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debates. romney was strong as he has been lately. he has raised his game in reaction to the emergence of perry. perry is about 1/2 step away from almost total collapse as a candidate. >> good morning. its monday, september 26th, welcome to "morning joe." with us onset, we have the executive editor at random house and john meacham. >> calm down. were working on it. keep it together. >> and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner joining us, as well. and michael steele. michael, good...

>> and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner joining us, as well. and michael steele. michael, good to have you onboard this morning, as well. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> and willie geist. ive got to tell you, ive got to tell you, last night -- you know the sox get hammered the afternoon game. >> yep. >> making a.j. burnett look good. >> hard to do. >> that is hard to do. very hard to do. and then he pitches, gave up three runs in the first inning. >> didnt get a lot...

cost of bringing developing new crops trains, we could not afford to bring the new ones to market. it cost at this point about $100 million to bring one crop to market, which is pretty expensive. that is why we only have big crops, not many genetically modified for its and vegetables because only the big crops have enough profit margin in them to support the genetic modification. let me underscore the bottom line that a farmer can plant anything he/she wants to plant. the reason they m...

and, of course, were going to start with the republican debate. if rick perrys goal last night was to calm the nerves of republicans who wonder whether he is ready for prime time, he failed. perry and eight other republicans slugged it out a bit last night on stage in orlando. and the texas governor didnt have the best night with a string of unforced errors and a low energy second hour. he started on defense on social security, pushing back on mitt romneys claim that he would end the p...

security, pushing back on mitt romneys claim that he would end the program as a federal entitlement and let the states run it. >> the bottom line is, we never said we were going to move this back to the states. >> well, its different than what the governor put in his book. just, what, six months ago. there is a rick perry out there that sang and almost to quote, it says that the federal government shouldnt be in the pension business. that its unconstitutional. unconstitutional, and it ...

>> both sides of the budget would be affected. >> i would like to see some computer printout. >> i will test my computer with that task. >> senator portman. >> that is a great point. the economy plays a huge role. this is a hearing of the history of how we got here. going back to look at your may 12th, 2011, report we talked about earlier. 32% of the difference between $5.6 billion surplus production and a $6.2 trillion deficit which is an $11.8 trillion wing, it is because of the econ...

Like most republicans willard mitt romney is okay to bash freddie mac and fannie mae. earlier this month in south carolina willard said hed like to privatize freddie and fannie and slammed the companys behavior. >> the failures of fannie mae, freddie mac and barney frank and chris dodd are so prevalent we need to see how were going to support a growing housing industry. >> apparently what he thinks is a failure for america is great for his own personal bank account. the "boston globe" reports ro...

footing, and troy davis clemency appeal is denied. the scheduled execution is just 25 hours from now. is there anything that can be done for justice? >> you have to be absolutely certain. there are no do-overs when youre talking about taking a persons life. >> welcome to "politics nation." im al sharpton live from east lansing, michigan. tonights lead. republicans have their new battle cry, class warfare. speaker john boehner is very good at endlessly saying no new taxes, but when it c...

with take their 17% off on the goods they send us. >> i was talking to one of those groups that you think would be opposed to losing tax credits. some of them. tax rate. we think it might actually be better for us with this tax credit we are now getting. there is some of that talk going on in corporate americas mind. >> i am from the american university of central asia. my question is far from politics. what it buys can you give us a young and smart professionals and future leaders who...

he ran for president three times but lost. he changed political history. he is featured in the c-spans series "contenders," from lincoln, neb., friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. learn more at c-span.org/the contenders. >> to cut the deficit, president obama is calling for $1.50 trillion in new taxes as part of a $3 trillion deficit- reduction package. speaking at the white house, he said he would veto plans that would cut benefits but did not raise taxes on the wealthy. this is about 20 min...