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todd, msnbcs political director and host of msnbcs "the daily rundown." let me start with david because youve had a really good look and we have jonathan martin of politico and in washington were joined right now by alex wagner, host of "now" with alex wagner on msnbc and howard fineman has joined us as well. editorial director of "the huffington post why the "media group and msnbc political analyst. lets go to david right now and get a sense of what the library is all about. >> well, ...

until then, c-span will take you behind the scenes for a look at the process and also the politics of the 2012 vice- presidential debate. our phone lines will be open and you can see the phone numbers on your screen right now. we are asking whether or not the vice-presidential debate affects your vote in november. you can also answered this question on facebook. lots of people are already offering their opinion, so join the conversation there. well be here for 90 minutes of the two hou...

>> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> woodruff: and ray suarez previews another political match to watch, thousands of miles south in venezuela, where long- time leader hugo chavez faces a young challenger. >> the election marks a watershed moment for the worlds second largest oil producing nation. and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s. its number one customer. >> woodruff: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshou...

>> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> woodruff: and ray suarez previews another political match to watch, thousands of miles south in venezuela, where long- time leader hugo chavez faces a young challenger. >> the election marks a watershed moment for the worlds second largest oil producing nation. and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s. its number one customer. >> woodruff: thatall ahead on tonights newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour ...

mark shields an david brooks >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> woodruff: and ray suarez previews another political match to watch, thousands of miles south in venezuela, where long- time leader hugo chavez faces a young challenger. >> the election marks a watershed moment for the worlds second largest oil producing nation. and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s. its number one customer. >> woodruff: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. >> majo...

That rock and a hard place. to move away from what has become a pretty blatant class ware far, but not 1% against 99%, 53% against 47%, where a significant share of the 47% are your own voters if you dont back down from that, you may make rush limbaugh very happy but youre not likely to expand your base or include more votes that you really need and thats where the republican party has gone and its not a winning strategy. >> thomas, i want to remind our viewers that you guys are both skol schola...

0 im going to disagree with some conventional wisdom. i dont see a lot of personally aggrieved parties to this remarks. i think there are a lot of -- i just havent talked to people, how dare he say that about me. im not going to vote for him. first of all, i would say about 85, 90% of the country doesnt see themselves as victimized or entitled or whatever the words he used. so i mean i do think there is a level of abstraction in that video he can hide in and actually be protected from. obviously...

casey hunt of the associated press, margaret carlson of bloomberg news, and "the new york times" mark leibovich. while governor romney secretly recorded fund-raising comments amount to yet another scoop on a veritable ice cream sunday of campaign gaffes they happen to be an expedient method to insult massive amounts of people. he portrayed 47% of the country for a bunch of government freeloaders. it takes skill to alienate that many americans in one swoop. if romney instead chosen to v...

Sorry, john danforth. all of them telling him to get out. youve got the current presidential and vice-presidential nominee of his party. youve got major fund-raisers like karl rove saying get out of the race and todd akin says no, im going to stay in. does that surprise you? >> it does not surprise me. i think one thing thats been lost in the whole national chatter about todd akin is the fundamental beliefs that he really has and that weve seen here in missouri for a long time. when he first ran...

>> hello, everybody, a big day on the campaign trail as the candidates square off in the key battleground states. im uma pemmaraju in today for jenna lee. jon: nice to have you here. im jon scott here is where the candidates are today. governor mitt romney is in iowa, attending a rally in bettendorf. he is expected to go after the president in health care, taxes and national debt. six electoral votes in iowa. president obama campaigning in nevada. six electoral votes there. remember a ...