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And say this is the day that the midterm election campaign really began. plus the crisis in the gulf of mexico is not over yet, but the cap on the oil well is still holding. there are concerns that oil or gas may be seeping out beneath the seabed, but no oil has leaked into the gulf for four days. well check with our favorite expert tonight. heres my question of the day. do republicans have any ideas about how to cut spending or do they want to demagog the issue? if you saw "meet the press" ye...

Waiting. >> who is right? >> well, i think frankly its pretty evident that the whole system is broken, and obviously, the people in arizona and border states are frustrated because we have a situation where there are many, many illegals coming across the borders. i think theres probably a national consensus that the united states has the right, the obligation to secure our borders. we also then need to deal with the underlying issues, and i think there is bipartisan support in the house to do th...

Inflict this disaster upon us? it is one thing for the entertainment value, to sit back and watch politicians embarrass themselves. strategically, this is an important moment. this shows an incredible weakness in the republican party. republicans said theyre going to stop energy reform and stand up to democrats on energy issues. their bluff has now been called. what you saw today is what the republicans have to offer the public in terms of an alternate view, apologies to bp, and a fund for victi...

Republicans bluff during the amendments fight on health reform by saying theyd pull an all-nighter in the senate. so that was the threat. roll out the cots. were going to stay youll night. roll them out. and votes did start happening late into the night. republicans tried to go all night with that one, but they did not have the stamina. they ended up throwing in the towel around 3:00 a.m. they gave up. so again, mission accomplished, magical cot. now, put the cots away. then earlier this month, ...

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They had to stay at work all night. this, it turns out, the cot thing, this is the one sure fire way to get stuff done in washington. threaten to roll out the cots. democrats have threatened to roll out the cots a lot lately. back in march when jim bunning was filibustering unemployment benefits, it was roll out the cots. well stay all night. bunning said he would keep filibustering and nothing could stop him unless three amendments he wanted would get votes. after democrats threatened to roll o...

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