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Impose their agenda is by getting it through this hostage situation. >> i want to just go to -- certainly different order, not the question i was going to get. where is michael? michael? get michael a microphone, if hes got one. you got a question i think is very relevant involving americas reputation to the outside world overall this. michael, over to you. nyu graduate student in political science. >> yeah, were talking about what is going on domestically but i want to know what message are we ...

>> i want to just go to -- certainly different order, not the question i was going to get. where is michael? michael? get michael a microphone, if hes got one. you got a question i think is very relevant involving americas reputation to the outside world overall this. michael, over to you. nyu graduate student in political science. >> yeah, were talking about what is going on domestically but i want to know what message are we sending to countries around the world, and especially those that are ...

The way it breaks down but what is the impression of the impact now. >> thats fine for an explanation why we have a republican house and democratic president but not an excuse why republicans will hold hostage an operational government to have negotiations. i think the presidents line is correct where he says im happy to negotiate the budget. i want to have a discussion about long-term fiscal reform but first, reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling so were not doing this in a hostage s...

With it, stop acting like children and get us back to work. i feel like im being held hostage by the republicans. [ applause ] >> thank you for joining me. i wish you the best in dealing with a difficult situation for you and your family. thank you very much. who is to blame for the shut down showdown? star jones a national spokesman for the professional womens association and just released a clothing line for qvc and also, michael berone, how migration transformed america and politics and joi...

>> can i pick up on what you said? the probably win? will you put yourself in the nate silver camp or michael berone camp? >> i dont even want to -- i think romney has a very good chance of winning this thing if things break for him right in some key states. but how those states are going to break and which ones its really hard for me to say. i do think that the races in some of the battle ground states are close enough that he can definitely pull it off. and he has enough resources to even go i...