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Sustained demonization campaign against ed snowden and cite various columnists. but why is it a campaign for some commentators and writers to criticize what snowden did with these nsa leaks? others are, of course, defending him? >> i dont think theres any problem with people who want to criticize what he did on the merits, although i think its extremely strange that people who call themselves journalists find more contemptible than anything when somebody steps forward and brings transparency to ...

>> oh, bloombergs not around. our big gulp is safe. shoot, its just pop, with locale ice cubes in it. i hope thats okay. >> i mean, she is clearly popular with the far right. what do you see in her future, joe? >> well, i dont see -- i tell you this. maybe i see young people, i see young people who looked to the republican party, and not one of these people that have been polled name any elected official in the republican party at the top of the list. its all these fox commentators, these people...

Am on-board with it. there is a tendency among some commentators to ridicule voters for thinking that way but thats pretty logical to navigate public life. >> youre saying people who are politically partisan are institutionalized. >> particularly when they have watched the transition of power from being on the outside to being on the inside. thats one of the fascinating stories here. it was easier for democrats to be much more skeptical of the national security state when they were not returning...

President. could a new president mean a new direction nar increasingly isolated nation? also, the protests that have set turkey on edge. what is actually going on there? a report from one of the smartest voices in istanbul. first, here is my it take. some american commentators want summit meetings between china and the united states such as the one in california this week to turn into a kind of g-2, a relationship of equal powers to manage the worlds problems. but thats not the way to think abou...

The shock by the level of intrusion, certainly that initial coverage, too, set off a lot of alarm bells. but i approve a lot of what hes doing domestically and can still be upset on this. >> conservative commentators seem to be torn between ripping obama and defending an anti-terror program that dates to gorng w. bush who started this in 2006 and this was continued by barack obama. >> i think there is a long standing division among conservatives on where you stand on the sort of liberty versus n...

Also, the protests that have set turkey on edge. what is actually going on there. a report from one of the smartest voices in istanbul. first here is my it take. some american commentators want summit meetings between china and the united states such as the one in california this week to turn into a kind of g-2, a relationship of equal powers to manage the worlds problems. but thats not the way to think about this relationship. china is not the worldeds other super power. and we should not treat...

Commissioner going to the white house story being debunked. so im just going to keep doing the story over and over and over again for a few more days. it still sounds really good to me. still sounds like a really big story. might have seen this week that a college republican group put out a heavily researched report about the perceptions of the two parties right now of our country among young people. its about 100-page report based significantly on focus groups led by republican pollsters and co...

Now. >> no, it hasnt. in fact, youve started to see much more on the right from commentators from the press going after marco rubio, going after the gang of eight. you know, you saw in the house theres a similar group of folks that are trying to work on a bill where raul from idaho very conservative republican, he was involved in it. he is, you know, sort of come out now and said hes having difficulty seeing a way forward. i think this is part of -- they should have maybe moved on this earlier. ...

The story over and over and over again for a few more days. it still sounds really good to me. still sounds like a really big story. might have seen this week that a college republican group put out a heavily researched report about the perceptions of the two parties right now of our country among young people. its about 100-page report based significantly on focus groups led by republican pollsters and consultants. when the republicans asked these focus groups of young people to name democratic...

So black and white on this issue -- on this issue up until now. >> no, it hasnt. in fact, youve started to see much more on the right from commentators from the press going after marco rubio, going after the gang of eight. you know, you saw in the house theres a similar group of folks that are trying to work on a bill where raul from idaho very conservative republican, he was involved in it. he is, you know, sort of come out now and said hes having difficulty seeing a way forward. i think this i...