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Presidential writer for gej w. bush. richard fowler is a nationally syndicated radio host. thank you for being here both. mark why? >> yeah the silence from president obama is deafening. he had plenty to say when it came to tray martin, michael brown and freddie gray but all of the sudden the president is tongue tied. hes got nothing to say. why is that? in all of the other cases he had liberal policy points that he wanted to make about gun control, about police bias about racial profiling. in t...

In this celebrity culture we live in. hes got a big name. so that is going to reflect itself somewhat in the polls. i do think, ed once we get into really discussing issues and illegal immigration is certainly an issue that we need to talk about, that we need to debate. once we get into it and talk about what is your solution for these things? what is your plan? what are you going to do if you get elected? at a certain point you have to get off the talking points and get off just making outrageo...

They are unmoved by policy points and who would benefit and who would hurt by blocking this nomination and now its leverage. i think theyre talking about what youre talking about the human trafficking bill what precedent does this set for the next administration. >> we will hold nominees hostage because the republicans want to block this. get something in return. who is -- >> thats politics. >> we could go ahead with her nomination. there could be discussion on this bill it does not have to be a...

People would have screamed. and now these guys are yelling fwhaz listened to bez and gave them some more time. and theyre accusing them of not following the law. its just browrong. >> republicans keep talking about replacing the law, but when gop aid told "talking points memo" as far as repeal and replace goes, the problem with replace is that if you really want people to have these new benefits, it looks a hell of a lot like the affordable care act. i mean, are republicans backed into a corner ...

Clearly the democratic party has. im wondering if theres a moment that can help to get behind it? >> in my opinion, occupy was more about how do we destroy hierarchies in any form. the message was, look, the power source is not washington, d.c. the power source is in new york city. these are the people calling the shots. i think in the wake of occupy its shifted conversation and other groups have used that momentum to take up this struggle around minimum wage. i dont know that occupy is the grou...

Up all the democrats who ever signed a discharge petition when mrs. pelosi was speaker, theyre now called former members because it doesnt go over very well. and the same thing with the discharge petition. now, that is an abrogation of the legislative process. its not the way that things are supposed to get done. and it would be just as disloyal of these 20 republicans as it is disloyal of these 25 nuts that are holding the country hostage. >> when we think about how this is going to get resolve...

Republicans to come on this show, but i have had a few in the last few days, including congressman scott ridgel of virginia, former congressman steve latourette who i just spoke with, thoughtful, reasonable republicans who actually dont want the government to be shut down. but what they keep saying to me is, well, the way we should end this is by negotiating on some policy points. and then the shutdown can end. or then we can avoid the debt ceiling. is that actually what this is now boiling down...

I cannot get a lot of republicans to come on this show, but i have had a few in the last few days, including congressman scott ridgel of virginia, former congressman steve latourette who i just spoke with, thoughtful, reasonable republicans who actually dont want the government to be shut down. but what they keep saying to me is, well, the way we should end this is by negotiating on some policy points. and then the shutdown can end. or then we can avoid the debt ceiling. is that actually what th...

This country forward and the choice in this election. theres a clear choice in this election about who is going to move this country forward. i think mitt romneys performance, as the president said, the 1950s and social policy, 1920s and economic policy. he wants to take this country back. >> well, we hope to hear a lot from you in the two weeks ahead. were going to go back to rachel. thank you, stephanie cutter it. congratulations. i think you guys won tonight. lets go back to rachel in chris. ...

This country forward and the choice in this election. theres a clear choice in this election about who is going to move this country forward. i think mitt romneys performance, as the president said, the 1950s and social policy, 1920s and economic policy. he wants to take this country back. >> well, we hope to hear a lot from you in the two weeks ahead. were going to go back to rachel. thank you, stephanie cutter it. congratulations. i think you guys won tonight. lets go back to rachel in chris. ...