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In the groups opening session. the group getting off to a rather rocky start. the battle is between the opposition and the majority parties. they couldnt agree on choosing a new speaker, so this is how they tried to settle their differences. scenes like this are not unusual in the ukraine. in recent years, there have been many physical fights. not sure this is the best way to settle policy differences. but our government doesnt seem to be doing much better. any suggestions for our government? go...

There, are policy differences, but it requires subtlety and nuances. but its harder than yelling about death panels and socialism. >> the primary voters have been delivering tea party candidates and overthrowing some incumbent senate candidates, ending up with tea party candidates that absolutely cannot win as we saw in indianapolis. so as much as there are leadership questions involved, how do you get control of the republican primary electorate? >> for a party to be defined as cohesive and fun...

To move back to the center there, are policy differences, but it requires subtlety and nuances. but its harder than yelling about death panels and soci socialism. >> the primary voters have been delivering tea party candidates and overthrowing some incumbent senate candidates, ending up with tea party candidates that absolutely cannot win as we saw in indianapolis. so as much as there are leadership questions involved, how do you get control of the republican primary electorate? >> for a party t...

Of the campaign. we tend to cover the horse race each time. all of us in the press, myself included, and emphasize the latest poll. each time we say the next time around were not going to spend as much time on the horse race aspects, there are important policy differences between the two candidates and you see a lot of post debate about what the overnight polls show and very little about where the differences in policy are. this is what one candidate stands for and this is what the other one sta...

Latest poll. each time we say the next time around were not going to spend as much time on the horse race aspects, there are important policy differences between the two candidates and you see a lot of post debate about what the overnight polls show and very little about where the differences in policy are. this is what one candidate stands for and this is what the other one stands for. its important that viewers and voters understand that those of us in the press, again myself included, are not...

But the question is the right one. do you see the differences the two men? differences jurs around the edges or rhetorical differences. i wouldnt down-play the rhetorical differences too much. obviously, what we care about is the substantive policy differences. would one take us to war where the other would not. the rhetorical differences between republicans and democrats are meaningful in recent administrations and whats described as swagger and what republicans call as strentd wanting to exhib...

Here, in whatever the policy differences, theyre all kind of looking out for the best interest of the country. >> heres president obama last time around. he kept the punch lines rolling at the 2008 dinner. lets listen. >> there is no other crowd in america that id rather be palling around with right now. i do love the waldorf astoria, though. you know, i hear from the doorstep you can see all the way to the russian tearoom. while the collapse of the housing market has been tough on every single ...

Those who need it. more importantly, it sort of shows the world we have something of an establishment here, in whatever the policy differences, theyre all kind of looking out for the best interest of the country. >> heres president obama last time around. he kept the punch lines rolling at the 2008 dinner. lets listen. >> there is no other crowd in america that id rather be palling around with right now. i do love the waldorf astoria, though. you know, i hear from the doorstep you can see all th...

Comment in korea. whereas romney seems to be very firmly committed to all four stages. but thats a pretty modest disagreement since theyre both going to deploy the first three stages of this system. so, you know, its a little bit tough to actually translate their apparent big rhetorical disagreement into actual policy differences. >> it will be interesting to hear if it is mentioned tonight and see if there are some nuances that really speak to differences in either campaign or whether or not as...

>> but heres the point. the world is better off and americas better off if theres leadership from the united states. >> you think rhetoric matters is what youre saying. the policy differences arent much. >> might not be material much, but i think u.s. policy, russia, trade is going differ. i think policy in the mideast is different and starting with your friends, working with the industrial democracies, showing leadership is an important ability block that romney is articulating that were not se...