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Good-bye. no money and no nothing and in this case the ad stays up. >> well, this is a party thats been taken over by the right wing extremists. they have to do something to themselves agreeable to the middle ground which is what romney is doing in the debates but the truthfulness of people like todd akin and richard mourdock and there are republicans in tight senate races and people just reasonable republicans standing up against this, people like kelly ayeh in new hampshire saying hes cancelin...

Your party saying that while horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. hes come back out and tried to clarify this remark. even now republican women disassociating themselves from this candidate. but mitt romney still backing him and endorsement and not taking down the ad up just today, ironically, in indiana. what do you think of that? >> well, its a long cherished position within the republican party, tamron. one of the first planks in the platform in every ...

When you start dropping it, yeah, there may be incentive to get that job, but i got to tell you something, we spend so much money on all sorts of different stupid government programs. im all for helping the poor. >> to mikes points, were not giving them money to stir the economy. were giving them money because theyre hungry. i have to say to lizzie that was the greatest speech ive ever hear you make and i absolutely mean that sincerely. >> thank you. >> morgan, is there not a danger, however w g...

Is actually because we dont have jobs. we dont have enough jobs and many of the jobs we do have are very poorly paying jobs. so i would make the argument that entitlements right now are something thats keeping the poverty rate from going even higher. there are a handful of reports that back me up, including the census report which showed if it wasnt for unemployment insurance and social security, the poverty rate would actually be 8% higher than it currently is. so yes, do we need to take a whac...

Poverty. here we are, four years of economic stewardship under advocates of the poor and what do they have to show for it? more people in poverty and less upper mobility wherever you look. >> its not the first time this election cycle we have seen the right raise the spectrum of the poor. ifts not to offer prescriptions or remedies, a means of playing on middle class fears of losing ground suggesting they could become impover shed. calling president obama is the today stamp president is, in the ...

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A -- you know, if i had more sleep, i might have a better vocabulary. anyway, i do think that the first responders were unbelievable. and their ability to work together and coordinate our support from the federal government has been incredible. secretary napolitano called me from homeland security early this morning and wanted to do everything she could. she was a little late because president obama called me before that. but not until after he called mayor hogan. he called the police chief, i m...

And congress is absolutely being obstructionist here and needs to get this done. >> well, i would like the american people to view this for what it is. this is an admission of guilty, i think, on the part of the republicans. because they know theyre wrong. if they go along with this, it will create jobs, and thats the last thing they want to do right now. i want to go back to december of 2008. this is what mitt romney wrote in the "national review." "the democrats may want to wait for obama, but...