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Before a convention speech. talk to me about the logic there. >> i think the logic is we were going to be in north carolina for other events anyway so well go give a speech that gets us free media and frames the race as a two-man race which they want to make sure we have delineated the primary is done and now this is a fight. youre going to see a lot of this gimmickry on both sides. yog i dont think youre seeing either sides take the high ground. the twitter fight of the moment was about preside...

Credit, the haqqani network taking credit. >> but the marines also in afghanistan are keeping other afghans safe also. its an important thing to remember theyre not just going out there doing their own random acts of violence. they truly are protectinging afghan communities. that is part of their mission and a lot of the soldiers do a very good job of it. and the people on the ground understand that, and are obviously grateful for the daily support. so its not like every afghan is going to sudde...

Democratists, conservatives 24 of them in total, five of them are retiring and six face uphill battles. we talk about the tenor of dialogue in this country. part of the problem with congress is we keep electing or we of late have been electing very strident members to capitol hill making compromise really a four-letter word. it strikes me this is now something to say, i went to capitol hill, i got legislation passed. we met in the middle is something that nobody can run on anymore. >> the good t...

About. i would hate to be on thor end of the phone call about publishing those pictures. theres a lot of personal anguish on the part of the administration for good reason, obviously. but it is difficult as alice was talking about it to balance having to support the full military effort and then having to go after the soldiers responsible for this. >> it just makes the job of the soldiers still in afghanistan so much harder. they are with -- they are with the afghan population face to face every...

Understand, is already under way. and wherever those facts lead, we will take the appropriate action. >> that was secretary of defense leon panetta speaking just moments ago regarding photos circulating of u.s. soldiers posing with the bodies of dead suicide bombers. maggie, this is part of a longer string of controversies that have arisen around u.s. soldiers posing or desecrating the bodies of militants that were fight overseas. i guess when is we think about this, what is the collective effec...

Hatch is another race, obviously not the same kind of thing. somebody whos been in the senate for 36 years. at a certain point, there are sort of local forces at play and why people cross. >> theres a through line when you see the life that moderates have to live on capitol hill. its somewhere between witness protection program you know and having just a bulls eye on your face at all times. you are ostracized from your party for giving deals with the other side. that becomes very tiresome for pe...

Support. romneys campaign released a statement yesterday not using nugent in name but saying "divisive language is offensive no matter what side of the political aisle it comes from. mitt romney believes everyone needs to be civil." alice, walking back statements or walking back endorsements or your support for someone elses support, do you think thats an adequate statement from the romney camp vis-a-vis the heated rhetoric of nugent? >> it was not a smart thing to say. it was certainly somethin...

>> theres a lot of outrage. theres a lot of, i wont say theres a lot of drinking. theres a lot of late nights. theres a lot of fighting. >> is it a democratic process or does ring swoop in and say -- >> its a benign autocracy. it starts democratic and eventually our editor. >> do they hear the list is coming and say i want in? >> sure. we get nominations from everywhere. winner of the poll was anonymous. a group of internet activists who didnt get on the list. >> do you ever have to pull someone...