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Theres always going to be some extent people who dont like certain parts of the deal. for democrats it had to do primarily with the rates that the president drew a line at 250, and he had to move because that was the reality of trying to get something passed, and i think thats what you saw with the -- you know, there was only a handful really in the senate. in the house i think youll probably lose a few democrats. the real leakage and slippage will be on the republicans and whether speaker boehn...

And msnbc political analyst and former dnc communications director as well as joe watkins, a republican strategist and former white house aide to president george h.w. bush. its great to see both of you today, and, karen, i want to start with you on this because ultimately when we look at who the nra is trying to convince on this message, it is essentially speaking to republicans in congress saying hold your ground. we dont need to do anything on this because it looks as if there was ground alre...

Party and the president are really on the cusp of history, and i think lindsey graham put his finger on it. look at the democrats. how can you be a national party and have your candidate say ill veto the dream act. 70% of voters across america support that. democrats, republicans and independents. how can you be a national party and have people like todd akin and murdoch in indiana saying these outrageous things about women? it is basically the kind of position that you took in the primary that ...

Conservative troopers. they will lie about anything they dont like. this is worst than attacking the messenger. which we know that is an old thing in politics. every time they do it, they get the media to go along, get confused and nair rit the story about their lies. instead of focussing on the fact. which in this case, it looks like some of what the president tried do is work it. >> ed gallespie said this about the unemployment rate. here it is. >> our unemployment rate has come down because, ...

Companies to expand in america unless they realize were not headed to greece. what youre seeing in this country is the spending year in and year out now a trillion dollars more than we take in every year. when the president was sworn in office we had a $10 trillion debt. today we have $16 trillion. think of that all the presidents before him added up to $10 trillion. in one term were up to $16 trillion. we cant afford him for a second term. >> peter alexander is with the romney campaign in ohio....

Netanyahu and delivering one public speech and will have a two day stop in poland where elvis it with polish leadership and meeting with the former president there. joined now by mark murray for more on what this this trip could mean for the romney campaign. this seems to be a fairly different trip than the one president obama, then candidate obama, made four years ago in 2008. >> well, craig, one thing its not as long as hitting as many countries. four years a go president obama went to iraq, a...

Arrangements perhaps that keep them from talking openly about what its like being married to tom cruise. >> lets give them the benefit of the doubt and say they are classy. i dont think any lawyer would be worth his hourly rate if there were not a confidentiality clause. >> we are never going to know precisely what happened. >> do we know between tom and nicole? it has been over ten years. >> whats next for katie holmes? >> katie is going to be focussing on her career now. one of the things she ...

Gary johnson doesnt have a credible leg to stand on when it comes down to that issue. this is a two-man race between mitt romney and president obama and this is unlike the other elections were you have ross perot and some of the other people who had extra money and had some credibility to stand the economy and what the president or mitt romney c do to lead this country in the right direction. you think that this is going to ultimately if hi to predict who would hurt, lit hurt mitt romney. i beli...

of mexican origin. 14% puerto rico and 5% cuban. in florida, cubans are 32%. puerto ricans 28% and mexicans 9%. president obama speaks to latino officials here this hour. president has a wide lead over mitt romney among latino voters. whats he plan to do? shore up the support, bring in juan carlos lopez to talk a little bit about that and jessica yellin, inside where president obama will be speaking shortly. jessica, i want to start off with you. yesterday we heard from mitt romney. he...

we start on the campaign trail and president obamas full-court press to win latino voters who could be the key to winning re-election. so exactly a week after he announced the u.s. would stop deporting some illegal immigrants brought here as children, he spoke to one of the countrys biggest hispanic conventions. >> we should have passed the d.r.e.a.m. act a long time ago. it was written by members of both parties. when it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, republicans in congres...