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Say shes going to support her, a very early obama supporter sends a signal that lead ares in the party should get in line and back clinton. >> toure, on the very day mrs. clinton stepped down from the state department, senator mccaskill said this, i know hillary clinton will succeed in whatever comes next for her. if had your future plans include seeking the president iscy which i hope they do, then i look forward to being on her team. shes obviously applying for a job. last night mrs. clinton h...

And cover the loophole for gun shows buying guns at gun shows. i think what happened -- i dont know. i might be mistaken. they were lulled into a sense of perhaps overconfidence, the vice president and that group trying to put the support for this bill together. in retrospect what may have been a better approach would be this coming sunday is mothers day. they should have put together a million mom march on washington for the background check legislation. a lot of the politicians, especially kel...

Be with me. whether it is well founded confidence, well find out but that is what is driving some of this. he feels like he can win this. >> paul: you think it may be overconfidence on the part of the president. this is different and how so? >> it absolutely is. republicans no they got beat on the debt ceiling fight and its a deliberate strategy to make sure it doesnt happen again. they are ready and willing to let it go into effect because think of it. what are we talking at the moment? were no...

Again. the polls show that the public will be with me. whether thats well-founded, well find out, but i think thats whats driving some of this. he feels as if he can win this. >> you think it may be overconfidence on the part of the president, and this is different than the other two fights that jason mentioned, how so? >> it absolutely is. republicans know that they got beat on the debt ceiling and the fact that theyre embracing the strategy. its a deliberate strategy. theyre ready and willing ...

Issues and it would be nice if he answered these questions. bill: we heard that a lot from the right. doug, is the right about this. >> i think the right is correct in the sense that given the challenges of things like sequester, its a little disturbing that the president is limiting his access to local media who asks him questions about golf with tiger woods. however, interesting it may be. but there really are important questions we have to deal with. now bottom line, bill, this is successful ...

Showed both the overconfidence and the lack of engagement and it was particular and personal to barack obama. but if you look at the polling data, and i went to briefings, as you did as well, with the people who do the polling for the president, for the campaign, it moves the needle one point. and they knew that going back to the 47% argument, they knew from months and months ago, that because of population and demographic changes, they had so much going for them, that they were never within fou...

Continues to be because it showed both the overconfidence and the lack of engagement and it was particular and personal to barack obama. but if you look at the polling data and i went to briefings, as you did as well, we have people who do the polling for the president, for the campaign. it moved the needle one point. and they knew that going back to the 47% argument, they knew for months and months ago that because of the population and demographic changes they had so much going for them that...

Contempt, and obamas team did, and i think that was one of the big problems that they suffered heading into that debate in denver as they just didnt take all that seriously, and that was really the biggest threat that they faced was the president had not been in the game. this is a guy that -- he feels threatened. >> was that over confidence? was that arrogance? now -- >> john kerry was the president -- >> no, exactly. obama did not blame john kerry. they think this president had a hard time tak...

Yes, i did, i couldnt take anything for granted. mitt romney, asked, i only wrote one speech, a victory speech that he did not get to deliver here. maybe, a lesson in overconfidence some times. >> he and paul ryan put it on the table. paul ryan retains a seat in wisconsin. paul ryan, a name, republicans and democrats will be hearing about for a while to come. >> once he licks his wound a little bit the he will get back out there. a young guy. that is the news for this half-hour. >> we will leave...

Talking with these people, the day after the debate, talking with the supporters in denver. they still show up, but they were like, come on. there was a little debate. the president fumbling would have been a good thing in the long run. >> if the focus is the president, president bush, he had an overconfidence if you will going on with john kerry. >> fumbling is only good in hindsight that you know for a fact that it clears your mind set. the obama campaign has been so relentless inn and effecti...