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>> sean: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." thats another clip from the film hope and change. we have the men behind the movie. thats interesting. we keep hearing, pat, you are a democrat, class warfare. they doubled down on this. >> people are upset. remember, the thing that people wanted was to unite the country, change the way politics worked. he promised for democrats, independents who are disappointed, thats a big thing. let me say something about these people. this is the b...

Special edition of "hannity." thats another clip from the film hope and change. we have the men behind the movie. thats interesting. we keep hearing, pat, you are a democrat, class warfare. they doubled down on this. >> people are upset. remember, the thing that people wanted was to unite the country, change the way politics worked. he promised for democrats, independents who are disappointed, thats a big thing. let me say something about these people. this is the business i have been in for a y...

Obamacare, with the type of investments that they made on behalf of the american people. the president lacks credibility. he lacked credibility when he controlled government an lacks credibility now. the most dangerous president is a president who doesnt have to stand for re-election. we knew what hes done to this country in the last three and a half years, and to believe him now that all of a sudden there will be a wave of bipartisanship is not going to happen, and i tell you why, because hes n...

Look aa a better look at the people in the friend. are these republicans. >> no, they are all democrats or independents, and they voted for barack obama in 2008. megyn: when you see them joke around, and slow jam the news, his supporters would say the guy has to have some fun, there have to be moments of levity, it cant be all doom and gloom. >> thats true. we found this from focus groups that we had democrats, path goodell and kendra stewart did focus groups for a year. its not that they begrud...

Told us. david axelrod has looked at the same focus groups. megyn: thanks for being with us. actor ray irme played a drill sergeant in full metal jacket. he lost a high profile gig for what he calls political reasons. thats next. i was teaching a martial arts class and having a heart attack. my brother doesnt look like heart attack patient. im on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. im a fighter and now i dont have that f...

America. hes instead pointing out racial issues, hes pointing out income issues. megyn: now, youre the guy behind citizens united the big supreme court case that got corporations free speech rights to do things like this. youre not an obama fan, i mean its clear from the clips. >> yes. i dont make any bones about not being a fan. megyn: what do you plan to do with this film? how are you going to have an impact with this. >> we are really excited about this film. it we are kicking it off in tampa...

Know, it sucks to see him like that. megyn: you know its very interesting, dave, because the narrative in this campaign has been mitt romney doesnt understand regular folks, its mitt romney who is out of touch and you have these voters seeing things a little differently. >> i will tell you, these focus group folks do feel that way about mitt romney. we did find that out. megyn: hes too rich. >> not that hes too rich, just that they dont know him yet. they dont feel like hes introduced himself to...

Health care law, which they sense and i believe their focus groups tell them is unpopular and the longer they press than up popularity on the medicare debate, they can take some of that turf away. >> and note to myself, my friend major hopes i never utter the words biggest speech of his life again. i have been slapped, never saying it again. >> it was a friendly slap. >> it works. its fine. anyway, ahead, well be asking a leading republican senator kay bailey hutchison on how hurricane isaac cou...

The passage of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. it was a mom calling her son to tell him you should vote so women can vote. a good day for moms. up next, how the parties are losing control of politics and shadow groups are stepping in to replace them. were talking rogue when we get back. and every day since, weve worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beach...

Fundamental problem with this one, as a campaign professional, you lose control of your message and marchtive. for -- for better or worse, have you candidates now who are not in control of the message in america. take newt gingrich in the primaries, he did his communicating in the primaries, of millionaires, and you have your candidates literally being puppets of millionaires, and the other problem if you think money is, in fact, speech, you automatically say rich people have more speech. and fo...