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Emotion that brings to bear. and if there is no parade to hooray our troops outside with confetti for the end of the iraq war, then how else are we going to show that appreciation? open question. discuss. what is it about taking a first step that we find so compelling? is it because taking a step represents hope? or triumph? at genworth, we believe in taking small steps every day to keep your promises, protect what matters, and prepare for a secure financial future. no matter where you want to g...

The republican party? can we really say, in our poll this was so interesting, well put it up on the screen, 70% of republicans call themselves conservatives. 57% of republicans believe girich is one of them but only 29% of republicans believe romney is one of them. the conservative wing of the republican party is a lot more volatile this year. >> it is. its energized. they see romney, to some extent as a northeastern republican which is a bad thing in conservative pockets. and newt is doing what...

To cut taxes for the middle class at the coast of raising them for the rich. the keystone pipeline is odd here. i dont think anybody knows how to plan. its an open question whether or not most people in the country know this was a compromise on the floor of the house of representatives. >> all of this playing into that larger narrative that weve been hearing from the president that he is this crusader for the middle class. it was interesting last night when steve kroft was interviewing him. he t...

Hes not, like, hes not a fire brand guy. hes a pretty noncontroversial guy. but they admit that. they object to the agency he was nominated to lead. it was not about him ever. what happens to the whole idea of consumer financial protection without him and wow important is this filibuster? >> first of all, i thought it was great you just called out the gang of 14. i hadnt thought of that. its really preposterous that those four people voted against that. that judicial nominee. on cordray, theres ...

Is there something he is getting wrong. they seem to hate him. >> they think hes inauthentic. i dont think hate is the right word. we interviewed people in the spring of 2011 and asked them late in the interview process, did they have a favorite for the gop nomination? and the one thing they all agreed on is they werent enthusiastic about romney. thats because they just dont believe hes for real. something which many massachusetts liberals might agree about. >> newt gingrich has been so many dif...

Its a sociological analysis of the tea party movement done through research and field work. it is empirical. thank you for being here. let me ask you if i got anything dreadfully wrong in summarizing parts of your book. >> you hit the nail right on the head about the views about work. when newt gingrich says the dignity of work, hes hitting just the right chord with many conservatives. and tea partyers. and they make a distinction between benefits for those people and things going -- even like p...

Got us into this mess. thats happening. the actual substantive regulatory responsibilities are important and we need someone to do it. the deeper question to me is, really face a democratic crisis at a certain level when the filibuster becomes normalized. its hard for the institution to respond and people in the media to respond. what you showed the clips off, james of "the atlantaic" said, the headlines become "rob cordrays voted down." were in a situation where we have a one-way ratchet. there...

They object to the agency he was nominated to lead. it was not about him ever. what happens to the whole idea of consumer financial protection without him and wow important is this filibuster? >> first of all, i thought it was great you just called out the gang of 14. i hadnt thought of that. its really preposterous that those four people voted against that. that you judicial nominee. on cordray, theres a deeper and profound constitutional question thats more extreme than almost anything weve se...

But the spokesperson told us that mr. romney will be proposing his own changes regarding medicare. after days of dodging that question today tim pawlenty took the plunge. i would vote to kill medicare. the only major republican presidential candidate who has not signed on to this joint proverbial suicide pact in the republican party is mitt romney. mitt romney so far managed to avoid signing on to the kill medicare thing. every major republican presidential candidate except for mitt romney so fa...

Which their question was based. quote, no polling has picked up on that movement yet. everybodys been sort of waiting for the big rick perry comeback. this morning there appeared to be some maybe glimmer that it was finally upon us. the underappreciated thing abou rick perrys candidacy, he has more money than youd think looking at his polls. he has lots of money. on paper, rick perry was supposed to be competitive. he looked like a good candidate. again, on paper. so he did raise a lot of money ...