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Case. i dont think anyones ever thought that, but i think you know there was a confidence in him, he was somebody who was seen as politically pure, kind of above it all and he had that reputation. >> as a non-lawyer -- i always like to say as a non-lawyer, its my one bragging point -- why dont they get off their buts? in a couple days they can look at all the e-mail. this kind of day to day things people -- an assistant does for somebody. in thats what it is, why dont we get that past us and say...

Vote. remember his 51% of the latino vote was the big bragging point. he did nothing for his fellow republicans. he had zero coattails. didnt bring a single seat in. his fellow republicans resent that. he should have been out there campaigning in the swing districts, which he ignored, and he kept going after these places where the votes werent going to go to -- they were going to elect democratic legislators anyway. he killed himself nationally by trying to improve himself nationally. >> you rai...

Consecutive job growth. >> right. jon: is that a bragging point? can he say. >> jon, if you have lemons you have to make lemonade. he will try to put the best possible spin he can on it. were not in recession. the question voters will have to make, the question they will have to answer to themselves, is this good enough, is this kind of job growth good enough? what were seen employers are basically saying were going to do status quo. were not going to move. well only hire the number of people we...

we start on the campaign trail and president obamas full-court press to win latino voters who could be the key to winning re-election. so exactly a week after he announced the u.s. would stop deporting some illegal immigrants brought here as children, he spoke to one of the countrys biggest hispanic conventions. >> we should have passed the d.r.e.a.m. act a long time ago. it was written by members of both parties. when it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, republicans in congres...

Between the direction president obamas taken this country and the direction that any of the republicans but particularly a shockingly out of touch with mainstream america and working families mitt romney is. >> chris, you watched a lot of frontrunners take income. finally at some process this seems to be romneys moment. hows he doing? >> well, romneys getting hit where he was strongest. this is karl rove strategy. go after him where hes strongest. i get blushes whether yr bes wht with a become a...

If you look at the various charges that have been leveled against romney. hes a flip-flopper on things like abortion or gay rights or what have you. those dont hit the bone. because people could say, well, mitt romney probably doesnt even care about those things that much. this is the essence of who he is as a man. >> isnt this attack the strength. right, glen? go after the strength. go after the main bragging point of the guy and smash his face on it. >> if you think about the scale of these ad...

>> isnt this attack the strength. right, glen? go after the strength. go after the main bragging point of the guy and smash his face on it. >> if you think about the scale of these ads, were talking about $3.7 million being dumped in south carolina. thats about what mitt romney dropped on newt gingrich, his super pac in iowa. it had a devastating effect. then rick santorum nipping at him, too. they think that south carolina could put this away from them but it could be a tough state for them. >>...

The strength? go after the main bragging point and smash his face on it. >> yeah. if you think about the scale of these ads, were talking about $3.7 million being dumped in south carolina. thats about what mitt romney dropped on newt gingrich in iowa. and it had a devastating effect on him. then you throw in rick perry competing down there. and they are thinking that south carolina could put this away for them, but it could be a tough state. >> lets get to the point of what the ad says. heres an...

This is the essence of who he is. >> is it a strategy of attack the strength? go after the main bragging point and smash his face on it. >> yeah. if you think about the scale of these ads, were talking about $3.7 million being dumped in south carolina. thats about what mitt romney dropped on newt gingrich in iowa. and it had a devastating effect on him. then you throw in rick perry competing down there. and they are thinking that south carolina could put this away for them, but it could be a tou...

She certainly was a pathbreaker in that regard. she did get a big tax break. you have ceos getting ousted and getting multimillion dollar paydays. i think boxer is fair to bring that up. but she often talks, as mccain did in the campaign when she was counseling him in the 2008 campaign. she talked directly to americans in saying there are jobs moving abroad in a global economy that we wont be table to keep. we need to innovating and finding the next generation of high-skill jobs. thats a candid ...