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Hear that pivot. no, its not about my medicare plan, its about obama care. and he just does it each and every time. is that a debate or is that sort of an unfair characterization or is it fair? >> its the best thing the republicans can do. it is kind of clever, usually they are putting their head in a noose. ryan, to his credit, medicare does need to be reformed in the long-term. thats not by big beef with him, its the cutting taxes on the 1% and slashing programs for the poor. but theres no que...

One we have to be having anymore. this does not represent 21st century america. wave voting system bismol all the way through. we have the technology and the ability as a country right now to have a system where everyone has access to vote without question. and these debates about the laws are not necessary. we need to get out of the system we are in and put in a modern 21st century voting system. >> the brennan center has a policy proposal called voter registration modernization that proposes j...

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Who are quite far for them, 1.2 million eligible voters whose income falls below the poverty line, 1.2 million african-american voters that are quite a distance from their state office. it is a real burden. talk to me about why. why is it that -- people ask me all the time, why dont you just have an i.d.? what sort of person doesnt have the kind of i.d. you need to vote? >> melissa, first of all, i hope the stayistics came from our brennan report which we just released a few weeks ago that goes ...

The power of the pulpit, to use the experience in our past to say that we will not turn around. so we will continue to use vans, we will continue to use the buses. and we are going to try to take advantage of the ab century see process. and throughout churches in the next couple of weeks well have a vote now day at churches where people are going to come with their absentee ballots and they are actually going to mass mail them that day. now here is the challenge. >> reverend minor, i want to ask...

Shes come from and not forget the people who put them there. i think thats going to be -- >> let me ask you a question, you are talking about a door-to-door grassroots campaign in the fourth congressional district. virginia is a swing state for president obama and governor romney. they are going to have their eyes focused on virginia. how will your election impact president obamas or the other way around? >> well, i think it will be two-fold. lit go both ways. because i have lived in the fourth ...

What happened in 2004, we experienced it, long lines, people got frustrated and they went home. by 2008 we changed the laws and we allowed early voting, in which you saw across the country in ohio, in cleveland particularly, and in urban communities working through churches, people voting early. taking advantage of the process. the question is, what happened after 2008? so now we have hb-194 where they began to change the law. and right now we are -- we have done away in ohio with early voting. ...

Required. my history of running election cycles, there are a lot of things that go back to registration and victoria, i agree, and nicole both, it is a right, it is not an entitlement to vote, but you have to exercise that right. and one of the things ill tell you about the voting problems that cops around, is in my home state, youre from virginia, im from south carolina, we have been having dead people voting for years. years. right now in south carolina we had 953 in the last cycle. there aren...

Challenge. the result can be an erosion of academic values that are replaced by the value of hero worship and winning at all costs. all involved in intercollegiate athletics must be watchful that programs and individuals do not overwhelm the values of higher education. in the penn state case, the results were perverse and unconionable. no price the ncca can levy will repair the grievous damage inflicted by jerry sandusky on his victims. however, we can make clear that the culture, actions and in...

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