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Also host of "andrea mitchell reports" and msnbc political analyst, howard fineman, also of "news week." id like both of you experts, which you are, to talk about presidential power and how victory in one arena, domestic politics, and perhaps political leadership of the political party, the democratic party, would help barack obama navigate through this very tricky bit of business which i have to say having, on that trip with joe biden a couple weeks ago looked very tricky, even treacherous for ...

>> lets turn to nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. and msnbc analyst howard fineman. >> i would like both of you to talk about presidential power and how victory in one arena, domestic politics, and perhaps political leadership of the political party, the democratic party, would help barack obama navigate through this very tricky bit of business. which i have to say, having been on the trip with joe biden a couple weeks ago looked very tricky, treacherous for him. >> ...

Harding nomination, saying im interested in hearing house his military experience would inform his leadership of our nations transportation security. nothing in hardings recent mags indicates a background in aviation or transportation, but experts we spoke to today felt his intelligence background is a big plus. wolf? >> in other areas in his background lickly to get scrutiny? >> i would think so, wolf. after he left the military, he started up a consulting firm. its likely those contracts may g...

Harry reids track record? >> its inherent -- i know harry reid. i served with him in the house. one of the republicans that like harry reid. its a relatively conservative state and its hard to be the leader of the opposition -- leader of the party of a pretty liberal president when you represent a fairly conservative state. tom daschle found the same difficulty representing south dakota. >> look what happened to him. >> thats the basic difficulty, being majority leader from a small state that ha...

You. >> how are you? >> fine, thank you. >> sounds perfect. >> thats what i was waiting to hear. >> stick your tongue out and go awwww. >> i was hoping for a quick recovery and getting back to normal ways, and the fact im already back at work to me is a big plus. if it didnt save my life immediately, it certainly saved my lifestyle for the future. >> larry: gerald is a devoted pediatrician. your patient said he felt no pain or discomfort, didnt even know his life was in danger. >> thats one of t...

A audibles at the line. most of the time when you operate on somebody like this, you develop a real bond between the patient and the patient with you. >> how are you? >> fine, thank you. >> sounds perfect. >> thats what i was waiting to hear. >> stick your tongue out and go awwww. >> i was hoping to get back to my old ways, and the fact im already back to work is a big plus. if it didnt save my life immediately, it certainly saved my lifestyle for the future. >> larry: gerald is a devoted pediat...

Estimation and democrats feel strongly theyll be able to hold on to that and we talked to the former chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee and he says it will be a tough call for both sides of the aisle. >> it will be a real contest this year and no one should pretend it will be easy for anyone and will not be easy for the republicans, either, quite frankly because they have to aggressively tell their story and make sure their candidates are well-funded. >> reporter: that i...

The first time in the nations history, the next generation might not have as good a life as they parents did because of the debts. martha: all of my life we have seen big, fat books come out and we have been running deficits and a lot of people say why is it different now? why -- cant we go on like this forever. >> thats true but the debts keep piling up and it has gotten to a level that is unsustainable over the medium and long term and now we are paying more than $200 billion a year in interes...

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