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My opponent in the most conservative part of my district would get hammered nonstop by me. really? so you want to make sure that a felon can walk in to a gun store -- i mean, a gun show and pick up a gun? do you really want that? i mean, there is no defending that. im just saying politically, chuck, i think a republican can very easily vote for a universal background check and put his opponent on the defensive if his opponent decides he wants felons or people who are mentally ill to be able to g...

Acting like youre, you know, a carnival barker at a local republican event. i mean, mike lee is a great example of a guy whos really conservative, and im glad he is, but he knows how to carry himself. i just dont understand a guy as smart as ted cruz, and again, a guy who ive heard good things about personally. i dont understand whats going on here. >> well, i think theres two different things to say. one is, you know, the senate has -- everybody else says now the senate has changed a lot over t...

At creighton. heres another one. do you know me? likely, you dont know. im richard burr. and before senator richard burr became a u.s. senator from north carolina, he played football for the wake forest demon deacons, and he was in a fraternity, and then he distributed law equipment. this guy, pat toomey, also a senator, yeah, who knew, right? every seen him before? to get to the senate, pat toomey worked at chemical bank and then he worked at an investment bank called morgan grenfell. hes a har...

Became a u.s. senator from north carolina, he played football for the wake forest demon deacons, and he was in a fraternity, and then he distributed law equipment. this guy, pat toomey, also a senator, yeah, who knew, right? every seen him before? to get to the senate, pat toomey worked at chemical bank and then he worked at an investment bank called morgan grenfell. hes a harvard guy, pat toomey. on your average day of news, your average day of life in america, the names and the basic boys of r...

Setting, whether its slow jamming the news, that became sort of a reason for the romney campaign to attack him saying the president shouldnt be seen like this. i thought its a reminder of just how the comfortable and how well he interacts with the electorate. >> this is the harvard guy. if it was ronald reagan, maybe not. but i think this does let people know hes comfortable. i love his timing. when you think about jokes, its so in contrast to romney. i wish i col play a clip of romney. >> we kn...

The pat riley heat teams going up against some of those knicks teams. >> absolutely. >> get that rivalry back. it was a pretty good one. >> yes. >> about two years? >> 61-58 final scores in the playoffs. >> that was nba basketball. its fantastic. >> for those who dont know, chuck todd loathes the new york hype machine more than anyone. whether its weather, sports, anyone else. and now weve got him onboard jeremy lin, that says a lot if youve got chuck todd onboard. >> chuck todd lin-sane. >> ive...

On the set, also the great al sharpton. >> host of "politics nation." >> and mike barnicle. so this is a guy that graduated from harvard. nobody drafted him. he just bounces around from one team to another and golden state takes him on, cuts him, and donny deutch, you cant write this. >> whats incredible about this story, not to get too holy with it. this is one of the few things where the 1% and the 99% can agree. sees a guy who came out of nowhere, an underdog, a working class guy. >> dont ove...

Republicans are so close-minded that they would never accept a mormon because theyre right-wing christian freaks. and you dig into the polls and -- >> i got to tell you -- >> would you consider voting for a mormon? more democrats than republicans say no. >> but i dont -- you wont see that story in the "new york times." >> anti-mormon -- >> can i make another point. >> dude, its a specific question. >> hold on, hold on! >> people can read underneath the question. >> donny, so youre telling me, il...

Few years ago for saying you hunted varmints. i wonder if youve gone hunting since 07. >> im not going to describe all of my great exploits. but i went moose hunting -- not moose hunting, im sorry. elk hunting with friends in montana. ive been pheasant hunting. im not the great hunter that some on the stage -- probably rick perry, my guess is youre a serious hunter. >> thank you, mitt. >> i guess i enjoy the sport. and when i get invited im delighted to be able to go hunting. >> yes. >> last nig...

governor? some media dilemmas to ponder. hank williams jr.s offensive comments about president obama. should monday night football have given the singer the boot? those wall street protests now spreading across the country. has the press been too slow to recognize their importance? plus, the passing of steve jobs. the visionary who was so brilliant at manipulating a news business that served as his cheering section. im howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. ♪ back in may, ...