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14.5 million americans out of work. more than half have been out of work. make no mistake. we are headed in the right direction. but as i was reminded on a trip to wisconsin earlier this week, we are not headed their fast enough for a lot of americans. >> republican congressman kevin brady says, business does not need help from washington to start hiring again. >> president obama and this congress have given entrepreneurs reason to worry. businesses arent reluctant to hire because they are waiti...

Say, clean candidate, hes still out there and wants the job and i think he might be a good candidate for it. >> rick: is this affirmative action, cal, you are talking about replacing an african-american with another african-american. >> i think it is a good message, i dont think it is affirmative action when you really need to put a different face on you party, and when you -- the cameras pan the floor, the past republican national conventions and i have been to a lot of them and they are mostly...

Schwarzenegger. ill be back. let me explain that. which is, right now people think that immigration reform is dead in washington. they just dont have the votes for it, but i think what the president was saying is, hes not going to give up on this issue. why? couple of reasons. one is, as he said, he thinks its the right thing to do. immigration has been essential to our history and we have a system thats broken. but i think he also thinks that although the politics are difficult in the short ter...

Insensitive than incompetent. >> sean: conservatives support has hit a record high. add the economy, the war, you went through the details of the oil spill, converge this together and we are 127 days from the midterm election -- >> theres a thing i want to call your viewers attention to, say serious situation in nevada that requires your immediate action against harry reid. the ming angle won the primary reid used a statement of sharons they took out of context saying we should face out social s...

>> i think it is. first he lost the republicans and the independents over health care. now over the oil spill, and the afghan war, hes losing the left. when i say losing the left, i dont mean they are switching to republicans. they are just much less likely to show up and vote. >> sean: especially in 2010. maybe people who had a lot of passion for obama maybe they are not going out in the midterm. obamas strategy is stated they want to find that 15 million number they say came out for obama and ...

Thats something that obviously is a concern, particularly american financial institutions. >> chuck todd, live for us in toronto, canada. thank you, chuck. and toronto is braced this weekend for the potential of disruptive protests surrounding the g-20 summit which so far have not materialized. the core of downtown toronto resembles some say a fortress. a big fence has been constructed around the summit site. police are also patrolling the toronto water front. a force of 19,000 is protecting the...

Starting to produce manufacturing goods and services for the internal market. it means that deficit countries have to start getting serious about their midterm and long-term debt and deficits. and that includes the united states of america, which is why ive got a fiscal commission thats going to be reporting to me by the end of the year. so the point is, not every country is going to respond exactly the same way, but all of us are going to have responsibilities to rebalance in ways that allow fo...

We cant even win some of the primaries we want to win. >> i dont know. south carolinas pretty dirty. >> too much credit. >> south carolina has its host of shenanigans and it took place on the republican side as well as the democratic side. >> this would be the ultimate shenanigan. its pretty unlikely. >> all right. the democrats now arent intimidated by all these conversations about republicans getting a lot of gains in the midterm. they now have a list and theyve added michele bachmann to it. k...

Business d natio . >> 20 thereto 12 is closer than it used to be. has some of the fervor from the week and excitement of the women winning this week begin you an itch to get back on the cam tain trail? >> you know, i still think it is w too early . we sll have midterm to get through before any individual talks about what their plans are for 2012. i am blessed appreciative to help other candidates get in a position of being able to pass votes in washington d.c. and in their ownitate capitol and p...

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