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they are suggesting they may just close off access to the real internet all together and instead build themselves their own internal government approved internet. just for their own country. its not really an internet. it is more like an iran-ternet. they will build their own separate but equal. ridiculous right? but you can understand that sort of controlling dictatorial impulse here that gives rise to that sort of ridiculousness. in america we dont have controlling mullahs. we dont h...

Healed all you do is give a speech and world will be a peaceful place. if everyone tells you that, even if youre a sturdy person morally you in the end will start to believe in your detriment. bill: hard to comprehend which one he wanted to attack first. crick correction i think that plays to romneys disadvantage in the long run, from schultz. ultimately how did this change the game? you see all the stories written about re-energized republican party. is it? >> certainly i was on the phone very ...

Have done. what he did as governor was slash budgets by hundreds of millions of dollars for local government, cut funding for higher education. he left office with a 34% approval rating. ohioans are not buying etch a sketch part ii, excuse me, governor romney was shifting last night, ed. >> "the hill" reports republicans plan to spend $4.2 million in ohio this week. its $2 million less than they spent last week. can money shift votes in ohio, you think? which, of course, leads me to the next que...

People who reinforce his sense he is above all of this. i think valerie jarrett sat next to mrs. obama during the debate tells the president every day, youre the greatest orator in the history of language. i think if you hear that long enough you dont think you have to prepare for the debate and have contempt for anyone who would even dare challenge you for your job. bill: larry sabato, the university of virginia, right, he said last night that it is clear he blew off all of hess practice sessio...

Lets look at whats going on. the economys coming back. we basically have people working. teamsters are working. uaw members are working. the auto industry is thriving. all the different people that work in plants are back to work. so we have hundreds of thousands of people that have had their jobs back, so thats good news. were on our way back and basically need more time. thats all. for him to say theyve been crushed, its not true. his party crushed the economy in 08. >> are you concerned at al...

Place an additional 20% tax cut that would ultimately benefit the rich. how would a president romney pay for all of this? romney says hell close loopholes but he hasnt offered any real specifics on that, either. according to an independent nonpartisan tax policy study, the lost revenues from romneys tax proposal would cost $4.8 "t," trillion, over ten years. the obama campaign has already come out with an ad hitting romney on his $5 trillion lie. im joined tonight by david k. johnston, pulitzer ...

To about $5 trillion. and he says ill maintain current rates. now, if hes going to not have a $5 trillion tax cut it imply, he sort of hinted at this last night, that hes going take away the deductions you are. hes not going to succeed in reducing the problem by getting rid of big bird, the money to pbs isnt even chicken feed much less big bird feed. the only other project of any size hes identified is amtrak, $1.4 billion a year. were talking trillions here. whats he going to do, take aware you...

Were talking trillions here. whats he going to do, take aware your home mortgage interest deduction, your charitable deduction? he wont say, but if he takes away deductions in order to lower rates, where are you better off? this, ed, is like ryans medicare plan. im going to save you $1 in medicare and charge you $8 in private spending. >> who will pay for romneys tax proposal? is it the middle class? >> yeah, based on past history, what will happen if hes elected and he gets his plan, tax rates ...

>> thanks, ed. >> do you think romneys debate performance was enough to change the dial a little bit in ohio? >> not at all, ed. as you outlined, ohio is trending in favor of president obama. ohioans get governor romney does not understand that being president of the united states is not a business venture, its a service venture, and governor rommy does not get it. he hasnt been in elected office since 2007 so it was easy for him to talk last night about hypotheticals and what he would have done...

For president meant. >> yeah. so are you -- i mean, there was a multi -- there were millions of people watching last night. over 60 million people watching. it was the biggest watch debate since 1980. are you worried people will believe mitt romneys lies if theyre not countered in debates? >> ed, its not as if these people are just tuning in right now. you know, this race has been going on for some time. they -- you know, they know that mitt romney has been campaigning for the last two years on ...