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Have to do it. last week tom coburn said its preferable, cutting deductions and business leaders who support mitt romney, the head of fedex and at&t saying let it happen. the president won the election on that issue and i think you will see our republican colleagues reluctantly say 39.6. >> let me interrupt and bring in senator corker. senator schumers right, a growing number much republicans and conservatives, not a majority, but a growing number, are saying we have to cave on tax -- on raising...

Place to get the bailout money they need. we are in limbo. we assume mr. papandreou is still the prime minister of greece. i am sure that is debated hotly as we speak. it is an on-going drama and more like a farce. >> thank you, ashley webster. thank you my friend. >> one thing is clear. there is no leader leading us out of the economic mess. when ronald reagan was president everyone knew who was in charge. thats what we need right now. art, the reality was in the midpoint of his presidency he w...

That if the contraction begin continues beyond one month, the economic recovery may be at serious risk. looking ahead to thursday, investors await figures on jobless claims and worker productivity as well as earnings from general motors and cvs caremark. thats a wrap of the day on wall street. im alison kosik in new york. its a multibillion dollar commodity surround by speculation. spitzerland-base ed glencore is getting ready to go public. its expected to have a market valuation that has trad...

Way its certainly the beginning of the end. and with the republican right and the democratic left making all of the noise these days, what is the political middle have to say for itself? could there be a movement there as well? midpoint between the tea party and the most activist progressives? well ask two center-leaning republicans who were elbowed aside by right-wing activists. and finally, some guy up at yale has come up with the top five political quotes of the year. theyre all on "the sid...

Me. i dont know where the other child is. but hes holding -- whats he holding in his hand there? i think hes got another helmet. maybe its been signed by the rescue teams on the surface for him sort of as a memento of tonight. >> looks like a balloon, kerry. >> oh, okay. okay. so were looking at the hole here. and i think that -- what do you have on your stopwatch there? >> according to my unofficial count, were about three minutes away, if were going to -- if this is going to happen on a 15-min...

This is great fun. pat is right. youve got to talk to woodward. otherwise, youre out in the cold. so this is the first draft of history being written. none of it is very surprising. not one of the characterizations ive heard is really troublesome. the real problem was, there was a mismatch between the presidents objectives and the resources he thought politically he could commit. so we end up with 30,000 troops going to afghanistan boss its a midpoint between 30,000, which mcchrystal wanted, and...

After comments made to rolling stone magazine regarding the president and his team. and the president says he has full confidence in the man he placed to replace him. >> we are in the midpoint of implementing the strategy that we came up with last year. well do a review at the end of this year. general petraeus understands that strategy because he helped shape it and my expectation is that he will be outstanding in implementing it and we will not miss a beat. >> joining me now is a man who knows...

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When you start taking the bigger numbers, the intensity numbers, all these other -- >> if theres a tsunami. >> frankly, i think 32 is the floor. its not the midpoint. its not the ceiling. i think it will go north of 32. my gut is this thing is going higher. >> thats when you saw where that poll was taken in the 60, 70 districts. look at charlies list of the most competitive district. a lot of those were in the ones right now ranked as leaning democrats. if those go, then, yes, were up to 45, 50 ...