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Going to turn on the dollar, things are going to get ugly fast. at some point katty, reality has to set in. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff thats something they will manage to get fixed in the first three months of next year. when it comes to the bigger things that america needs to do whether where there is going have to be compromise on entitlement reform even if mitt romney gets elected is he going to make the cuts he said hes going to make if he doesnt have the democrats on side? its har...

From all of us. >> and lawrence, that is -- thats the great dichotomy. we americans have the pioneering spirit and i see the flag behind us, dont tread on me, and, you know, i think my favorite poll over the past couple years was a poll of self-identified tea partiers who wanted to get rid of obama care, 72% said, dont touch my medicare. >> speaking as the only self-identified social iist on e panel this morning, im sure you have more coming in later, thats why i say it. this article is about wh...

Sure and if bill clinton hadnt blotted out everything else with his speech that might get -- >> jon meacham, you wrote a book on the founding fathers and religion and, you know -- there are a lot of founding fathers that knew they had to talk about god and faith to help them blot out other things in their own personal background. but the democrats in 2012 learned once again what politicians in 1776 have figured out, that its -- its not a good thing to turn your back on even -- even mentions, sha...

Of course hes thinking about himself. if hillary was not in politics he would have done the same thing. davids point is important. he has more than one motivator for almost everything. >> lets not pretend like thats a dirty thing, degal, churchill, you know, even when churchill was feeble, jon meacham, he would be like, he would be slouched, open the door, immediately straighten up and hed play for the crowds, big leaders, historical figures, they are driven by a -- this oversized sense of self ...

And now what are you going to say having elevated clinton as the good democrat, he now comes out and makes this case for obama, what will they say, all those ads we ran citing bill clinton being great on the economy, were going to trash him. doesnt work. the third thing, one of clintons great skills never actually been the most inspiring order, inspiration is not his thing. distillation of the case is his thing and the thing that he did last night, where he stood up and said, heres what the repu...

Connecting. >> not just in the convention hall but across america. mika has talked to some of her friends, who were tearing up. >> single mothers, stories of struggle, stories of wanting to reach that american dream and doing everything. your children can get there even if you cant. >> i agree with you in that sense. theres that connection, because it was through anecdotes, through real life stories which you didnt get a lot of in tampa and i thought that was a missed opportunity, for example, y...

Appearance on weeis "the big show" valentine lashed out after he was asked about his work ethic. listen. >> maybe youve kind of checked out. have you checked out of this? >> what an embarrassing thing to say. you know, if i was there i would punch you right in the mouth, how does that sound. like i checked out? what an embarrassing thing. why would somebody even -- thats stuff that a comic strip person would write. i think you learn from misery, you learn from challenges. you learn from failures...

Launched by republicans at their own convention last week. take a look. >> when congressman ryan looked into that tv camera and attacked president obamas medicare savings as, quote, the biggest, coldest, power play, i didnt know whether to laugh or cry. because that $716 billion is exactly to the dollar the same amount of medicare savings that he has in his own budget! you ought to get one thing, it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did. the claim that president obama weakened ...

Claiming it. you want to know why? their campaign pollster said, we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. now -- finally, i can say, that is true. >> you know, jon, when he goes, i dont know whether to laugh or cry, i mean thats -- thats the male equivalent in the south of a woman saying, bless her heart. >> bless her heart. >> that means youre dead. >> im going to kill you. >> bless your heart. >> but he -- but he -- >> bill clinton is steel magnolia. >> exactly. but h...

Center and push the republicans even further to the right and kate brown, that barack obama has for a variety of reasons not been able to -- >> we always hear about the republican delegates. its the tea party. these delegates here, i love them, but man, they are liberal. >> have you noticed that? >> no. we can talk about -- >> i love them. they love us. we walk down the street, theyre really kind. this is not personal. im just saying, the media is not reporting that these delegates are more prog...