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the cbs makeup offer, it was because he apparently had his own makeup arrangements already made. and so we got jfk with makeup and no fever, we got richard nixon with no makeup and a fever. what we got on tv in the first televised presidential debate in our nations history was beauty and the beast. right? of course, jfk went on to win that election that year, whether or not it was because of the debate, i dont know, but thus was born the entire school of punditry that says its all abou...

own makeup arrangements already made. and so we got jfk with makeup and no fever, we got richard nixon with no makeup and a fever. what we got on tv in the first televised presidential debate in our nations history was beauty and the beast. right? of course, jfk went on to win that election that year, whether or not it was because of the debate, i dont know, but thus was born the entire school of punditry that says its all about the optics and watching things with the sounds off and al...

fever. what we got on tv in the first televised presidential debate in our nations history was beauty and the beast. right? of course, jfk went on to win that election that year, whether or not it was because of the debate, i dont know, but thus was born the entire school of punditry that says its all about the optics and watching things with the sounds off and all that existentially exhausting stuff we still say today. but here is the relevant context for understanding what happened l...

nixon with no makeup and a fever. what we got on tv in the first televised presidential debate in our nations history was beauty and the beast. right? of course, jfk went on to win that election that year, whether or not it was because of the debate, i dont know, but thus was born the entire school of punditry that says its all about the optics and watching things with the sounds off and all that existentially exhausting stuff we still say today. but here is the relevant context for un...

Last night, i want to bring in live from seattle, minneapolis contributor ron reagan. senator of former president, ronald reagan. and we have columnist megan mccain, daughter of former presidential candidate john mccain. megan, i want to start with you, was this debate a reprieve for mitt romney? steve says they are basically a reset moving forward in watching the numbers tighten with momentum, the wind at his back. >> let me tell you something, thomas, this morning is a good morning to be a rom...

Ed, last word? >> the other thing about the deficit, this could rope the president into a very vulnerable position and get him into a conversation about what hays going to do if hes re-elected when it comes to the big three, medicare, medicaid, and social security. i mean, is he really going to go big? >> thats a big question. >> you bet it is. and if romney can get him into a position, saying he is going to go after those big three, i guarantee you -- the president already got a letter last wee...

>> ed schultz, catch him weeknights here on msnbc at 8:00 p.m. he plays for politics. thank you. i just want to point out we are paying attention to whats going on in denver right now with a president obama rally scheduled for 12:05. coming up in roughly an hour. 12:05 eastern time. well keep an eye on that. we want to bring in our debate post-game power, joy reed, we have anita dunn, former white house communications director, and john baybender who served on rick santorums presidential cam...

Goes to, women grabbing him and hugging him as much as hes known for being touchy-feely. you see the gushing quotes about how handsome, charming, adorable he is. this is a set he making a connection with. >> they need that connection in florida where right now according to our newest poll it is tight and getting a little tighter for mitt romney where president obama is leading 47 to 46. so right there basically a dead heat. politico senior d.c. correspondent jonathan allen, thanks for coming on ...

Obama white house. barbara arn wine for the -- akil ammar and egyptian american journalist, mona eltahawy. >> our guests will include joseph stig litz, columbia university and author of the book of price of inequality. up next is melissa harris-perry. on today, debate club preview edition. her 10-year-old daughter parker will make a special appearance. thats mep mlissa harris-perry coming up next. the first 2012 presidential debate coming up this week. denver, colorado at 5:00 eastern continui...

>> well, id say on a scale of 1 to 10, were heading into, like, 20 territory, ed. i think at a certain point this actually makes me wonder what must a republican candidate or any candidate do to not get support? right? like, i think at this point we have to start having a competition just to see where the lines of offensiveness, how far we can push these boundaries. apparently making rape jokes doesnt do it, making misogynistic comments doesnt do it. maybe somebody has to drop the "n" bomb, but ...