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Its gone for good. >> do i think it will in my lifetime go the other way? no, i dont. this is it. i think this is the america i saw from 18 to 58, no, i dont. is that the end of the world? no, its not like i was in the shower this morning and found a lump in my arm pit. thats always my fallback position, ive got a great life, but im saying its not the america ive grown comfortable with. >> im giving millers election take a lot of thought and i disagree with him. i believe traditional america can...

The big scary top tax rate be the same as it was under president clinton when people in the top tax bracket had a great time. >> exactly. everyone remembers that. everyone understands that. there isnt a big principle here left for the republicans. thats why the fallback position i think shows a great weakness. it also shows a top of economic nighalism that they dont care about the cred imrating of the united states of america. we already knew that. the other difference that is going to hurt them...

Same people giving it up. >> yeah. i think hes saying no because he likes the deal that he has in place. >> its the same amount of money. >> no, no. >> the same people. i mean, its the same revenue and its from the same people. >> the reason i think hes saying no, and i think he will say no to just about anything the republicans put forward is because the fall back position is better for him than any deal that the republicans are going to put forward. the fallback position is a tax increase on e...

Commercial ran against president obama in the primary, who do you want answering the phone at 3:00 a.m.? turns out the answer is for heavens sakes, somebody answer the phone. these guys who put themselves in harms way, in our defense, the guys did it on behalf of the ambassador himself, people that may enlist in the service, foreign service, military service, they deserve to have answers --. bill: if i could, then. were a little condensed on time because of the peter king press conference. >> yo...

its been a week of major rulings at the supreme court, culminating with the most anticipated decision in more than a decade, health care reform. chief justice john roberts caught many observers off guard by siding with the four liberal justices to uphold president obamas signature accomplishment. cnns kate balduan begins our coverage. kate, this was a ruling that went against conventional wisdom. >> i would absolutely say so, candy. it was a bombshell ruling with the chief justice, as ...

world heard of osama bin laden there was shake omar, a blind egyptian cler irk who was the spiritual leaders of the 1993 world trade center bombers. he was later convicted of plotting to blow up other new york city landmarks and is serving a life sentence in the u.s. but now a surprise development. egypts first democratically elected president, who will be sworn in tomorrow, is vowing to free him whom he calls a political prisoner. our cnn senior international correspondent, dan rivers...

Call came from jay carney to my house. he said, you should get in the chair. i said to my wife, it must be gadhafi. this was out of nowhere. no one was thinking bin laden. its why seth myers joke at the correspondents dinner that weekend, we found bin laden anchors a show on cspan from 4:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. thats why it was funny. it had fallen off our collective radar. >> yeah. absolutely had. >> so you heard, i guess, from everybody inside that room, which what i think is so fascinati...

This issue to who functions that way at the national level? who republicans might be afraid of crossing on this issue at the national level? >> i think at the national level the republican party is still the main enforcer on that issue. but things are changing fast. even governor christie of new jersey who is a smart politician, very smart politician is not opposing gay marriage per se. hes saying, you know, hes got the fallback position i want to put it to a popular vote and not let the legisla...

Who functions that way at the national level? who republicans might be afraid of crossing on this issue at the national level? >> i think at the national level the republican party is still the main enforcer on that issue. but things are changing fast. even governor christie of new jersey who is a smart politician, very smart politician is not opposing gay marriage per se. hes saying, you know, hes got the fallback position i want to put it to a popular vote and not let the legislator decide. on...

National level? >> i think at the national level the republican party is still the main enforcer on that issue. but things are changing fast. even governor christie of new jersey who is a smart politician, very smart politician is not opposing gay marriage per se. hes saying, you know, hes got the fallback position i want to put it to a popular vote and not let the legislator decide. on this issue the conservatives and conservative republicans are swimming against a fairly fast moving tide. >> i...