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Mike murphy, the fallout from mitt romneys discussion that basically obama gave gifts to minority gifts, this at a time when the party is trying to figure out where its going. >> well, unfortunate comment. we need a rule that if you lose a presidential election, you get a pass for a week. its like coming off a bender. theres a huge donor revolt going on. we have now lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential election. this is a crisis for the republican party, and we need a bruta...

Its like coming off a bender. theres a huge donor revolt going on. we have now lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential election. this is a crisis for the republican party, and we need a brutal discussion about it. we alienate young voters because of gay marriage. because of a policy problems. then we have the problem with hispanics, because we need a path to immigration. and we have lost our classification of middle class economics. we also have a lot of incompetency, we dont ...

Static group. thats a recipe for extinction. the question is whether or not were going to have an adult conversation inside the party about our need to attract more people than grumpy old white guys. and the policy problems with gay marriage and immigration reform. mike you hear all the -- but youre going to like these quotes. susan collins says we have to recognize the demos in this country. marco rubio, the conservative movement should have a particular appeal to immigrant minorities. need to ...

We have collected over decades, 18% gdp is tax revenue. in the last couple of years, 14%. what can you do to get the tax revenue for the social security and the general fund? some people say have you to cut tax rates. which way do you go? do you really think, gret apeople who are depressed, looking for aion, well, i am going to starve and not eat? i find that hard to believe. something else is going on here. >> greta: well, if we are -- also, if people are dropping out of the workforce or dont h...

huge deal. set the scene. >> reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. its been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to ...

In part because obama has done such a great job of co-opting a lot of the positions and policies of the republican party in his view of american strength and power. and of course, i probably dont need to remind you that he has not even closed gitmo yet. his foreign policy, people who are conservative more than they are for the republican party, talk about very favorably. it will be a real problem in the fall to try to differentiate that. >> you may recall almost a year ago, romney gave a speech ...

>> the fact is they have been embracing it for decades. fire side chats. that was one way fdr got his message to the people. im sure if his consultants had thought about it, he would have done a guest spot on fiber mcgee and molly. so there has always been pop culture expecting with the white house and ari is exactly right. not only was it a pretty good strategy to try to frame the message of the day in something that the white house knew would reach young people but it also serves to burnish th...

August nature and presence of the president. didnt jan brewer do that when she pointed in the presidents face when someone shouted, when he was giving his state of the union speech and they said, you lied. thats diminishing the presidency. appearing on jimmy fallon? >>. no we expect the candidates to make their case wherever the people are. the people are in entertainment. the things that diminish the presidency in my view that are fairly bipartisan are, a campaign finance system that makes you ...

The office of the president. is that right? okay. i just wanted to make sure. theyre like outrage junkies. they have to have somebody to be outraged about. something the president did. >> so it is not air force one, it is that he is with jimmy fallon. >> right. the thing is that a lot of young people do watch late night and this is a great way to talk to young people. and it is getting harder and harder for campaigns to communicate with young people. there are less and less watching tv. theyre h...

Republican party is its a fairly sort of establish mentarian party, and you think theres a chance hell run. >> he doesnt have the policy problems with conservatives that mitt romney and newt gingrich do. >> its an affect. >> hee seems to have have an inability to stop himself from poking conservative based people in the eye. i can relate to that. but im not running for president. >> the one problem he may have is he does say that it causes climate change. >> we should break up the banks to not p...