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raise himself in the world by his labor. over 100 years ago, this man, that same promise of america led my grandfather to come to ellis island and massachusetts to pursue his dreams and opportunities. that, to me typifies the america and virginia we all believe in. thats the america that we are blessed to call home. over the next 60 days, our job is to enact policies to ensure this remains a robust commonwealth of opportunity where any man or any woman of any race or any creed, from an...

We want to thank, by the way, the philadelphia free library for having us last night. >> it was great. and governor ed rendell introducing us. your father was in top form. >> huge crowd. >> they had like 500 people there, they had 300 people downstairs and then in the holding room, theyd checked registration cards and ed rendell put all the republicans in a holding room so they couldnt make eye contact with your father. it was a remarkable, remarkable event. >> thank you very much for having us....

Shaking hands. and they said that poor, poor fool doesnt realize he lost. and the other aide goes, no, he knows he lost, but hes not campaigning for 1980. hes getting ready for 1982. clinton and gingrich have a lot in common. these guys just keep going, jeff greenfield. they keep going. >> its like resputin. they had to kill him five times before he finally died. >> and rasmutin didnt have a mogul in vegas giving him millions of dollars. >> well have to check that out. >> it was a czar, but that...

well, i think you know that fannie mae and freddie mac are a big part of why we have the housing crisis in the nation that we have. and weve had this discussion before. speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them, to influence other people throughout washington. encouraging them to not -- not to dismantle these two entities, i think that was an enormous mistake. i think instead we shouldve had a whistleblower and not a horn tooter. he shouldve stood up and said these thin...

i bet he has. well, i think you know that fannie mae and freddie mac are a big part of why we have the housing crisis in the nation that we have. and weve had this discussion before. speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them, to influence other people throughout washington. encouraging them to not -- not to dismantle these two entities, i think that was an enormous mistake. i think instead we shouldve had a whistleblower and not a horn tooter. he shouldve stood up and...

How are you today? >> great. good to see you. >> governor, great to see you. >> you went to afghanistan recently. start there. >> i know these things. i follow him every day on twitter. >> you do? >> yes. so im just curious. what do you think about washington, d.c., failing to come together? and im pointing the finger at congress and at the president, failing to come together at a time of crisis? we were downgraded yesterday. and they cant come together and work like governors in all 50 states h...

So unknowable, so complex that he was going to go with -- he was going to support the decision that president obama made because president obama had access to so much more information than he had and certainly than i have as a governor. its very hard for me as a governor to have to see families who have lost loved ones over there. when you ask the troops about the mission, what they think of the mission, what they told me is their mission is to make sure their buddy gets out of there safely. and...

Didnt get involved. well, then what the hell are we paying you for? its doomed for failure so im not getting involved? i mean, you know, if he wanted to run for senate again and just be one of a hundred, im sure he could have gotten re-elected over and over again in illinois. hes got to get something done here. its not good enough just to say ill get it done after the election. >> you know, i got a motion. why dont we have chris christie and buddy roemer be the ticket for the republican party? t...

Real conservative. >> yes. >> the two of you have been nonentities in this race. >> yes. >> largely gary johnson was allowed in one debate. >> two. >> i keep score. >> you guys have not been allowed on the stage. >> no. >> youve been blocked out from media coverage. >> yes. >> youve been effectively silenced by the process. >> the process. >> now you are inside it. tell us, how can it be that a former governor of new mexico, former governor and congressman from louisiana cannot get on a stage wi...

Money. cash. you know who the biggest corporate giver from the financial world was four years ago? a little firm called goldman sachs. you know who the largest corporate giver in america is to politicians in washington? general electric. have you seen their record? no one went to jail. ge made 5.4 billion last year and didnt pay one damn penny in federal income tax. you know why occupy wall street is there? they can read and they can smell. something stinks. >> and its usually john who is report...