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Figurehead. all of this has been proven wrong. now the question that experts are debating: are the protests the instigation of the muslim brotherhood or of the even more radical forces inside egypt? i think the fact that we have so poorly understood what really motivates many of these people has led to this problem. i think the guide for american foreign policy has been not some abstraction, but what is in american national interest? for 3 1/2 years, we have seen the sacrifice against an ideolog...

Is it possible it could be viewed as overly political? is this a misstep? >> it could be. what struck me about governor romneys statement it seemed to mix the tactical questions that the embassy in cairo was involved with yesterday, balancing the free speech right and still saying there is some speech that we find intolerant, and making sure the u.s. government didnt intaoendure w was in those videos. and he had three points, one was that he believed that he needed to -- the president needed to ...

Would stop debating with himself about health care reform. does he want to get rid of it, keep it, keep some of it, have it paid for, not paid for? romney answers it all kinds of above. in fact, he mentions all of the above sometimes. also, when you have trouble winning over white working voters, white working class voters, who are you going to call? the big dog. bill clinton takes the flight to florida today. and on this anniversary of september 11th, we learn that the bush administration may...

Theyre still struggling, but theres a general feeling that obama backed the auto industry, therefore, cared about their cities and the republicans dont, and that may be how he wins ohio on that auto issue. >> jennifer granholm got it right, chris. >> what? what did she say? >> i said governor granholm got it right in her speech when she talked about the fact that what barack obama did for the auto industry wasnt just michigan, it was ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, north carolina, so many other st...

"cronkite." coming up, you listen very carefully and the sound you hear is the republican gnashing of teeth. they think mitt romney is losing what they consider a winnable election. maybe it would help if romney would stop debating with himself about health care reform. does he want to get rid of it, keep it, keep some of it, have it paid for, not paid for? romney answers it all kinds of above. in fact, he mentions all of the above sometimes. also, when you have trouble winning over white wo...

Important development in the remaining ten weeks of the campaign will be the debate. an experience that is elevating for the challenger. one, i guess reaching out and touching voters and campaigning and answering questions and letting people see and feel you is not as important one night of televised debate. two, doesnt that raise expectations if he doesnt come in and do a great job? >> the debates are important, no question about it. there is another important event, the release of his tax retu...

Help to give $5 trillion more in tax breaks to people like mitt romney and his friends? look, our country is a country that can create greater opportunities and better life for our kids. but it is not going to happen if we continue to give away huge tax cuts to the wealthy. >> and the tax debate, medicare debating with tp continue. thanks you both very much. >> thank you, david. >> we will take a break here spp. coming up, a campaign as polarized as we have ever seen. what does it mean for ele...

>> disrespectful to women and minorities, that we are not smart enough to debate by the methods laid out by socrates. what jie she is saying is that women and minors cant make it and we have to change it because of their gender and skin color. thats exactly what she sadism she was advoighticating to open up the mind and say there are more qualified canned dhaits maybe you have ignored because you have traditionally only promoted those who are white -- >> no-- one at a time. >> read the article...

>> disrespectful to women and minorities, that we are not smart enough to debate by the methods laid out by socrates. what jie she is saying is that women and minors cant make it and we have to change it because of their gender and skin color. thats exactly what she sadism she was advoighticating to open up the mind and say there are more qualified canned dhaits maybe you have ignored because you have traditionally only promoted those who are white -- >> no-- one at a time. >> read the article...

President obama and raise money and be a strong surrogate hell be a good debating on the chief issue which is the economy and nations debt. he has always of those areas covered. the danger is he is unknown. it is an opportunity for the romney campaign to cast him. hes got young children. he himself is young. hes 42 and looks younger than that. its a nice picture of two politicians for the country. they also have to be careful and it will start on the bus tour that begins in virginia and goes thr...