romney won. so it is going to depend on which of these two candidates were able to energize their base support enough to get them out to the polls, have to wait and seem the polls close here at 7:30 eastern. >> one of the challenges for the santorum campaign has been organization. chuck was just talking about this. right where you are in stubenville, ohio, mr. santorum cant win delegates from that area, a...

as 17-year-old t.j. lane, a sophomore and student at a nearby school for at-risk kids. hes accused of targeting a table of students at a school cafeteria. authorities have searched his house. lane is due in juvenile court this afternoon. recent facebook postings by lane hinted at his dark side talking about, quote, death. not just stalking you, but inside of you. even using the line, quote, die all of you, unquote. the school remains closed. flags flying half staff across the state t...