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President back in 2008. listen to this. >> i said that i thought the media helped tip the scales. i didnt think the coverage in 2008 was especially fair on neither hillary clinton or john mccain. i felt with hillarys election and other decisions, magazine covers, photos, campaign narrative, that it wasnt always the fairest coverage and i hope it doesnt -- i hope that doesnt happen again. >> steve: mark halprin from time said a couple days ago, the press pretty much does whatever the white house ...

Some people might have an argument against that, like im just thinking of calling candidate mitt romney a possible felon. was that made up? what about the fact that the woman died of cancer and that was mitt romneys fault. was that made up? there is a slew of other things you could probably find something on the other side of the fence. but it seemed that was a bit of a freudian slip at the top of that quote. >> brian: he also says you have to lead your life as an open book. there are so many qu...

Were disagreeing with the tactic of attacking bain rather than telling people what your ideas are that are better than mitt romneys so this is a tactical argument, not a policy argument. >> laura: i beg to differ. i believe that mark halprins piece is getting at something deeper. he wrote a piece in "time" magazine that says democrats believe that president obama could lose in november and theyre very concerned. >> true. >> laura: and i think when you look at this, you look at the bain capital a...

Were disagreeing with the tactic of attacking bain rather than telling people what your ideas are that are better than mitt romneys so this is a tactical argument, not a policy argument. >> laura: i beg to differ. i believe that mark halprins piece is getting at something deeper. he wrote a piece in "time" magazine that says democrats believe that president obama could lose in november and theyre very concerned. >> true. >> laura: and i think when you look at this, you look at the bain capital a...

Were disagreeing with the tactic of attacking bain rather than telling people what your ideas are that are better than mitt romneys so this is a tactical argument, not a policy argument. >> laura: i beg to differ. i believe that mark halprins piece is getting at something deeper. he wrote a piece in "time" magazine that says democrats believe that president obama could lose in november and theyre very concerned. >> true. >> laura: and i think when you look at this, you look at the bain capital a...

>> laura: in the fridays with geraldo segment tonight, is the left starting to run scared? moveon.org is sending out a fundraising letter dripping with desperation with a warning that obama could lose. political reporter mark halprin said democrats agree and the unions are getting downright hysterical. listen to the head of the local civil service union in milwaukee. he was licking his wounds and lashing out after the failed wisconsin recall election. >> youll never see this -- >> joining us fro...

>> laura: in the fridays with geraldo segment tonight, is the left starting to run scared? moveon.org is sending out a fundraising letter dripping with desperation with a warning that obama could lose. political reporter mark halprin said democrats agree and the unions are getting downright hysterical. listen to the head of the local civil service union in milwaukee. he was licking his wounds and lashing out after the failed wisconsin recall election. >> youll never see this -- >> joining us fro...

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Analyst, mark halprin and one of the best in the business, ryan lizza. >> mark, lets start with you, how many times could i say, could this be it for mitt romney. but could it be if he wins ohio? >> i think its not enough, but if he wins massachusetts and vermont and virginia and ohio tennessee. >> that is a lot. >> if he does that and a western state as well, the conretentional wisdom in terms of momentum, delegate total will make it all about over, if he loses ohio, i think we go on to illinoi...