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Governor romneys direction. >> up until now, governor, he has failed to enumerate any of the deductions he would eliminate in order to make the math work on his deficit plan. and his tax plan. are we going to get those details in the course of the debate? >> well, you know, david, i wish you guys were just as tough on the president. the president says hes going to create a million new manufacturing jobs. it doesnt say how. he says hes going to reduce the long-term debt and deficit by $4 trillion...

What romney and ryan laid out is a proposal that says we are going to increase defense spending, steeld medicare from cuts over ten years, rescinding a 10% cut that was part of the presidents health care law and we are going to cut taxes. the thing they dont say is that the only way to make that math work is with big cuts in programs. >> i disagree because i think that hes not criticized enough. he hasnt made a single speech on poverty. the word poverty appears three times in the state of the un...

Advantage of having paul ryan is to pacify, to assuage the concerns of conservatives. so i did get some of that insight. and yet what weve been talking about through the morning, hes still -- the core of his economic plan, to try to deal with the budget deficit, to increase defense spending, cut taxes beyond even the bush tax cuts without taking head on how he makes the math work, i thought it was striking that he just relied on an aie/wall street journal/harvard study to say no, the math all co...

weather? if your nation was just a few feet above sea level, you would be really worried. well talk with a former president of just such a nation. and why am i wiggling my finger in a mirror here? to try to understand the wonders of the human brain. come along for an amazing tour. first, heres my take. the attacks and counterattacks in this presidential campaign are, i suppose, inevitable. but lets be honest. theyre largely untrue or irrelevant. whatever the paperwork shows, mitt r...

weather? if your nation was just a few feet above sea level, you would be really worried. well talk with a former president of just such a nation. and why am i wiggling my fingers in a mirror here, to try to understand the wonders of the human brain. come along for an amazing tour. but first, here is my take. the attacks and counterattacks in this presidential campaign are, i suppose, inevitable. but lets be honest. theyre largely untrue or irrelevant. whatever the paperwork shows, mit...

>> national connection in charlotte north carolina now being cut from four days down to three. the convention committee says it will use the first day of the convention to throw a labor day party at the charlotte motor speedway instead. democrats deny that the changes have anything at all to do with fundraising problems. and the people videotaping this elephant thought they were getting a treat just from this view alone. but little did they know that this catch this -- im sorry they caught this ...

you shortly. lets put up on the screen right now the exit poll information for maryland. here is why we could make this projection that mitt romney is the winner in maryland. take a look at this. based on the exit polls, what people were telling us as they left the polling booths throughout the day, 49% in maryland said they were voting -- they already had voted in fact for mitt romney, 28% for rick santorum, 11% for newt gingrich, 10% for ron paul. based on those exit poll numbers, we...

People next year who voted for obama last go round. which have no choice. we have to put the numbers together. we have to break into the independent category. weve even got to break into the old reagan conservative democrat category in order to make the math work for whoever will win the presidency on the republican side next time. lets not forget the importance of the whole electability side of the discussion. you have to have someone who can win and someone who can lead and think we demonstrat...

9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could s...

wont support deep cuts without increases in taxes. >> if you are trying to get to 2.4 trillion without any revenue, then you are effectively gutting a whole bunch of domestic spending that is going to be too burdensome and not something that i would support. >> david gergen is the cnn political analyst. there was a time when john boehner and president obama both talked of doing something big to change americas unsustainable economic path. what do you think? do that you think that oppor...