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The cop servative movement was never really successful until the third component of the social conservatives joined in the 1970s. it is not just social conservatives concerned about the groups that have joined as a sponsor of cpac but there are foreign policy conservatives expressing concern over alleged connections between some in cpac with the muslim brotherhood. i doubt that you would see someone from the brady campaign trying to restrict the second amendment trying to be a part of cpac and d...

A nowhere easter. the best case scenario or best possibility its going to be a storm across the northeast. how much snow we get will vary. right now we look at three or four inches. that is plenty of time to change. it could be one or two feet of snow. we will continue to watch it closely, time to warn everybody. >> did you say feet? >> i did say "feet." >> shannon: okay. well stay tuned. >> sorry. >> well watch you, so the experts will let us know. thank you, rick. >> you bet. >> in the "state ...

>> no problem. it didnt bother many .i was out of it. i supported our son as president, and the fact that others disagreed with him on different policy issues, it goes with the territory. i didnt make any federal case out of that. >> you just sat in houston and watched -- >> watched it on tv. >> watched it on cable television until you had to turn it off? >> you cant worry about differences. theyre bound to happen. bound to take place. >> brian williams is going to have more on that conversation...

Cycles, as well. >> but im talking about her. she said -- her team tried to say it was surveyor symbols and they got called down on that. i dont think she was persuasive last night. i guess i think that shes saying her own thing, but its a parallel universe to actually the work thats being done here. theres important work on important policy issues, entertainment industry individuals will do their thing, but the real work here to find solutions kind of happens regardless of the rhetoric that som...

Talks, all of them have failed. do you see anything in these new ones that will happen that make them different? >> well, you know what is different now, for example we dont have yasser arafat as the head of the palestinian authorities. there is a camp in the political arena that wants peace with the israelis. we need to make sure that we take the right approach. peace talks which have been successful in the past, onslow talks and others, where the u.s. has frankly stayed out of the talks themse...

Completely by august 31, will sectarian violence increase, and will there ever be a full-blown political resolution, one that is stable and can hold in iraq, one of the issues the president will address and that speech is coming next week. greg. >> gregg: major garrett live on marthas vineyard with the latest. thank you. >> julie: the jobs market now, we hear a lot about the unemployment rate. when the number is high, you can count on the under employment rate also being high. this measure inclu...

Amount effectively the institution of a $3 trillion total increase in taxes, from one end of the economic spectrum to the other. i dont know a single economist of repute, who believes that makes sense and its not letting it expire. the question is are we going to have a massive tax increase, starting january 1st. >> gregg: congressman engel, the president seems to be saying, as of late, and in fact in particular on thursday, anybody who disagrees with me, on my policy issues, for the economy, th...

>> the two sides are coming from very different positions. i think all of issues really need to be negotiated together as a package if there is going to be success. the two parties value different issues in different ways. there is a big problem here which is one-year deadline which is going to apply to the talks. this is not the most auspicious time locally or in the region for talks. that deadline is looming now on the horizon. frankly, if they cant achieve an agreement by that time, there is ...

Take s there anything about the first lady that you think is not political fair game? >> i dont think it is fair to criticize her for the trip she took to spain. i think that maybe from the standpoint of appearance she may have gone to florida first. but she has done a marvelous job so far as first lady and does a great job juggling the responsibilities and she is not an elected official, but she has many of the duties that elected officials have. she is a terrific mother, and she is a terrific ...

Right? >> it might be, under the state constitution. but this goes to the heart and soul of our federal system. what the tenth amendment means. we take these things pretty seriously. if the federal government can use a commerce clause to tell the citizens of virginia or michigan or any other state that they must buy a good or service, and if they dont they will get fined, then there is virtually no limits to federal power. this has more to do with constitutional authority of the federal governme...