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To face with a guy texting on his phone. the guy hightails out of there as fast as he can. the bear -- thanks, scott. the bear eventually tranquilized and returned to jellystone forest. im kidding. back into the woods. >> i will not fight a plan that adds one dime to our deficit either now or into the future. >> the obama administration continues to tout the so-called savings obamacare will bring as well as the benefits of his buffet rule adding more taxes on the rich. is he making promises he j...

Increasingly recognize that, independents do. i think it is going to be a watershed election for america. will we remain a free and opportunity-based society, or will we instead be a society driven by large government, taking more and more, spending more and more, and dominating the american life. i dont think america wants to become like europe. i think americans know that the right course for us is to be quit essentially american, with opportunity, freedom, and respect for people of all backgr...

Judge. do you think that those people. >> laura: i will one up you on that. >> my mother was a waitress. >> my mother spent her entire life waitressing to put herself through college. >> people like that should pay a higher tax rate than paris hilton than a trust fund baby. the baby rule and it is a rule, is to say that we live in a society where that is absolutely unacceptable. >> laura: that is not. >> it has no chance of passing. >> can i tell you why it has no chance of passing? because repu...

Zimmerman also so far protected from legal action claiming he killed trayvon martin in self-defense. all right. pushing the buffet rule, president obama once again blaming bush and the bush tax cuts for the soaring deficit. listen. >> at the beginning of the last decade, the wealthiest americans got two huge tax cuts. 2001 and 2003. meanwhile, insurance companies, financial institutions, they were all allowed to write their own rules or find their way around rules. we were told the same thing we...

Leaders, including some of those who have run in this last contest with me, and so well go through that list and decide who could potentially become a president if that were necessary, and thats a process which has not begun yet, but will probably begin pretty soon. martha: all right, well governor romney, thank you for coming back to " "americas newsroom"", good to see you and hope to see you soon. >> good to be with you. bill: well in contact down the road. thank you governor. twelve minutes p...

To close the decifit. but the notion that it doesnt solve the entire problem doesnt mean that we shouldnt do it at all. there are enough excuses for inaction in washington. we certainly dont need more excuses. i just point out that the buffet rule is something that will get us moving in the right direction, towards fairness, towards economic growth, it will help us close our decifit, and its a lot more specific than anything that the other side has proposed so far. and if republicans in congress...

Judge. do you think that those people. >> laura: i will one up you on that. >> my mother was a waitress. >> my mother spent her entire life waitressing to put herself through college. >> people like that should pay a higher tax rate than paris hilton than a trust fund baby. the baby rule and it is a rule, is to say that we live in a society where that is absolutely unacceptable. >> laura: that is not. >> it has no chance of passing. >> can i tell you why it has no chance of passing? because repu...

Plan that is fair. this is not just about fairness. this is also about growth, this is also about being able to make the investments we need to succeed, and its about we as a country being willing to pay for those investments and closing our decifits. thats what this is about. now, next week, members of congress are going to have a chance to vote on what we call the buffet rule, and its simple. if you make more money, more than $1 million a year, not if you have $1 million, but if you make more ...

To 2002. hes been in a big squabble with the i.r.s. so while hes out saying rich people need to pay more, yeah, im currently disputing my taxes with my big company. so just keep that in mind as he calls for fairness. is that fair that he wouldnt pay a billion dollars for close to 10 years? >> keep in mind, come january 1st, the bush tax cuts will be no longer. so essentially if this buffet rule went into place, it would be like a double taxation happening come january 1st. remember, the presiden...

For, i mean, having left politics, i mean, for those of us who watch it closely, we watch every phrase and every soundbite. for the vast majority of folks out there, not watching this stuff like we do. one, were very early in the process. what this poll really says is independents arent focused yet on the race. i suspect they very much will be come november. two, it says a little bit of trouble is out there for obama both from the standpoint of message. it says that basically, opportunity trumps...