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Country. >> seth, it seems to me that if 3 to 5% of folks had gone for obama who didnt, we would be talking a landslide of -- >> you have to recall just how republicans were in the 2008 election cycle. so, george bush had one of the lowest approval ratings in history at the time of the election. remember, obama was consistently comparing mccain to george bush, trying to tie them together and also, mccain made some big campaign blunders such as seeming to not be able to understand the problem of ...

Doesnt work, he can always give a go michele bachmann style. remember how she confronted the campaign blunders a couple of weeks ago? >> i havent had a gaffe or something that ive done that has caused me to fall in the polls. >> there it is. just deny everything, although i think the poll numbers speak for themselves. neither strategy seems to be working. up next, vacation veto. today, president obama teamed with former president bill clinton to promote job creation through energy-efficient bu...

At least trying to touch on the topic of poverty and maybe, maybe all of the candidates will look at this as a way to reach out to a different demographic and honestly talk about some of the biggest problems facing the country, rather than only focusing on the economic woes of people who are actually getting by. >> thank you michelle bernard. thank you steve kornacki. up next, rick perry is wasting no time making sure we know he can laugh at his campaign blunders. the latest example of that is c...

The least among us. im not saying newt gingrich is doing that. hes the only candidate trying to touch on the topic of poverty and maybe, maybe all of the candidates will look at this as a way to reach out to different demographics and honestly talk about the problems facing the country rather than only focusing on the economic woes of people actually getting by. >> thank you. up next, rick perry is wasting no time making sure we can laugh as campaign blunders. the latest is coming up on the side...

Dogs by the wrong name. >> what happened in new hampshire here? >> those of you that will be 21 by november the 12th, i ask for your support and your vote. >> i was thinking drinking age, maybe. >> drinking age, drinking age. okay, all right. that makes sense. but how about -- >> you got to have an excuse, right? so thats mine, and im sticking to it. >> and of course, if that doesnt work, he can always give a go michele bachmann style. remember how she confronted the campaign blunders a couple o...

When you look at the other guys who have risen up in the course of the year, whether its rick perry or herman cain for a while, when you ask the second choice question then, its not romney. it seems the republican voters have cycled through all the other different options, kind of given up on them, came to the realization, if its not newt, you might as well go with mitt. >> 30 days in this context is an eternity. we could have never had predicted this. if we had have written this script, we woul...

First up, gaffe? what gaffe? apparently gop candidate michele bachmann has taken note of the recent campaign blunders of her opponents, rick perry and herman cain, but how about when it comes to her own campaign missteps? well, lets take a listen to what she had to say yesterday on how she has fared so far when it comes to those embarrassing campaign moments. >> i havent had a gaffe or something that ive done that has caused me to fall in the polls. >> youve had a few little gaffes. maybe not re...

Back to "hardball." now for the sideshow. first up, gaffe? what gaffe? apparently gop candidate michele bachmann has taken note of the recent campaign blunders of her opponents, rick perry and herman cain, but how about when it comes to her own campaign missteps? well, lets take a listen to what she had to say yesterday on how she has fared so far when it comes to those embarrassing campaign moments. >> i havent had a gaffe or something that ive done that has caused me to fall in the polls. >> y...

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