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Look at this where david axelrod, president obamas senior strategist tells "the new york times" they will likely just open the floodgates. and an unnamed campaign strategist for the president tells talking point memo having the republicans eat their own actually makes the bain story more potent than we ever could have. >> well, sure. and the reason is because, could you imagine if you had these kinds of attacks coming from the presidents re-election campaign or a pro-obama super pac. people coul...

But the real question, jackie, around this whole bain thing is this really a question of character? >> thats what they are trying to make it. it certainly doesnt help -- the picture they are trying to paint of romney is as this kind of cold, calculating businessman, right? i mean, thats whats behind all of these tactics. so what the romney campaign, i think, has been trying to do more is getting his family out there, his wife out there, trying to humanize this person who they are -- his opponent...

Jonathan capehart and jackie kucinich, thanks both of you for your time tonight. >> thank you. still ahead -- how president obamas case for fairness in jobs is laying the groundwork for his re-election. >> no matter who you are, where you come from, theres a place where you can make it if you try. thats at stake in this elect n election. >> i promise you change will come. if you stick with me, were going to finish what we started in 2008. jeb bush for president? wait until you hear which top...

Ron paul establishment. at the end of the day, the root of this, it might help romney at the end of the day if he becomes the nominee. think about it. the obama administration was going to go after this anyway. so right now, were getting some of that vetting over with right now. and while all voters arent paying attention right now, a lot of them are. and theyll have heard this attack before. much like seamus the dog, which you mentioned earlier. >> how could this help him? >> i think hes develo...

Massive voter fraud? i know you said it is not there, but im trying to find out where this came from giving them all the benefit of the doubt that maybe im wrong, that its not geared for a certain demographic. but have people come up to you saying they are worried about voter fraud? >> no, i dont get a lot of complaints about that. occasionally in an election, someone will complain that a car without a state plates or a bus with out of state plates are bringing people across the border. there ar...

Voices are former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst, and joan walsh, editor at large for salon.com. thank you both for being on the show tonight. >> our pleasure. >> thanks, reverend. >> governor rendell, is this a conversation mitt willard romney and the republicans are hoping not to have this year about income equality? >> sure, but thats a false hope. theres no way we cant discuss that issue when more americans than ever are in poverty, when in my home state,...

We dont have a hard-and-fast crowd estimate for how many people were there but nobody disputes he beat the record, that he beat lbjs record. and a big part of that was the historic nature of his election as the first african-american president but another part of it was the momentum coming out of his victory in the 2008 elect n election. he won election in 2008 by 10 million votes. the electoral college was 365-173. the democrats added 21 seats to what was already their majority in the house. th...

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The republican primary for oregons senate seat. she will face democrat theic senator jeff merkley in the general election in november. also we have the rarest of all political dramas in this area. a true blue hotly contested democratic primary. at this hour, incumbent congressman hank johnson appears to be fending off his challenger tom brown in his congressional district in dekalb county. he is the former sheriff of dekalb county. what makes it interesting is incumbent democratic members of con...