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Little bit? >> no, it only -- >> because you talk about this a lot. >> i do. >> right? >> because ill tell you why i do. because what always bothers me is false stuff, untruths. that bothers me. >> joining me now, cnn political commentator, errol louis, "washington post" political reporter, gloria borger, and david gurden. david, its interesting, hearing michael dantonio talking about his perception of the man he spent thours interviewing donald trump for this biography, he called donald trump a...

David, theres a big difference between some polls being inaccurate and outliers, or being downright crooked or rigged, which is what trump is claiming. >> thats true, anderson, and my experience has been over a long period of time, working on polls, is that there is great incentive on the part of the pollster to get it right. every one of these news organizations thats taking polls is in competition with each other. and if you come up over the course of a season, if youve been consistently wrong...

Is now. it wasnt that sort of a relationship. i dont know if he has those. >> thats exactly right. the only people who played that role at the conventions were his kids. they were the ones who knew him well, that were close to him, that spent time in trump tower and could speak to who he was as a person, because he doesnt have those close relationships or those other business associates up there. >> and all the stories they told was being in the office, while they worked, him coming into the off...

A very challenging electoral college map. and hes got to turn, you know, some of those states that romney didnt win red, and hes having trouble with the romney states. utah, comes to mind, for example. so, the trajectory seems to be clear, but honestly, i think its pretty stable. >> this whole idea, david, of a rigged system, a crooked system. if donald trump loses by a clear and significant margin, both in the electoral vote and the popular vote win me, i mean, wh you think hell do on election ...

Favorable to trump than, say, the abc poll that came out and showed hillary 12 points ahead. those questions are interesting, but look at the poll of polls and watch the trend lines. >> gloria, there are those years in 2012 like obama and romney, where the polls are so tight, no one really knows what to expect, and yet, this year, does it feel like that to you? >> no, it doesnt. i think when you take the averages, as david is talking about, and you look at it over a period of time of the last fe...

wanted to scale it back, handing president obama a very big opening politically. >> now is not the time to double your interest rates on student loans. michelle and i, weve been in your shoes. we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. americans now own more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. student loans. student loans. student loans. lets give those student loans directly to students. can i get an amen? >> yeah! >> that as a campaign...

a quick handshake, good luck, as you would say, be strong. its a very important night, a consequential night for the country. lets show you that live picture inside the haul. eight republicans for president engaging in this debate. in recent days, a crackling debate about the 2012 presidential campaign. not only, and youll hear it all night long, taking aim at president obama and his agenda, but we have playing out a fierce and an increasingly intense battle for the leadership, the hea...

$3,500 in the first year for businesses. there are other things in that bill as well. it doesnt include the jobless benefits extension. david gurden, this has to be reconciled with a house bill that is much bigger. i dont even know how that process is going to end up, but is this right direction for the government in terms of creating jobs? >> i think it is. and the good news is that the senate bill got 70 votes. it got a number of republicans to come over, scott brown being the first one out of...