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Chance of four more years. was it really that off? >> i think the president has a tremendous talent for giving pedestrian words with a lot of self assurance. this was really not a remarkable speech. the only craft i saw whether attacks which were clever. but the problem was not the craft it was the complacency of the speech. almost nothing to say about the job crisis or debt crisis that undermines economic confidence. the policy agenda was tired and small like a 7th state of the union address wi...

They all are -- but the idea that he just coasts to victory, i actually think he sometimes believes that, too, and theres a complacency that he has but, you know, the question is he likes to think of himself and his friends do as a fourth quarter player, right? he is going to get the ball at the end of the game and even it up and take the lead. well, yeah, that has happened before but theres no guarantee when you get the ball at the buzzer you can actually sink it. >> what does he need to do nex...

>> whats your response to that, mo? >> i think when people recognize mitt romney is making it more difficult for people to go to college by going after pell grants and the presidents college tuition tax credit and then going back to the policies that got us into the economic mess in the first place, that is not hope and change. thats nothing that will help move the ball forward. so i think the president is doing the right thing going out there and talking about those differences with young peopl...

Behind choice is shut down in anticipation of the rifle. we have seen tugs moving barges. they are strapping down equipment. they are moving everything out of harms way and moving the rail cards out of the rail yard to keep them from being harmed by the winds. of course, oil platforms are being shuts down in the gulf of mexico. in katrina, the price of oil rose more than $10 a barrel sending gas prices to more than $5 a gallon and with production being trimmed prices can spike in the days and we...

Your arm and pull it in the cell so he can break it or stab it or you know, cut it, slash it. >> it reminded me of, you know, feeding vicious animals. it was a particularly creepy experience. >> we found a much quieter and calmer atmosphere when we shot on death row inside the river bend maximum security institution in tennessee. but correctional staff warned our producers appearances can be deceiving. >> as you see here, its real quiet. what that leads to is complacency. that is the worst enemy...

To handle that. they dont know what to do with that. >> i think its difficult for all of us. thank you so much. and as we gear up for the convention, you can join the conversation on twitter at bashir live with msnbc2012, and chris matthews will have much more ahead on the countdown to tampa next on "hardball." up next, the real paul ryan stands up and americas most vulnerable should take note. stay with us. >> this is a path we believe reignites and renews the american idea, reclaims the oppo...

>> okay. but first, tropical storm isaac picking up steam in the caribbean and menacing republicans heading for florida. >> isaac expected to be a hurricane by the time it reaches haiti and the dominican republic later this evening. kicking up 45-mile-an-hour winds this morning and it is now, believe it or not, already the size of the state of texas. abcs matt gutman has more. >> reporter: tropical storm isaac churning more than 1,000 miles away from the florida coast. at this florida emergenc...

Family, and their 4-year-old daughter. and why you may be seeing more of her coming up in "the skinny." >> what do they have -- 500 kids now? >> yeah, it is a tribe. >> yeah. tropical storm isaac picking up steam in the caribbean. and menacing republicans heading to florida. >> isaac expected to be a hurricane by the time it reaches haiti and the dominican republic later this evening. kicking up 45-mile-an-hour winds this morning and it is now, believe it or not, already the size of the state ...

Thats compared with the $75 million brought in in the obama campaign and the dnc, raising concerns among democrats that the president will be badly outspent down the stretch to november. yesterday the obama campaign e-mailed a plea to supporters, reading in part "in we dont step it up, were in trouble." >> so, chris, last hour al hunt had suggested one of the reasons they may be in trouble is complacency. they just dont believe this guy romney is going to win at the end. and also this president ...

They have the situation contained. >> a couple of things we have been able to learn. this command post is not as close it is a appears in the pictures. we dont want to be caught off guard by saying the scene is completely calm. this is where we are expecting the next news conference scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time. it could pop up any moment while you and i are talking about the scene. it is a ways away from and now you see the camera zooming in to give us a closer picture of where the ambula...