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there at their convention how he would measure progress. he literally used these words, he said we measure progress differently than republicans, presumably, but it was the fact that he said we measure progress and then he described how it was he and his party measured progress, and i think its interesting given the fact that he laid out what his report card would be to go back and score him on the very report card he laid out. he said, for instance, that we, the democrats measure prog...

Taxes as a foundation for civilization. well get to that in a little bit. there is, i feel, a number of people wrote about this yesterday. bryant boyler had a talking piece memo on precisely this, that theres a jaundiced cynicism among the campaign press corps as they watch the buffett rule be proposed. that this is an election year gimmick and nothing more. they point out that it will not solve the deficit problem. it wont close the gap and that this is essentially demagoguery. this is populist...

and destroyed. some houses were turned into rubble in just a matter of seconds. >> that piece of iron had to come from a building. it was -- you know, it was no straight wind, it was a regular twister. the wind was just blasting out and out and out. the bathroom, like they always say, and while we got here, the roof went here. the good lord was with us. he sure was. its about more than you can bear. >> four states were hit by the tornadoes. oklahoma, iowa, nebraska and kansas. but all ...

This economy is creating jobs. people are starting to get back to work. now we have to fix our deficit problem. i think the rift should give back the bush tax cuts and pay more than their secretaries. >> the democrat message is the message of division and warfare. we have class warfare, race warfare, gender warfare, war against the church, war between the branches of government that we have never seen before. right track-wrong track. people are not optimistic and you know it. >> the republican m...

Andly keep fighting for this fairness until the other side starts listening. and i believe its the right thing to do. >> congresswoman? >> the president is right. those who have benefitted extraordinarily should not get any more tax cuts. $150,000, or $250,000. at least warren buffet has a conscious. when average americans cant mate ends meet, why should we have a ryan-romney plan that says were going to voucher out medicare and make it more expensive for those in our country. those that have a ...

That say, we have to cut. we dont have money, and the rational brain says, the reason we dont have money is because were being stolen from and we need to stop the stealing, whatever the dysfunction is, not take away food from poor people. >> absolutely, but you know, dylan, i would actually go back one step from that and frankly ask you the question. remember last year when mark gains was on, talking about all the talk about austerity measures here in the united states, and there are a lot of pe...

the shot? >> as i said, it was dark. but after the shot, obviously someone -- the man got up, and it was kind of like that period of him -- i cant say i actually watched him get up, but maybe only within a couple seconds or so, then he was walking towards where i was watching, and i could see him a little bit clearer and see it was a hispanic man, and he was -- he didnt appear hurt or anything else. he just kind of seemed very -- i guess the term -- very worried or whatever, walked on ...

Thats just fire fighting. youre trying to get something done very quickly. there are constraints and its easy to look back now and say it should have been this or that. but in a moment, it -- actually i think what was remarkable was how quickly it was put in place, which people forget. normally these things take months and months and months, and it was important to get something going very quickly. it might not have been perfect, but it did help. >> i hate the yearly deficits being over $1 trill...

the united states is ready for the challenge. >> as weve discussed, the united states and china will continue to compete and as americans, we welcome competition its part of our dna and propels our citizens to rise to the challenge. cooperation as you and i have spoken about, can only be mutually beneficial if the game is fair. >> perhaps we welcome competition, but are we ready for it? business professor peter navarro is the author of the book "death by china." peter vice president bi...

Him. everybody should pay their fair share. the problem is even if you increase taxes dramatically and even if people give 100% of income to the government, you dont even start to fix the deficit problem. and thats why this message is completely a populous message. >> can i have an arch over an arch? my arch real quick is -- hes going to have a coronary. is that you have to look at this budget. if it is so good for the democrats, they should vote on it in the senate. they have 51 senators and al...