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Terrorism. all of those things. youre right, oil is the backdrop and the strategic, not the commercial sense. that is the principle difference between this part of the world and -- >> by the way, nicole, we have to go to break. one of the reasons why i was okay with the first gulf war is because of hussein saddam mass troops on the border. the ability to have a major impact on our economy actually was significant enough to stop him from doing that. as much as i love the kuwaiti people and i want...

Republican presidential field, these have become significantly more radical or pure, however you want to put it, in recent years. what has allowed that to break forward? >> you have a dual radicalization. a radicalization of the republican party exemplified by the tea party movement and party establishment leaders losing control of, you know, they had kind of built up this right wing grassroots and then the grassroots kind of took over. so you see again and again and again these, you know, with ...

You mentioned bob mcdonnell. >> the governor of virginia. >> something similar happened with the transvaginal ultrasounds. all of a sudden, somehow, it kind of came to everyones attention and people realized just how crazy things had gotten. >> what is happening in the pro life movement of the republican party that has allowed this to break out? as you said, the party platform, the normative beliefs in the republican presidential field, these have become significantly more radical or pure, howev...

>> like the president did yesterday, romney to my eye, casting this in very big picture terms. >> absolutely, mike. first let me say congratulates to david on "showdown" its going to be excited and looking forward to. >> thank you. >> the reality as you set it up is perfect. its change time, and were moving to the general campaign. yes you still have the dance with santorum and gingrich. they made it clear whether theyre in this or not theyre in it. so that doesnt mat tore romney now high pressu...

Terms. >> absolutely, mike. first let me say congratulates to david on "showdown" its going to be excited and looking forward to. >> thank you. >> the reality as you set it up is perfect. its change time, and were moving to the general campaign. yes you still have the dance with santorum and gingrich. they made it clear whether theyre in this or not theyre in it. so that doesnt mat tore romney now high pressure he is focused on defining the president before he is defined first. that is the trick...

Of medicare and medicaid which are the biggest drivers of the deficit. each attacks the others proposals for doing so saying they would threaten the very program that we have to get control of. here is house budget director paul ryan of wisconsin. >> medicare is going bankrupt. that the presidents healthcare law puts a board of 15 unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of cutting medicare which will lead to deny care for seniors, it takes half a trillion dollars from medicare to spend on obamacare....

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But dont take my word for it. take mitch mcconnells. >> they could not get a tax increase on people making $1 million and up through a congress that they had overwhelming control of. taxes arent going to be raised. if they couldnt raise taxes when they owned the government in the last congress, you know they cant do it now. >> oh, hes rubbing their faces in it! but the really scary thing, democrats are signaling that they might not only back away from raising taxes on the rich. are you ready for...

Would normally. but it is worrisome that if it slides into the shipping lanes we might have more issues. another thing we dont are control of, but we certainly can prepare for, are our tropical systems. we have this tropical depression that we talked about yesterday. it is forecast to become a tropical storm. heres the latest. satellite imagery not looking that impressive. 35-mile-an-hour winds at the moment, gusting to 45 miles per hour. it is out there in the southeastern gulf of mexico, headi...