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>> maybe we are due for good news, lizz. we have bipartisan support for a broad senate bill. s.e. is questioning whether -- >> its redundant. >> men and women is already a crime. >> the last word on this. >> s.e., wow. i think that when we have a whole new set of circumstances where women are in great peril and being abused on a daily basis and women in congress coming forward and saying were not protected, im not getting what i need, to vote against this is shameful. >> well see. the two bills ...

>> they said oh, gosh, govern romney at bain capital closed down a steel factory. but their problem of course is that the steel factory closed down two years after i left bain capital. i was no longer there. so thats hardly something which is on my watch. we were able to help create over 100,000 jobs and secondly, on the presidents watch, about 100,000 jobs were lost in the auto industry. >> okay. s.e., >> take a breath. >> just, its the problem with romney isnt that hes wrong, its that he doesn...

Daily news columnist s.e. cupp, lizz winstead is co-creator of a program called "the daily show," and author of "lizz free or die." and msnbc political analyst david corn of mother jones. republicans have a new plan in the works to resurrect the jeremiah wright attack. the new york times obtained the proposal called, quote, the defeat of barack hussein obama. the ricketts plan to end him for good. it would bankroll initiative. the proposal addressed how to fend off claims of race baiting, recomm...

You, and i have decided to stay out of the limelight. i had plenty of the limelight. i dont think its good, frankly, for our country to undermine our president and i dont intend to do so. if you raise taxes, in other words, i wish they werent called the bush tax cuts. if there call some other bodys tax cuts theyre less likely to be raised. but if you raise -- if you raise taxes, youre taking money out of the pockets of consumers. >> those were some of the highlights of former president george w....

To fight. if he loses his race he damages himself in perpetuity if he runs in 2016. if he wins the race, he won the home state, big deal. if you add to that the health problems with his daughter that are obviously lamentable and regrettable, hes got not an excuse but pressing family issues that he can cite legitimately in addition to the political calculations as a good time for him to step aside and be with his family where hes needed. >> hes taken a pause already, and i think charitably and ho...

Or the endangered species that is the moderate republican or moderates in congress. dick lugar is now being attacked for not being conservative enough. the murdoch has backing of the nra, club for growth. hes been in office for 35 years. its a long and storied career and to some degree everybody has to sort of say good-bye at some point. but it is i think a really interesting case study in what is happening to the republican party between the splinter not just old and new but moderate and extrem...

Win the district. >> i dont know about that. >> but having a tough time -- >> with one or two. >> well see. >> you have congressional seats in new jersey, illinois, new york, where folks are saying im running against the tea party. >> yes, but theyre not going to win those races. >> ooh think its a testament to the unpopularity of the tea party. its worth noting in terms of fostering, if tension more than anything else, eric cantor pouring $25,000 to a republican group that is focused on defeati...

As a way in his re election campai campaign, talk about mitt romneys taxes and this gets to an issue where theres an issue of around fairness which is a big theme of the campaign but it creates a personal opening on romney, hes in a situation where hes released one year of his tax returns and they are the most probably cleaned up year of his tax returns. >> right. >> having given 23 years of tax returns to the mccain campaign vetted for the presidency in 2008, theyre on the shelf, and many peopl...