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Going to solve this today on television, and im not expecting you to provide a thorough analysis of that proposal. but when you look at people who tie to manage this process, what do you find the most encouraging, what do you find the most discouraging? and if you have a thought on the vouchers, feel free. >> look, there are a lot of good ideas out there on campaign finance reform. they all have to be looked at closely, because my experience after working for 20 years on campaign finance reform ...

Advantages of incumbency, how discouraging are these numbers for the president? >> actually i dont think they are that discouraging. >> gregg: come on. you dont care to care. >> ive been critical of president obama, but this is statistics, gregg. for an incumbent president for a low approval rating to be deadlocked with the republicans having won the labor battle in ohio, 60-38 and unpopular governor in florida. this is not bad news. its not good news but its not as bad as you suggested. >> greg...

Subject and i really appreciate this opportunity. alabama is trying this case in the courts and two federal courts that have looked at this issue, enforcement of the immigration law upheld the vast majority of it and im very comfortable with that. i do think there is a tremendous amount of misinformation out there. frankly i think a lot is being fostered by the justice department which is very ironic since theyre charged working with the states to help enforce our laws. so the laws in alabama ha...

the world. >> we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence development at all levels of society. >> it is worth noting that the yemeni recipient is the first arab woman to receive the nobel peace prize. well, no formal ceremony by u.s. troops in afghanistan today to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. the conflict is the longest in u.s. history. more than 2,700 coalition forces have been killed over the d...

opportunity to do something big. we have a chance to stabilize americas finances for a decade, for 15 years or 20 years. if were willing to seize the moment. what that would require would be some shared sacrifice and a balanced approach that says were going to make significant cuts in domestic spending. and i have already said im willing to take down domestic spending to the lowest percentage of our overall economy since dwight eisenhower. it also requires cuts in defense spending. and...

Since it did show some promising results in earlier studies. and the facebook twins would like a do-over. last week a federal appeals court ruled that tyler and cameron winklevoss cannot renegotiate their settlement with facebook founder mark zuckerberg. the old deal gave them $20 million and also a share of the company. its now worth something like $200 million. the winklevoss twins yesterday appealed last weeks decision. the tokyo power company has sent a pair of robots inside of that dama...

What are so-called fat tax be good for the country? kelly brown, a professor of psychology at yale university. youre the author of "food fight, inside story of the food industry, americas obesity crisis and what we can do about it." lets start in arizona where theyre considering a $50 fine on some medicaid patients who refuse to improve their own health. will that really make any change in peoples behavior, a penalty of $50? >> no, i think it will have no effect at all. the assumption behind is ...

Agreed to until everything is agreed to. >> right. >> while washington bickers, americas debt keeps growing. isnt this just more of the same partisan politics voters say they were sick of? our panel here to weigh in. we have the retired army general here, christopher hahn is a democratic stratd gist in the middle and margaret hoover is closest to me, personal request, shes a fox news contributor. first, major, is this discouraging to see this going on when knowing that $0.40 of every dollar just...

Administration, so discouraging, and, that we would want to bring this forward to the u.n., where there are so many egregious human rights violations around the world, that are being considered, by the human rights council, that if they take seriously their mission, they should be focusing on things like floggings, and accusations of saudi arabia that they wanted to paralyze a man as punishment, they see this as so far out of the realm of having to be included in any discussion that handles thin...

Discouraging to young americans. >> whats the misreporting. >> this is in my remarks after the trustees report. they use the term exhaustion when ke cannot pay full benefits. that doesnt mean theres nothing there. thats the perception among younger americans. the truth is if you see the report that we have, even if nothing happens, enough to pay about 78% of the full level of benefits. now, thats not as good a deal as what older americans have had in recent years burke thats still not nothing an...