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Some republicans about how authentic or reliable he is as a conservative. but i think one of the messages he wants to send from this election campaign is that he is capable of winning in blue states and will say to the rest of the party if we want to around the presidency we cant simply win the red states, we have to convert some of the states that president obama has won in the last two elections in order to get all the way there. and i think that is the step by step process that he is going th...

Airport. we believe the plane carrying edward snowden, the nsa leaker, from hong kong to moscow, those are pictures of it earlier. we believe that edward snowden is on the ground in moscow. where he goes from there, were not sure. we have a man on the scene, and we are watching that closely. in the meantime, joining me around this table, dan balls, chief correspondent for "the washington post." stephanie cutter, democratic strategist and cnn contributor. kevin madden, republican strategist, cnn ...

>> no, but no one cares except when were writing the government might be trying to block this. we keep on this story because its personal for us, but also part of the bigger narrative. >> the administration you know, preventing trans paparency. shameless plugs. >> ruth marcus, happy birthday, but my colleague, dan balls, has a new book coming out. the next election. >> excellent. >> i will plug the national law enforcement memorial today in the capitol is honoring thousands of offers that have b...

Gun debate with manchin-toomey. its time for the monday gaggle. perry bacon jr., susan page and dan balls is back. you look good. >> thank you. >> did you well. >> you know, everybody should try it once. >> absolutely. well, dan, let me start with you. when you left did you think that youd be coming back and in the same week wed have immigration and guns being the primary two topics and the budget is off to the side. watching this gun debate unfold, where does this head? >> in the senate were go...

First round of credible first debate polls. in the meantime, president is trying to bounce back. president for the center of american progress and chief correspondent for the "washington post," dan balls. listen to the president yesterday and i want you to respond because it was interesting sort of him comparing 2008 to today. take a listen. we dont have it. my apologies. its a full screen. there are times, sometimes when like in 2008 where politics has just been trending. its kind of cool to be...

Site of tonights first debate, first presidential face-off. a preview from both campaigns with obama deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter and romney senior adviser former missoury senator jim talent. michael benefit from colorado on the changing political landscape out here in a battleground state and chris cizilla, dan balls and jonathan martin with a viewers guide on what to watch for tonight. "andrea mitchell reports" live in denver on msnbc. >> im meteorologist bill karins with your big ...

Several new polls, a lot of which were not big fans of so thats why we havent been promoting them too much, but they do show something in common. a convention bounce for the president. and the romney campaign is out with a new memo, frankly a very defensive memo today from their pollster who writes, quote, dont -- first line, dont get too worked up about the latest polling. while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed sig...

Bit of a change in tone perhaps for the convention speakers tomorrow night since we have no convention today. lets bring in the panel. aerol lewis, dan balls, kelly odonnell, and bill burton. hes the former deputy white house press secretary, co-founder of the presidents super pac priorities usa action. shockingly, you didnt get in. dan balls, if four nights down to three, that survivable but three nights down to 2 1/2, would that be a problem? >> this t would be a problem, though in the end the...

Presidents health care reform law whether the individual mandate is constitutional. my panel today, karen finney and "the washington posts" dan balls. before we get blown away here. its a windy day. its beautiful but windy. karen, i want to start with you. one thing happened friday of somewhat political significance and that is this decision by the democrats and team obama to take obama care and say, fine, you want to use it, so will we. it became a twitter war. that was amusing to watch. an odd...