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Not only to give a very powerful cohort within the republican party enormous control over the legislative direction of american politics at the federal level, but a huge portion of what 2010 did was to give the statehouses, the state senates and these governors mansions to republicans who would make choices that have long-term consequences, that arent just about policies for their administration but actually changing the rules of the game in a dramatic way. whether its about the capacity for lab...

Level, but a huge portion of what 2010 did was to give the statehouses, the state senates and these governors mansions to republicans who would make choices that have long-term consequences, that arent just about policies for their administration but actually changing the rules of the game in a dramatic way. whether its about the capacity for labor to organize. the ability for women to control their own reproductive capacity. or in this case, really for the meaning of the vote, what your vote ca...

would-be republican rivals rick perry and mitt romney, including one comment that some see as disrespectful to the president. and we talk about terrorism as the world prepares to mark ten years since 9/11. the president says that kind of spectacular attack may not be the biggest threat right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines, and jeanne moos, all straight ahead. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room...

>> hes the president. come on out to the lawn of the white house with a microphone and tell us your plan on entitlement reform. and he wont do it because he doesnt have the courage to do it. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >> late into the night, leaders scrambled for a last-minute debt deal, a two-step plan that would raise the debt ceiling through 2011 in exchange for about a trillion dollars in spending cuts. both sides are on board. but the hang-up is a secon...

Hallways here and the discussion behind closed doors. >> and john, is there talk about whether it will definitely be a european that replaces him or are they going to throw that out and maybe go for something they havent before? >> reporter: well, dont bank on them throwing it out quickly. chancellor merkel of germany, the largest economy this europe, also positioned herself to lobby for the european candidate saying that an emerging market candidate could be possible in the midterm, she didnt e...

And, in fact, by this map, further than we were yesterday. and now, we are getting hit at the pump and wal-mart is worried that could be less cash pumped into the story with sales down the 8th quarter in a row, a trend they worry is in the over and a trend that could be well for certain presidential hopefuls. here to plain is is an historia. >>guest: presidential elections, primarily, are based on the state of the economy. you can go back to roosevelt, and jimmy carter, clearly thrown out of off...

theres no bail for dominique strauss-kahn. one of the worlds top bankers is behind bars on sex assault charges. targeting tripoli, the area near moammar gadhafis compound is hit again. in another night of nato air strikes. and thousands of flooded homes, thousands of people evacuated as the mississippi river levels continue to rise. we begin this hour in ireland where authorities say they have intercepted and defused a bomb on a bus headed for dublin, just hours before an histori...

Than you want. its always about what you have done for me lately? >> before we go down the line i want to pop this poll up so we can get an idea how much of a bump we have seen. approval rating in may 57 disapproval 52. >> it went up in between to 51. the amazing thing really about president obamas ratings is for the last year and a half they have hovered around that 47% mark. no matter what happens. we have scott browns win. we have the gulf war -- the gulf oil spill. we have the midterm surpri...

And things can happen in the arabs spring, in the white house. is it yemen, is it libya, is it egypt, is it saudi arabia? all of these places are explosive. pakistan is still the powder keg of the region, but i think kattys right, its not the foreign policy issues necessarily, though something might explode. presidential elections are run on character. and the character trait that has emerged here, it sure is a positive at the moment, is nerve. there is a nerve matters in the presidency. people ...

People want to have a sense the president is out there looking for me. if he can take that nerve and translate it to the economic decisions, it will be good for him. >> when you make a presidential choice, its a mosaic. its not as much as the midterm is, which are judging the message and youre mad at people and youre mad at the economy. and this has put one part of his presidential leadership into great focus. and i think youre right, if it translates into other decisions that he makes. the prob...