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We support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. were working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. political campaigns are always competing to figure out the best ways to use social media. as the romney campaign learned, not all publicity is good publicity. yahoo! announced its top search terms of the year, and three of the top ten came from the romney campaign. good news? not really. coming in at nine, etch-a-sketch. romney ad...

Out today and say, hes inarticulate as a defense, boy, that guys jumping ship, isnt he? thank you, howard feinman and cynthia tucker. coming, what did mark mckennan, charles krautheimer, peggy noonan all have in common? the republican partisans who think mitt romney is blowing it and saying it in public. they are jumping ship. also, remember that great "snl" segment in which michael dukakis says of george herbert walker bush, i cant believe im losing to this guy? thats how republicans feel a...

That ad happens to be a coal company executive whos donated thousands of dollars to republican candidates. not a coal miner, as the overalls and hard hat would suggest. barrs campaign points out the executive, heath lovell, worked in the mines as a teenager. that didnt pass muster. the mine workers union who said, ive never seen anything so appalling and deceitful from the coal industry and in a campaign. you have a pencil pusher acting like a coal miner. the tone of the ad, disappointing. cli...

Swamps of their gop minds. anyway, theyre not losing to that guy, because that guy doesnt exist. anyway, clint eastwood asked the question since his convention performance, what was he thinking? >> if someone is dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, you know, theyre going to have to take what they get. >> and that somebody dumb enough was the candidate, mitt romney, believe it or not. hes putting him down, too. anyway, thats in the sideshow. let me finish w...

Inarticulate as a defense, boy, that guys jumping ship, isnt he? thank you, howard feinman and cynthia tucker. coming, what did mark mckennan, peggy noonan all have in common? the republican partisans who think mitt romney is blowing it and saying it in public. they are jumping ship. also, remember that great snl segment in which michael dukakis says of george herbert walker bush, i cant believe im losing to this guy? thats howrens feel about president obama, but theyre wrong and that may be...

Backlash? the man doing all the talking in that ad happens to be a coal company executive, whos donated thousands of dollars to republican candidates. not a coal miner, as the overalls and hard hat would suggest. barrs campaign points out the executive worked in the mines as a teenager. that didnt pass must-r muster with the mine workers union who said, ive never seen anything so appalling and deceitful from the coal industry and in a campaign. you have a pencil pusher acting like a coal miner. ...

The race is super close and has been for months. the final round will be decided by a series of fights. a.k.a., the debates. the great writer james fallows has watched every moment and thinks we are in for a serious battle. both men are strong fighters. two men enter, one president leaves. he writes about it in his excellent cover story "slugfest," which appears in the september issue of "the atlantic." james, an honor to have you on the show. youre a great writer. thank you for being here. >> m...

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