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One of the most conservative states and i think young conservative star was born last night a texas republican runoff. lets go to news. >> thats true, joe. the poll first because it is kind of surprising. i think well be kind of surprising to a lot of people. that was very artfully done, meechum. >> thank you, thank you. >> quite artfully. anyway, joe, a new quinnipiac pal shows president obama with leads in three major swing states. obama leads mitt romney head to head by six points in florida,...

Because for some reason that we can all infer, surmise, they think that it would be worse to release them than not release them but people dont relate to that. >> right. brian sullivan, we have president obama presiding over a weak economy. it appears to be getting even weaker. theyre now talking about launching a strategy to actually attack mitt romney for being weak on the deficit when, of course, we know the debt has gone up $5 trillion since president obama has been in the white house. and y...

>> joe, joe? >> by starting new government programs. you will have to grow the economy and grow the economy by trusting people who run the economy and they arent in washington, d.c. but mitt romney doesnt understand that. hes a micro manager. hes a technocrat and why people dont believe, mike, that romneys policies would be that different from obamas policies. >> but, joe, you know, before -- you know, brians got a lot to say on this, obviously, but before we get to brian, i would say off of wha...

Started something in a one bedroom house to called global medical relief fund to help children in war torn areas where theyve lost limbs and disfigured. getting people to volunteer services and doctors to perform surgeries and prosthetics on the kids. i said we should buy her a house. she was having to house the kids at places like youth hostels and ymcas and ronald mcdonald house and we started something and raised money and called dare to dream house and opening it on thursday and shes just a ...

Those three states above 50% when the economy is this bad defies what we think about the link of politics and the economy. and its not going to change. both campaigns think that the unemployment number on election day will be basically precisely what it is today, they think europe as bad as it is today. they think that growth numbers will be being talked about almost in the exact same numbers as today so this is the environment were going to have on election day and if its not hurting obama more...

>> -- why we conservatives dont believe hes going to make a difference. but, you have both candidates. james carville said this. i said this. a lot of people said this. you have both candidates talking about the past, talking of bain capital in 1999, romney talking about past 3 or 4 years. neither candidate is talking about the future. their big plan to reform the tax code. their big plan to save medicare. their big plan to save medicaid. their big plan to save social security. their big plan to...

Untested guy? >> i think after the conventions i think thats when we hear them talk about the future and talk about where theyre going to take the country but to, you know, mike, im glad you brought up that particular part of the poll getting at something i was thinking about. i think mitt romneys problem is a credibility problem. he cant break through because i think the attack ads on his tenure at bain are working and also i think the american people dont trust the fact that he wont release mo...

The month of july to 4.4%. with 2.4% in a year and a half ago, it was 3.2% in november. canadians save at the rate of about 8%. okay? theyre far more conservative. gdp growth in the united states slowed. it was 4% in the fourth quarter. it was 2.4% in the first of this year. its 1.5%. so you got to decelerating economy. i think the most important thing, though, is about consumer confidence. confidence is at 69. 90 is very high. we have one of the lowest consumer confidence levels in america now ...

Finish, not because of the israeli occupation. israel is out of ga zach randolph if a few years. the culture that celebrates. you are a kid and strap on a suicide belt and blow up a bus full of 15 israelis and kill them, they name streets and auditoriums after you in gaza whereas the contrast is to israel, you know, you go develop some technology that winds up on the nasdaq and save lives in the realm of bio tech, youre a hero. that tells you something about the culture in gaza. it is not the cu...

A man that "the wall street journal" described today as having obsessive compulsive advantage. miles, what exactly are you plagued with? what is obsessive compulsive advantage? >> i think actually its a benefit. if you channel compulsive energy in a positive direction you can accomplish great things. most people like you, joe, are obsessive compulsive. it is an advantage if you channel it correctly. that wasnt even mine. that was a kenny dichter expression. i like other peoples expressions so i ...