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Is allowed to choose these sorts of things, that this was their own decision and not a decision forced by mr. trump. in any case, mr. trump is the prohibitive front-runner in new hampshire. iowa has been a tougher sell for him. hes been trading the lead in iowa recently with ted cruz. that said, todays quinnipiac iowa poll puts mr. trump ahead in iowa by a slim lead of two points. and that tight race in iowa is the backdrop today for the news that we just got from buzzfeed.com about the latest t...

Try to trap them into saying something that looks terribly incriminating and awful and its taken out of context and played on fox news channel for months on end. even if it wasnt incriminating in the first place. the group who did these things, they wouldnt confirm if they were mounting one of their patented out off context video entranment things against the clinton campaign but the clinton campaign was pretty sure they were. they tried to get out ahead of it. they released the sketchy e-mails ...

This week the sigma alpha epsilon fra ternltternity is doing damage control after a video showing its members of the university of oklahoma chapter doing a racial chant. it assembled a committee on inclusion and requiring members to participate. the fraternitys executive director said the incident has caused the organization to recognize its need to engage in a public dialogue about race. >> we are committed to having the tough conversations in every chapter and with every member. >> joining the...

Hours, and those legal teams we mentioned. the crisis will not go away with congress ignores it while republicans say it needs to be dealt with immediately. look, there are 12 work days now before the august recess. will there be action here to catch up with all the symbolism? joining me now, john stanton, washington bureau chief for buzzfeed.com. good friday night to you, sir. that is the question here. 12 days and something approaching unity on the idea that this matters, this is urgent, that ...

Buzzfeed.com. thank you for joining us. casey, start with you. you probably spent the most time this week with republicans than anybody at this table. >> a lot of time together. >> your observations on just the conversations you had this week in washington with republicans about chris christie, what were you picking up on? >> chris christie is still somebody who republicans view as a potential candidate in 207116. hes gone from the one who sits at the top of everyones list when you ask. so, hey,...

Bottom democratic bastion. voting for president obama by 24 points in 2008, 23 points last year, every state wide office is controlled by democrats. and last year democrats even gained a veto proof two-thirds majority in the state legislature. this is why one california republican strategist in a memo that leaked out this week offered this assessment to his clients. he said, over the last two decades, californias working class has slowly migrated out of the state, and latinos and women voters ar...

Contributor perry bacon jr., the politics editor at the thegrio.com. edward mcmorris-santoro with buzzfeed.com and elahe izadi for "national journal." so i guess wasnt to start with this, the idea of court packing. because were hearing it over and over again from republicans, you have chuck grassley actually introduced legislation that would permanently shrink the size of the d.c. circuit, do away with these three open seats. it is just amazing to me hearing that rhetoric and knowing the story o...

Suddenly the work load issues get brought back again, we cant approve her because the court doesnt have sufficient work load. is there a double standard for putting women on this court? remember, republican senators more than 75% of them voted against both sonia sotomayor and elena kagan to go to the supreme court and now theyre using a preconnectal argument to block caitlin and pattie millett that was nowhere to be found when we approved shree a few months ago. i have a little bit of a concern ...

That changes attitudes toward the government, if you can add health care to that. >> people like medicare part d, but dont like the government. those numbers havent changed. im not sure where we get to the point in america until the democratic party -- if hillary clinton says government is good, and runs a campaign and wins, thats one thing. i suspect shell say im going to defend these programs from ted cruz, chris christie, rand paul, and well talk about the programs and im still -- people all ...

Be any different with this? this is also a huge opportunity for democrats. because conservatives who spent years now attaching every single anti-government talking point they know to obama care. in their own way, they have also made this a test. they spent decades insisting the federal government cant do anything right, and should never be entrusted with overseeing something so sensitive, something so important as the health care system. but what happens if democrats do make the affordable care ...