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Have you ever been a habitual drunkard, a prostitute, married more than one person at a time, gambled illegally. why do they ask this stuff? is this supposed to make us safer? >> its your federal government at work at the best. one of the libertarian thinkers a thinking mans ideology. there is a problem in the pure libertarian sense you have this idea that there should be an unrestricted movement of human beings under the trance global individual liberty. al qaeda thinks thats a dandy idea. >> k...

Majority of americans want the assault weapons ban. he know this is. >> and background checks. >> what kind of balls does it take to stand in front of a microphone knowing 55, 65% and higher percentages on other parts of the bill want this. vast majority of americans want this. you stand up there and say, well, you know -- >> heres the problem. heres what sarah palin said this weekend about background checks which seems to me to be a bleedingly obvious thing to do. watch this. >> background chec...

Her governorship that she was quitting politics and entering show business. >> ted cruz like a good texan comes to town, chews barbed wire and spits out rust. thats what we mean. i was thinking how much i like texans. one reason, they dont mess around with our second amendment rights. and background checks? yeah, i guess to learn more about a persons thinking and associations and intentions, more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. remember no drama obam...

More background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. remember no drama obama? if only. now it is all drama obama. we dont have leadership coming out of washington. we have reality television. [ applause ] except it is really bad reality tv, and the american people tuned out a long time ago. we cant just ignore, though, that we just lost a big election. came in second out of two. second position on the dog sled team, its where the view never changes and the view aint...

And i think it is saying that we know that were the party that supports marriage rights, some of us came to it a little bit later than maybe we should have. but were coming to it firmly. i think her position sounds like she may even be beyond president obamas position, and this is -- >> how so? how so, joan? >> you know, i think hes left it that hes comfortable leaving it at the state level. she seems to come out and go beyond it that its just a basic right. you know, i would want to follow up o...

Oh, bloombergs not around. our big gulps safe. were cool. shoot, its just pop. with low-cal ice cubes in it. i hope thats okay. were back. sarah palin found her true fans this weekend when he made her way to an adoring crowd at cpac. >> more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> you get the drift. this kind of talk may rile up the base, but it doesnt appeal to mainstream america. sarah toplitz is a reporter for roll call.

Party at the same event said this? >> more background checks? dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> what would you do if the most guaranteed to get headlines member of your party decided to stick with the birther thing and in the same 24-hour period the man in your party who has more name recognition than any other conceivable candidate for national office said this. >> way too many people believe republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-wo...

Of his son and other gay people. but this is an issue where the republican party is going to drag its heels. john boehner feels like its a good idea to come out and say, i wouldnt support gay marriage even if i had a gay son which is so unbelievable. >> lets get a response to that. i think thats interesting. is it becoming partisan? meaning that you expect the republicans will not change their platform between now and then, next time, for president? >> no. i actually am optimistic they will, chr...

Some of what he said in his report, its the governors, republican governors specially in swing states initiating some of the most draconian policies that are saying no to expanding medicare for their poor. theyre the ones who are saying, yes to the voter i.d. laws they hope will keep minority voters home. the idea is softening your language on a few social issues and on immigration to lure more hispanics is not a cure for their overall policy and stylistic problems. >> no, i think what you do is...

Give me him. i want priebus on my team. >> the last man standing. >> anyway, the timing of his release was interesting coming soon after the conclusion of the cpac conference. conservative speaker after speaker told activists theres nothing wrong with the conservative message. take a listen. >> were not here to re-brand a party. were here to re-build a country. >> for the last three weeks, conservatives have been winning. >> we dont need a new idea. there is an idea. the idea is called america. ...