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Schools new president sought to reorient the campus culture with a five-point promise centered around what he called a moral imperative. >> i will reinforce to the entire penn state community the moral imperative of doing the right thing. the first time every time. never again should anyone at penn state regardless of their position, feel scared to dot right thing. >> reporter: president erickson announced mike mcqueary, who told a grand jury he saw sandusky sexually assault a young boy in a cam...

Obviously, the political imperative to avoid an afghan war withdrawal in an election year for any sitting president at this point would have a huge variance, regardless of who the president is. to the extent, though, strategicing strategicingstrategi strategically, what is the benefit of spending in these next couple of years? >> i think theres some benefit, but thats only if were willing to do what were doing now, not until 2014, but like general mcchrystal suggested, for another decade. thats ...

>> now theyve got e-mail addresses. if you were to look at the two options theoretically we just went through, which no one is advocating, rapid withdrawal, six to nine months, a whole pile of unknown liabilities, and chaos, potentially. you could have a surge strategy that says we are going to secure afghanistan, which obviously is not going to happen, but theoretically you could pursue a parallel with kabul, or you have what we are doing. >> well, you could do -- >> what we are doing is what? ...

Detailed plan from candidate romney in the next few months? >> in his jobs plan, he did talk about pursuing a fairer and simpler and a flatter tax code. that is something he wants to work on for the long term. we have an economic crisis in this country and its imperative that we get started with changes that will help create jobs and get this economy going. thats what mitt romneys plan does. >> i know that governor romney said trying to boost up the housing market with delaying the foreclosure p...

Flip-flopping, the one constant is, whatever hes doing and whatever hes saying at any particular moment always seems to line up with what he perceives to be his political imperative of the moment. thats why i think you can sort of draw a direct line between today and between what happened earlier this week in ohio. >> what does he think politics is? i mean, this is a -- youve hit on a fundamental point. if he thinks politics is simply going before an audience and basically being a hooker in a se...

To beat him. why doesnt he just stick to where hes been, say, look, im a moderate conservative, thats where the country is. >> well, you know, i think, i l first of all, its an open question if really in his heart of hearts, hes a moderate conservative. if you go all the way back at the start of his political career 17 years ago, for all the flip-flopping, the one constant is, whatever hes doing and whatever hes saying at any particular moment always seems to line up with what he perceives to be...

A moderate conservative, thats where the country is. >> well, you know, i think, first of all, its an open question if really in his heart of hearts, hes a moderate conservative. if you go all the way back at the start of his political career 17 years ago, for all the flip-flopping, the one constant is, whatever hes doing and whatever hes saying at any particular moment always seems to line up with what he perceives to be his political imperative of the moment. thats why i think you can sort of ...

Money out of the system was an imperative. we promised that we would diminish the role of the lobbyist. we promised that wed put all of our energies towards campaign finance reform. and theres been none of that since the election. and the first two big examples that we saw when it it could have been otherwise, which was health care initially and then finance reform, dylan, the money came in in greater amounts than ever before. and youve talked probably better than anybody as well about the imper...

To be sort of his imperative of the moment. >> what would his role be, then? its not leader. >> of course not. thats the open question. thats why you can read the question of, is he a secret moderate, is he really a conservative? you can read it two ways, because maybe he becomes president and feels he has to serve the tea party. maybe the republicans are running the house or the senate, and hes the conservative president. because he feels all the pressure from the right. all the pressure from h...

A new property tax approved tuesday. back in this country, congress is making noise that it will get tough on china over its currency. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel reports this isnt the first time the topic has come up. >> president obama and vice president biden have been pressing the chinese counterparts this year to address the undervalued currency. now congress is getting in the act. >> i dont think there is anything more important for jobs measure than china trade. thats w...