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Given the risk her health fight falter again, she should step down now and give the democratic president a chance to name her successor. at bloomberg view, jonathan bernstein at least puts one of the courts old men in the mix saying, ginsburg and fellow liberal steven breyer, whos 76, should not take the chance that a democrat will not win the white house in 2016. that and between the dems wobbly senate chances in november, theres a possibility ginsburg would be replaced by someone who could und...

teenagers whose bodies were found monday on the west bank and suffered the same fate. israel has named two men with ties to hamas as suspects in the kidnapping of the three israelis. so far, there are no reported suspects in the case of the dead palestinian boy. nbcs ayman mohyeldin has reported from the side of the jerusalem protest all day long and was caught in the middle of some of those protests. >> reporter: its a scene similar to this one we got caught up in earlier today. we we...

>> i dont think we should apologize for. i dont think we should be defensive about it. >> will we see democrats take the presidents challenge? control of the senate is up for grabs. >> i will say this. the debates obviously not over. theyre not going to let it go. >> president obamas message to republicans -- >> weve been having a political fight about this for five years. we need to move on to something else. >> in their relentless fight against the nations health care law. >> saying ...

else. >> and told democrats to forcefully defend it ahead of the mid-terms. >> i dont think we should apologize for. i dont think we should be defensive about it. >> will we see democrats take the presidents challenge? control of the senate is up for grabs. >> i will say this. the debates obviously not over. theyre not going to let it go. >> president obamas message to republicans -- >> weve been having a political fight about this for five years. we need to move on to something else. ...

Healthcare.gov, you may be able to have some people who cant get on the website using insurance companies. you may be able to have private operations like e health insurance helping out. if we can move past this, to march or april, we may see a very different dynamic. and, of course, at some point republicans are going to have to confront the notion of whats your alternative. and i saw you put up pictures of kel kelly ayotte. i watched her with david gregory and every time he said whats your alt...

they were unworthy of anyone who would claim to have an interest in politics. and they have brought shame upon my friends and colleagues at this network, none of whom were responsible for the things that i said. and at a place where we try every day to elevate political discourse and to focus on issues that matter to all of us. in the battle of ideas, america leads the world in whole hearted discussions and disagreements. and these arguments can be heard on a daily basis. but what i di...

0 just shoot your business card receipts and theyre automatically matched up with the charges on your online statement. im john kaplan and im a member of a synchronized world. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. can you be against authorizing the use of force in syria and the new deal to avert military action? it has been another weekend of fast moving developments as washington reacts to yesterdays surprise agreement between the u.s. and russia. proposed deal that call...

0 want to read about scandal but not these. these dont pass the what does this mean for me. does this affect my daily life? is this getting in the way of me getting a job? or feeding my family or getting health care. these scandals dont really -- these issues dont really end up meeting that test. they also for most americans dont reinforce maybe what they think about the president. if you look at mitt romney and 47%, comments. that -- that was very sticky because it reinforces what people though...

Primary but it isnt that invisible any more and well under way. activist, interest groups, fundraiser, party leaders and other stakeholders are jockeying to set terms of the debate on the republican and democratic side. as political scientist jonathan bernstein put it the years leading up to a political race is when parties sort out their differences. this is when an agenda is created. in fact, would be candidates or maybe we should call them candidates are already responding. it was for instanc...

0 the senate. and i think its a reflection of how exasperated the white house is with the intractability of the house republican leadership. i think it goes issue by issue in terms of in some ways the cooperation in washington. youre really seeing quite a remarkable process on the immigration issue with the senate. that cant be discounted in terms of folks, democrats and republicans looking to get together and try to do something. however its a very clear message thats being sent to the white ho...