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Philosophical point. ana rhea county, it seems like the house republicans are desperately trying to find something to stop this bill. >> yes, it is not even a philosophical point. it is sort of a legalistic point, sort of nit-picking, making them look like the obstructionist congress that they are. they just want to stop stuff from happening that they dont like. theyre not actually interested in compromise. theyre interested in spoilers. and the fact this has to do with the domestic violence and...

And theyre trying to re-frame this issue to actually pit men and women against each other, rather -- in some kind of ridiculous assertion that somehow rights and freedoms. there is like a limited amount, if we give more to women that will take away from men, lets just make sure everybody is protected. >> lets listen to increasingly the voice of reason in the house of republicans said to the "new york times." he said, were holding up a violence bill that should be retained because you dont want t...

She broke up with me because she said i look like a monkey and she doesnt like monkeys, but it had nothing to do with politics. >> anything else we have to go through? i dont have a real opinion on this. what i did was i went out of the culture and married a russian who thinks all politics are stupid because all they want to do is achieve. they spent their whole lives under somebodys thumb. >> it shows how affluent we are if we can start nit-picking like this and say i only want this particular ...

But it had nothing to do with politics. >> anything else we have to go through? i dont have a real opinion on this. what i did was i went out of the culture and married a russian who thinks all politics are stupid because all they want to do is achieve. they spent their whole lives under somebodys thumb. >> it shows how affluent we are if we can start nit-picking like this and say i only want this particular view. in my heyday you had to take them to shore. >> by the way, can you imagine the los...

Romney from the presidency. >> why dowry fer to the president as the mini golfer? >> politicians talk about small ball. these are issues like school uniforms. what obama is doing now doesnt even rise to small ball. it is nit-picking at romney lecturing him about the navy. mitt romney 65 years old usually successful businessman former governor of massachusetts doesnt know what a submarine is? it is viewed more favorbly at this point than obama is. >> the first debate got to see 72 million america...

A pro romney the administration didnt come out with the facts soon enough or against romney. marjorie, start with you. >> we are losing this point on the whole discussion. who is losing and nit-picking about libya is the american people. the focus is trying to figure out what really happened. >> we know what happened. finally the administration admitted it it was a terror attack and it was planned. >> i am not sure what nit-picking does to serve the debate. mitt romney made the wrong point he go...

Getting more time than another. >> she seemed to go after romney, question him more than she questioned biden. >> what gave you that impression? >> she asked more questions when he would answer she would immediately follow up with a couple other questions. why, how? this? and biden would answer, didnt seem like she did with ryan. >> your reaction? >> my reaction is that a agree both did a good job. more about the information than anything. i didnt care about nit-picking. caring more about the in...

>> okay, jake? >> i absolutely agree. i think its libya, weve got congressional hearings coming out next week, the governor has a speech at the virginia military institute on monday and i think theres going to be a lot of foreign policy and a lot of things that come out between now and the debate on libya and the coverup and whats been going on there. >> okay, alice? >> i agree. while the economy is the ryans strength i think that foreign policy is going to take center space during the the speec...

>> they are not addressing the key issues that i raise. number 1, is the president an effective leader in washington? has he led effectively on the topics of the day and is he an effective commander in chief? if you put aside all the nit-picking arguments about this and that, cost of medicare and obamacare and ask the key questions -- has he delivered a leader? has he led effectively? i dont think the answer can be yes. i shared the high expectations of the president when he was elected. though,...

Character issue. megyn: this is what this election is coming down to, the daily knit picking, on both sides, both sides do it and i dont know i think people get frustrated. the danger in going down to the knit picky things, back and forth is that both sides get ugly. both sides are going to get ugly and that further ae alienates people. and stephanie cutter using the word felon in a presidential contest leads to harsh responses like the one we heard from john senunu last night. listen here. >> c...