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July 19, 2012
They are both looking at. >> bret: charles, quickly, is the landscape changing? >> in part because of what we heard from the fed chairman, neutral observer who says the economy is slipping backwards. the recovery is slow. that i think is worth filtering out, this is going to be summer of recovery. its the opposite. and i think apart from all the back and the forth in the campaign, all the ads, negative stuff, that i think is having an influence and sort of zapping the strength of the obama campa...
July 19, 2012
Of her comments, shes saying the united states has not, will not pin its policy on unarmed observer missions deployed in the midst of violence that cant count on minimal u.n. security council support. so certainly a strong reaction from her today, and well continue to watch her comments as they come out, see if that changes anything. in the meantime, we have new reaction to george zimmerman speaking out in an exclusive interview with foxs sean hannity. whats the potential legal fallout? will his...
July 19, 2012
That they were working on with iran. i think weve got to look very seriously at finding ways either to destroy the weapons in place or neutralize them or do something so if the regime falls, the chemical weapons in particular dont get into the hands of terrorists like al qaeda or arent used by regime generals as their passport out of the country. this is very serious throughout the region. the threat is really worldwide. jamie: bottom line, last question i had was about the united nations. hasnt...
July 19, 2012
Again. >> and does this mean the end of the road for the u.n.s role here and the annan mission? >> well, andrea, thats not clear. what it certainly means is that the small observer mission which has been on the ground and over the last six weeks confined to its hotel rooms because of the declining security situation, will wind down. it may take a few more weeks for it to wind down and the council may yet agree to a brief extension for a matter of a few weeks or days to enable it to redeploy safe...
July 18, 2012
Packet that president obama called his russian counterpart, vladimir putin about a couple hours ago i guess it was. they talked about syria on the eve of this upcoming vote ayman was just talking about. >> one of the things on the agenda tomorrow is reauthorizing the mission of the u.n. monitors who have been in syria. from all accounts today, those u.n. monitors are basically relegated to their hotel and arent able to do any of the ork they were sent there to do. have had he accomplished anythi...
July 17, 2012
The casual observer that skin color is a pretty big issue here when you take into account how african-americans have not fared well under mr. obamas economic policies. thats what it looks like. >> let me assure you skin color means a lot to people of color. particularly black people. they are very proud of the fact that they have a black president but they do hold him as accountable as they would any white president similarly situated and they are doing that directly. they may not be offensive i...
July 17, 2012
The casual observer that skin color is a pretty big issue here when you take into account how african-americans have not fared well under mr. obamas economic policies. thats what it looks like. >> let me assure you skin color means a lot to people of color. particularly black people. they are very proud of the fact that they have a black president but they do hold him as accountable as they would any white president similarly situated and they are doing that directly. they may not be offensive i...
July 17, 2012
Often leave scars and, you know, romney doesnt have a strong answer to get out of it because strong answers, answering these attacks on bain and on the cayman islands and that sort of thing probably bring up more inaccuracies that prolong the story. so theyre having some trouble over there. is pinned down and, it may leave a mark. jon: heres what charlie cook writes in todays "national journal". charlie cook, a noted political observer. he says this ought to be a steep uphill fight for obama. vo...
July 17, 2012
And thomas jefferson where they each employed the most vicious rhetoric in the communications media at the time, little newspapers, local newspapers. or the 1860 presidential election which democrats made outrage just charges about abraham lincoln. the question after a tough election can the candidates, can the winning candidate find a way to govern? the answer in our system we generally find a way to govern and govern effectively to one degree or another. jon: here is a quote from stuart rothen...
July 17, 2012
The casual observer that skin color is a pretty big issue here when you take into account how african-americans have not fared well under mr. obamas economic policies. thats what it looks like. >> let me assure you skin color means a lot to people of color. particularly black people. they are very proud of the fact that they have a black president but they do hold him as accountable as they would any white president similarly situated and they are doing that directly. they may not be offensive i...