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Arent we talking -- he did it today, why arent we talking about jobs? why arent we talking about the cost of gasoline and national security? >> i agree. you certainly alluded to that. the president could have when he had the spotlight today, really talk about those issues. and it is important that we move past that. thats why republicans have talked about this constantly. reince priebus, chairman of the party, governor jan brew, republican after republican, because we want to focus on the import...

We do cover important news every day, all day long here on msnbc. and i dont like to blame the media mean that goes on here. if everybody is talking about it, it is news. mike, stay with me for this conversation. i want your perspective on this. let me bring in keith boykin, democratic strategist with the daily voice, editor here and doug heiser, republican strategy, used to be the communications director for the republican national committee. doug is in washington. hey, doug, just give me your ...

Thats a code word for affirmative action. hes suggesting the president wasnt qualified, that barack obama -- i wasnt to law school with barack obama at harvard, i know he was a qualified person. this guy who does the "the prese apprentice," he has more to do with the president of the united states than someone who does the law review at harvard. >> the president graduated from harvard magnum cum laude. columbia, where he also went as an undergrad for a couple of years, says he did not graduate w...

what the state of hawaii regarded as a legal document, but critics, birthers, if you will, said this was an an tated version, not an actual birth certificate, but a certificate of live birth. white house put that to rest, put out the long form. this is something the president requested, requesting a waiver from the state of hawaii. the white house making available a letter he wrote on april 22nd. his personal emissary outside council had flown to hawaii, gotten to the white house betwe...