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President. mr. krauthammer, last night when i was watching at home, said he thought it would be a much better fundraising issue for the opponents of gun control. >> are you trying to start a fight here? [ laughter ] >> chris: i just thought that i noticed a contradiction here. >> the rule of thumb is that social issues help democrats with raising money but dont necessarily help at the voting booth. abortion, gay rights, all that kind of thing. some of the social issues that may be changing. i do...

Self-defense. no question about it. times are tough. but we can and should stand tall. >> nice to see you. >> thank you, greta. >> straight ahead, israel is moving closer to a ground war in gaza. israeli tark tanks, lining up at the border, after hamas takes aim at jerusalem. dawn is about to break, bringing fears of new rocket attacks. a live report from israel is next. also, who could forget this? an illinois doctor and political candidate shreds obamacare to bits in a speech that went viral. ...

I have to say, i think an interesting number that matters is when you compare the endorsement numbers, obama has 34 endorsement from major, significant papers. romney has 27. look at the circulation of those endorsements. obamas total just over 9 million readers. >> 27? >> and mitt romney is at 27 and not 7. his total circulation just under 5 million. so i dont know that this is a scientific reading of those numbers, but you have to imagine 9 million readers reading obama endorsement, 5 million ...

>> i think its a net plus. not a significant net plus, but it helps romney. 20 years ago, 19% voted for ross perot. a the lot of those folks are still voting. >> and they did it in iowa. after florida, which is not a deficit, sort of sensitive state, iowa is a lot of orderer voters. memories of ross perot. >> and a place where the obama campaign has to be concerned. mitt romney after showing no activity came in and basically just about snuck in a primary. campaigned under the radar. >> shameless...

Maybe make it more competitive and the real clear politics average, up by about seven points and that hasnt panned out and put a bunch of ads out after the convention and wanted to put wisconsin in play and that hasnt worked out. overall, i think that ryan has been a solid pick and part of the debate and theres no evidence that its harming the ticket. >> paul: kim, the poll right after the ryan pick for the two weeks leading up to the republican convention, showed the race had closed almost to b...

Forward to an exciting event. >> by exciting, he doesnt mean a hurricane coming this way. he means the convention itself. we have been assured over and over again that regardless of the weather situation, the business of the rnc will get taken care of. one additional item, ann romneys speech for monday, likely being moved to tuesday. not because of our hurricane coming, but because of national tv coverage. more prime time exposure for the wife of the nominee back to you in new york. >> gretchen:...

He is more favorable than unfavorable. thats really important, particularly for romney who is upside down, with a higher unfavorable than a favorable. i think right now, you have to say, its a net plus for the ticket, that paul ryans favorable is. but, look, policies -- there has always been a difference between favorables and where they rank people on policies. i mean, barack obama has got a higher favorable than he has job approval -- >> greta: in other words, you are saying, hes a nice guy --...

He is more favorable than unfavorable. thats really important, particularly for romney who is upside down, with a higher unfavorable than a favorable. i think right now, you have to say, its a net plus for the ticket, that paul ryans favorable is. but, look, policies -- there has always been a difference between favorables and where they rank people on policies. i mean, barack obama has got a higher favorable than he has job approval -- >> greta: in other words, you are saying, hes a nice guy --...

Party, as long as they focus on spending is probably -- is certainly a net plus for raynes in the election. in terms of after the election, again, the first that the country will have to deal with after the election, partly in a lame duck session is spending. that is their yigs. the election results will be a mandate for the new washington lineup to deal with spending. the tea partys unpopular, sams right, in terms of polling. cutting spending, dealing with the deficit, its going to be essential...

Thing that the health care reform does and i dont know if anyone understand who wruns small business, i do. >> and let me tell you-- >> well, charles does. >> around 25. >> okay, and, and for my business, for my business this is a net plus, im telling you for my business its a net plus. >> well, if it doesnt affect small business, why have it affect small business at all? >> and it affects-- (laughter) >> ben stein, if your kids school is failing, how about just taking it over. parents in one ca...