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Because i think theres a danger of reading too much into what happened to eric cantor. if you look at other races, renee ellmers in north carolina faced the tea party opponent, ran on immigration. ed gillespie in virginia, just won the republican nomination for senate. he is very pro comprehensive reform. so i think there is a danger in extrapolating too much from these results in virginia. but i do think the political reality is, a lot of people are spooked right now, and i dont think anything ...

Challenging question for the gop in terms of where they go. because theyve got big decisions coming up, paul. its not just how they handle themselves the next five months, but theyve got to start thinking ahead. if they do actually manage to take back the senate and they do have control over both houses of congress, theyve got huge decisions to make about how theyre going to handle that power. and the policy aspect of this is going to matter a great deal. >> well, just to continue kims point, er...

You examine the record and you look for a major accomplishment, some kind of signature thats connected -- >> that takes her right into the white house? no accomplishments equals president of the united states? is that what youre saying? >> this is the age oh -- this is the age were living in. it fills her resume. and by the way, she speaks smoothly about foreign policy, she is knowledgeable, clearly has seen her way around the world. its just that her tenure as secretary leads to no kennen momen...

Global warming. there are some jobs that cant come back because of the economy. you are saying people that are not working -- >> theyre discouraged. >> because they dont have jobs that fit them. >> so the economy, the reason why you work in the economy, it is not providing the jobs. >> how do you argue the last port of the united states had the biggest economic growth. >> there is no question we are coming out of a recession and growing but president reagan had a 9% growth rate and we are at 3%....

Bob for the lousy gift you gave him and give him something else. >> i do owe bob and i think it will be a dinner at a steakhouse, of my choice. >> and do we have to read your book? >> yes. it will be a public reading, in my leather spanx. >> you said you were going to get him a massage, at a korean massage place. >> lets move on. what is your prediction, greg, on how many words youll pen this year, from william? >> at usually two words a week so that will be 17,000. funny, but i dont know. i don...

Global warming. there are some jobs that cant come back because of the economy. you are saying people that are not working -- >> theyre discouraged. >> because they dont have jobs that fit them. >> so the economy, the reason why you work in the economy, it is not providing the jobs. >> how do you argue the last port of the united states had the biggest economic growth. >> there is no question we are coming out of a recession and growing but president reagan had a 9% growth rate and we are at 3%....

He was charged with everything from shaking down a chicago childrens hospital to attempting to sell the u.s. senate seat once held by president obama. with you you bu this weeks former illinois governor rod blagojevich was convicted on just one of the 24 felony counts against him, marking another defeat for u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald who also prosecuted conrad black, convicted in 2007 using the so called honest services fraud law. the supreme court jumped -- junked much of the law, leading...

Stick. weve seen this time, and again. >> and i -- kim makes an interesting point about this broader culture of prosecution. about this case, in particular why could he not prove intent? jurors feel he was full of bluster, in the end there wasnt a lot evidence proving he got anything in return. >> what they and was charged guilty of committing economic economic -- chicago politics. its not surprising a chicago jury wasnt fully persuaded of the guilt. scary thing about the whole prosecution is th...

Particularly help tofl him there. is nothing better than a republican foil in the became of john boehner. >> and are you buying that at all kim? strosel? >> no. no. and like you said, this would be very bad for the presidency if republicans take back the house or the senate. hes going to go out there and this is the only thing they have to offer at the moment. and im not sure this resonates. the former governor of new jersey campaigned on a, you know, bush is bad and caused this. hes no longer t...

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