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Disagree. disagree contingent on what the definition of "better" is, right? is better a more effective party, more effective, can squeeze out more efficiency out of its current coalition? look at the texas republican party. >> they produced ted cruz. >> they produced ted cruz and theyve done better in some elections. its oh, i dont wanna. >> "better" say party that would attract more interest among young people. and im going to say more interest among critically thinking people who try to think ...

The debt, the deficit, the lack of a budget, the lack of a clear plan for our future and between rubios response and the presidents state of the union we are no closer to dealing with our large scale issues. >> you took the words from my mouth. did the president lack the opportunity or did he waste the opportunity to cast a vision? >> yes. what works politically is to go against your own type and standing. in other words, he is a liberal democrat. great. where he would be more effective is if he...

And i think the president is smart in what he is doing here politically, as well. he knows that assault weapons ban, the ban on extended magazines, universal background checks. those are things that a republican congress is not just going to come out and support. he has to remind american people of how important this is. he has to get the american people behind him, and ultimately even if it takes a turnover in the house in 2014, which is something i think we personally could see. even if that i...

Issue, too, it comes from a personal place. and i think the president is smart in what he is doing here politically, as well. he knows that assault weapons ban, the ban on extended magazines, universal background checks. those are things that a republican congress is not just going to come out and support. he has to remind american people of how important this is. he has to get the american people behind him, and ultimately even if it takes a turnover in the house in 2014, which is something i t...

Mining disaster. joe manchin is an american hero and a west virginiian hero. good luck telling they that joe is not tough on crime or wants to compromise your second amendment rights. good luck. not going to happen. >> uh-huh. go ahead, ratner. >> what makes this different and the more effective is there are other joe manchins and rockefeller and joe scarborough who are not left wing liberals and have credibility on this issue, and that may make it different this time. timing is the essence. we ...

Rhetorical highs were higher on the democratic side. if you look at the effectiveness of the speeches, barack obama who is in the presidency because of his oratorical skill, did not give the most impressive speech of the convention, it was third or fourth depending on where you put biden. michelle obama gave more of a charge to the party. bill clinton gave probably a more effective, crisper case for another four years than i think barack obama did. fine speech, but not one that really soared. >>...

Not only grandma, but they hurt clean energy, pell grants. we know the icebergs are cracking off of the antarctic. the arctic is now at its warmest state in history and all of it now must be denied because no republican can get elected president of the united states without denying the science of medicine, of climate and thats unfortunately a tragic state for what was once a great party. >> congress ed markey, thank you so much for joining us, sir. next, a preview of the next big stop in 2012....

back to being plain old welfare. >> newt gingrich defends that ad but makes an admission whether that ad is strictly speaking true to the facts. but first, i want to show you how mitt romney is campaign on the claims knead that very ad. 7 >> with a careful executive action, he removed the requirement for work from welfare. it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government dependcy. we nus restore, and i will restore work into welfare. >> now, listeni...

announcing work for welfare. under obamas plan, you wouldnt have to work and wouldnt have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain old welfare. >> in a moment, youll hear from newt gingrich, who joins us to defend that ad but also makes a pretty stunning admission about whether the ad hes defending is true to the facts. but first i want you to hear how romney is campaigning on the claims made in the ad. >> with a very caref...

>>shepard: thank you from the pentagon. >> at least four people reported dead after a tour bus in israel spreads in what the prime minister has already called "an iranian terror attack." the explosion happened at a resort city in eastern bulgaria and tourists just arrived at the airport and a doctor at a hospital says more than two dozen people are wounded. no word on what caused the blast or who, specifically, was responsible, but the prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, says that all signs poin...