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Well, its not surprising, the president may have a soft spot for north carolina after all. here he won over john mccain. the first time the state back add democratic president since jimmy carter in 76. has the luster worn off? by january 2010 the states jobless rate peaked, remains at 9.6% and in 2010, helping republicans seize control of the state legislature for the first time in 140 years. with me now, north carolina democratic senator kay hagan, one of the convention speakers, unofficial hos...

Growth, maintains a solvent secure safety net and should be politically feasible at about 21 to 22 percent of gdp. maybe a little lower. but, the republicans have been part of the problem, too. they brought us medicare prescription drugs, they bought us two undeclared and two unfinanced wars, and they bought us the second round of tax cuts that we couldnt afford. so theyve got to change, but so do the democrats. >> thats right. you and i so many times that we can point fingers till were blue in ...

An attack has to happen sooner. >> one analyst told me, have you to watch israel when they are quiet. you dont have to watch them when they are talking. is that true? michael, in your opinion, with all of this out there? i dont want to call it bluster. i think thats editorializing. this is obviously a very serious issue. is there some truth in that? >> i think its hard to generalize. this is something where, we have all been conditioned in a sense to expect an attack, that this is a possibility ...

Earlier this year. after a lot of bluster over it and a failed vote in the senate, the house republican leadership tried quietly to walk away from the issue. if you like how it went when republicans invade against insurance coverage for birth control this year, how do you think its going to go now that a federal ban on the most popular forms of birth control has just been put on the republican presidential ticket? are mitt romney and paul ryan both going to campaign on paul ryans proposed nation...

Federal version of the personhood amendment. the abortion and hormonal birth control ban, the same one that even mississippi voters rejected last fall. how would you like it for the whole country? the national personhood bill that paul ryan co-sponsored declares that quote, the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent at which time each human being should have the attributes and privileges of personhood. and they get really specific about when precisely an e...

See in paul ryan, he looks like a young man, but he does have more experience than his youthful appearance would indicate, experience as a member of congress. he worked for jack kemp as a speech writer during his campaign. when i talked to him, he said he was inspired by the jack kemp model of an inclusive conservativism. he talks in interviews ive done with him and with many others, about not demonizing opponents. he can be very tough. he can be very cutting about the policies of opponents, but...

Have more experience than his youthful appearance would indicate. experience as a member of congress. he worked for jack kemp in 1996 as his speech writer during that campaign. when i talked to him, he said he was very much inspired by the sort of jack chen model in conservativism. he talks in interviews i have done with him and in many others about not demonizing opponents. he can be very tough, he can be very cutting about the policy of proponents, but he does not get into personal attacks. an...

People. he remains calm and away from the bluster thats become common among many politicians who rise to the forefront. hes gone the wonky route and done so proudly, wanting to learn about the numbers, hes got a degree in economics and on capitol hill had responsibility to drill down on issues and look at numbers and try to deal with the facts. hes clearly a conservative in a social sense, that will appeal to christian conservatives and so forth, but hes not a culture warrior, not someone who co...

Israel has to worry about it. where the details in that newspaper story came from, you know, ralph peters is exactly right. you could easily speculate about that kind of plan. it could have been leaked out of the israeli government. it could have come from our government. there are a lot of potential source if in fact its a leak. shannon: col nil want to ask you about a little bit of an arms race heating up between israel and iran. iran says it has a short-range missile with more accuracy and is...

Has looked at iranian nukes as containment. they have written israel off. this latest test is bluster. its short-range that could never reach israel. its a 250 kilometer range about it could be useful against stat you can targets. oil resources in the persian gulf. u.s. ships if they were docked in bahrain. there is a philosophical difference between the way is rail and the united states approach this and the way the iranians approach this. they go for swarm attacks, attack patrol boats against ...