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Are not on the same page on syria. john kerry says hey, the presidents in receipt mode, we are all giving him ideas. >> certainly hillary clinton is an outlier there, too. we will all be watching. john, thank you so much. great to see you again. im sure you really miss the house. speaking of the house, wisconsin republican congressman reed ribble joins me. last week he announced he was leaving the house freedom caucus. why getting out? i-was involved with the caucus right from the beginning an...

Accurate. of those 70 million americans that dont pay federal income tax, 42 million work. and many of them work in two or three jobs and make less than $19,000. can you say, chris, those people dont accept personal responsibility, working two or three jobs just to feed their families? theyre inaccurate, insensitive, almost callous in disregard for the american people. it is just a stunning statement. and those commentators among the republican party got it right. i mean, im not sure its retriev...

Disparaging just about half the electorate. simply as a matter of appealing to the electorate, the way he put it was about the worst possible way. >> well, former george w. bush speechwriter, david fromme, wrote this in "the daily beast," today, "mitt romney has just committed the worst presidential gaffe since gerald ford announced in 1976 there was no soviet domination of eastern europe." thats a status to meet. peggy noonan says this, "its time to admit the romney campaign is an incompetent o...

Hes got to be more political in his language. as the governor said, he has to connect better with voters, especially in ohio. i dont think this is irretrievable. i think he can still win. he has three debates where he can lay out his vision but hes going to get on it and be much more practical and much less ideological if he wants to win this thing. >> but chris, i would quarrel with john about one thing and that is, republicans are trying to spin this that governor romney misspoke or did a bad ...

Its almost to the point where scott brown and are going to say forget about the top of the ticket, vote for me. theyll cut him loose. if its retrievable at all, they have to do what john says. they have to talk about concrete examples. if the pew poll is anywhere close to right and hes eight points behind now nationally, its time to throw caution to the wind, get out there and specify what youre going to do. give the american people concrete plans. see if it works. youve got nothing to lose. if ...

In other words, dont sell yourself. spend money destroying your enemies. >> president obama is an -- a known commodity. i dont think a television bombing campaign is going to work. i think johns advice is right. is this retrievable? its almost to the point where it isnt, in my judgment. its almost to the point where scott brown and are going to say forget about the top of the ticket, vote for me. theyll cut him loose. if its retrievable at all, they have to do what john says. they have to talk a...

Inarticulate. just a thought? what do you think? >> i think paul ryan is a smart guy and i think he said what he had to say which is the candidate has to straighten up. he has to get his words better. he has to connect better with voters. hes got to get the ceo hat off and run like a politician. hes not run like a politician. sometimes he speaks the truth too close to the bone. hes got to be more political in his language. as the governor said, he has to connect better with voters, especially in...

An intervention is in order. mitt, this isnt working." theres plenty more. ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania and msnbc political analyst and john fehery is a republican strategist. thank you, gentlemen. john, are the criticisms accurate from a political partisan point of view? are they hitting the truth about what romneys been caught doing here? >> well, absolutely. first of all, they werent accurate. of those 70 million americans that dont pay federal income tax, 42 million work. and ...

Of dollars be limited government to save wall street and what theyve done? i think this is really an interesting pair, these two getting together, if rand paul is who he says he is. jack rice, your thoughts? >> i totally agree. rand paul is another example of a bumper sticker politician. he wants to say something quick and slick and people go wow, thats fascinating. you dig into what he does and he does exactly what it is that he says hes against. weve seen this again and again and again. i gues...

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