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Its true that the parties emphasize different things and this emphasis comes out in whats a debate about whether then to tax rate should be 39% or 35% or a little lower. always these grand philosophical debates that are these relatively narrow policy differences. as jon meacham says, the narcissism of small differences, 35% or going to -- not back to 95% in the 50s, but 39% in the 90s under clinton. it really was. whats fascinating to me as i watched our show, i was off, of course, which i just ...

Tennessee valley authority, the tva, and she said im not taking any chances. >> mitt romney sat down with matt lauer and questioned him about the negative turn the campaign has taken. especially by him, i think. lets watch. >> it seems like one wave of negative ads after another. are you proud of the campaign youre running so far? is this the campaign you would like to run? >> im very proud of the fact that my campaign is focused on the economy. what were focused on is not personal attacks but i...

Voting for goldwater because hes going to take away my tv. and the accommodation says, no, hell get rid of the tv-a. she says im not taking any chances. anyway, matt lauer questioned him about the negative turn this campaign is taking. especially by him. lets watch. >> it seems like one wave of negative ads after another are. you proud of the campaign? is this a campaign you would like to run? >> im very proud of the fact that my campaign is focused on the economy. we are not focused on personal...

She said im not taking any chances. mitt romney sat down with nbcs matt lauer today in london where lauer questioned him about the negative turn this has taken. lets watch. >> it seems like one wave of negative ads after another. are you proud of the campaign youre running so far? is this the campaign youd like to run? >> im proud of the fact my campaign is focused on the economy. were not attacked on personal attacks but on policy differences and where we think the president may have gone wrong...

jerry spoe dak. >> do you still stand by your support of this failed deal? >> you ratcheted it up and increased the debt ceiling. >> a senate debate and a conversation with tim cape and george allen. im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." joining me is colorado governor john hickenlooper. governor, thank you so much for being here. catch me up now on the state of the investigation. >> well, the investigation continues now that we have had access to the apartment of the s...

spch spodak. >> you still stand by your deal. >> highlights from the virginia senate debate and a conversation with the candidates, democrat tim kaine and republican george allen. im candy crowley and this is "state of the union." joining me is colorado governor john hickenlooper. governor, thank you so much for being here. catch me up now on the state of the investigation. >> well, the investigation continues. we had access to the apartment of the suspect. they got a lot more inform...

It. why cant you understand that. >> part of it is selfflattery, all politicians engage in ther in this. if you think all the way back to 2008 and what president obama was over heard saying about the voters in pennsylvania who werent coming to his side, these more conservative democrats, hillary clinton democrats who often vote republican in the general election, he talked about that they had become bitter because they had been victimized and they clung to their guns and religion and that kind o...

>> were not trying to make law here. were making political points and that is a shame. >> obama care eliminates millions of american jobs. it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from medicare, and it puts in place 21 tax hikes. >> we should be working together to help create an environment where businesses can create jobs for the american people, not voting for the 31st time on essentially a political argument. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly odonnell joins me. we had hogan didly on...

We need the documents. documents are there. he hands them over and figure out the truth. if it is as the attorney general says it is okay. jon: donna, let me give you this quote from the attorney general. he says, i came to washington in the late 70s. people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didnt feel the need to question the other persons caringer. that is where we are now in washington with one part of the republican party. that is what they do almost as a mat...

There was an exhibit there called obamas presidential library, and we have a picture of it. it was an outhouse. it had bullet pamarks painted o it. that was someones idea of funny. the state republican chairman said he didnt know who was responsible for the outhouse. he called it a side show and he also said, "its not something im going to agonize over." steve, it seems to me, in the last republican presidential campaign, this was the kind of thing that you would agonize over. you wouldnt want y...