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Look what they did to get him in a no-positive test. >> most lawyers that i talk to say you have a big uphill battle dealing with a federal court on this. but i think with all the benefits that were given to bosch, and i think the fact that information was obtained potentially illegally, you may have a better case than people think. >> you darn right we do. there are times when federal courts will intervene, and when you have situation where you have to facts. you have a fundamental fairness arg...

Lot of sense. you are seeing they are going to stop, filibuster. >> extend unemployment benefits. >> here is the problem, alex. the government as a total share of the economy i think is bigger than ever. a lot of republicans are saying oh, my god, weve got to clamp down on the size of government. of course the part of government thats being clamped down is the most politically vulnerable part of it. food stamp resit yents, unemployed, low wage workers. they are the ones who will bear the brunt o...

Campaign against you. would you be in favor of a one-year delay in the individual mandate? >> im not in fave of that. i think if you look at what arkansas did, we have a democratic governor, republican legislature. they came together in a bipartisan way to do the medicaid expansion in our state using private insurance. they call it the private option. >> what do you say to the fairness argument, that big business gets a delay but individuals dont? >> in my state were about to have maybe as many ...

Bill because the republicans legislative party will shrink come january. the governor said the urgency stemmed from indianas decision of right to work law this year. >> theyve had an increase in business activity, businesses that want to grow and expand in indiana. its about more and better jobs. >> we had word the president is going to be making a trip to michigan. this is an issue that has dominated the national stage in terms of the fairness argument but the future of organized labor and manu...

Battling the air war right now. this is all about rejoiner to what i call the presidents tour of 2012. the president making an announcement at business round table, meeting with ceos who voted for romney, showing hes bipartisan. john boehner now making the fairness argument? its a shocking turn of events but a testament to the fact that the republicans know optics are not in their favor. >> heres where it looks like its heading. republicans float i think a face-saver in the new york times. quote...

Battling the air war right now. this is all about rejoiner to what i call the presidents tour of 2012. the president making an announcement at business round table, meeting with ceos who voted for romney, showing hes bipartisan. john boehner now making the fairness argument? its a shocking turn of events but a testament to the fact that the republicans know optics are not in their favor. >> heres where it looks like its heading. republicans float i think a face-saver in the new york times. quote...

People, right? so the problem isnt at this point, is he saying anything that is broadly appealing or moderate, its whether people believe it. >> amman, we talk about the numbers here and the economy. it is amazing to me how in so far as theres been a perfect storm in terms of political optics for the president, this week began with him taking on the concerns of those who had been made victims by the storm, helping out those in need. that has dovetailed with the message on the stomach where hes m...

To say im against those kinds of foreign tax loopholes. id like to hear him say go back to the estate tax. united states has become the country with the least equality of opportunity of all the advanced industrial countries. more -- less -- a proposal to take away the estate tax would increase the plutocracy of our society. people like warren buffet has said thats wrong. >> yes. >> id like to hear romney say i think its wrong. in fact, hes doing everything to avoid paying the taxes to create a n...

Ohiohio, and he has to win those states, i dont think there is any path to victory without florida and without ohio and my guess is, oddly enough, even though i talked about the white house pushing the fairness argument, he has to find a way to do it in terms of fairness and has to somehow say my plan is better economic but heres why not rich people but people in the middle class, if you follow my plan, you will be better off. >> eric: how do you think he makes that argument? over the next few w...

And it has a lot to do and that is why romneys horse came into it with fairness and they are saying were on the side of the middle class and they are for protecting the rich. and, it may be less an economic argument, and a growth argument than it is a fairness argument. >> eric: we saw it during both different conventions and how do you think it will play out the next few months, 60 days... >> man, if i do that i go to las vegas and quit my job. look, the interesting thing is... well have to see...