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On this buffet rule. one of the things that younger people are saying is that the student debt is awful right now. thats a real bread and butter issue. the interest rate could go up from 3.4% to 6.8%. you could use some of that money to help young people go to college. if you can connect the arrogance on the part of romney and disrespect of the country by hiding his money over seas to problems that people have like going to college, he might be able to draw the right comparison. >> all legal, th...

Officials in chicago tell me this is not a side show. they believe the fact that the president has been out there on the stump pushing to change this tax system while mitt romney has not been and has not been in support of the buffet rule. they think thats a big difference and theyre going to take that to the voters in november. >> shepard: ed henry live at the white house. our technicians are working to bring a live report from our correspondent in north korea. greg palkot will join us as soon ...

Independents except when it can be apply to a policy issue. theyre trying to just not talk about romneys wealth, but to talk about it in the context of the so called buffet rule that says millionaires should not pay taxes lower than their secretaries. if they can apply that with r romney as the personification of it, then they can. >> its funny, both sides trying to gain an advantage from this, van. earlier this afternoon i looked at drudge. obama doesnt qualify buffet rule. he himself wouldnt a...

I dont blame her for crying, she is going to inherit it. >> joining me now is jared bernsteen, and maria kumar, thanks for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> jared, let me start with you, the president released his new tax returns today. it showed obama paid just over 20% in an income of $790,000. the presidents plan would make wealthy people like him pay more, isnt that just sumply fairness? >> i think it is and a lot of people are thinking about the buffet rule, of course, and even with an i...

Hes got to be able to tie this to something real. for instance, next week theres going to be an opportunity, a vote on this buffet rule. one of the things that some of the younger people are saying is the student debt is awful right now. thats a real bread and butter issue. the interest rate on student debt could go up from 3.6% to 3.8%. with the buffet rule you could use some of that money. fairer taxes for rich people to help young people go to college. if he can help this arrogance of romney ...

Do is not just talk about his wealth, but in the context of the buffet rule that says millionaires should not pay a tax rate that is lower than their secretaries. if mitt romney is a personification of it, if they just stick to he is rich and out of touch, that is difficult. >> both sides trying to gain an advantage from this. van i took a look at drudge and i saw the home page "obama doesnt qualify for buffet rule." the implication he earned $700 some grand. there are all these terrible things ...

Of that country. bruce springsteen may be one of new jerseys favorite sons but even the states other boss reportedly couldnt keep it together for his entire concert at madison square garden. concert goers swear they saw governor chris christie jamming it out in the stands before then dozing off for a brief nap. cut him some slack, hes exhausted from turning around the state. and voters agree, a new poll shows governor christie is more popular than ever with 58% approval rating. >> hes the boss. ...

Presidency. by failing to defend or attempting to defend. failing to even attempt to defend his own record in the face of that, he is just going to let romney pile up points about what a lousy, terrible record he has. and he ♪ going to be able to counter that. and to be able to think that he can win this election, because has got two or three issues where he might have a slight majority in the poll, like the buffet rule or something, and overlook the idea of the massive unemployment, the healt...

Presidency. by failing to defend or attempting to defend. failing to even attempt to defend his own record in the face of that, he is just going to let romney pile up points about what a lousy, terrible record he has. and he ♪ going to be able to counter that. and to be able to think that he can win this election, because has got two or three issues where he might have a slight majority in the poll, like the buffet rule or something, and overlook the idea of the massive unemployment, the healt...

Words and message discipline and go by what resonates with voters. but gretchen, its not going to get him elected these gimmicks that hes doing. you have the buffet rule and the payroll tax cut extension. these arent real things to get the economy going and i will point out, though, when theyve tried to get into the details, they always lose. for example, they said if we pass this stimulus, unemployment wont go above 8%. very specific. well, that wasnt true. so they do not want to get into speci...