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Senators to go against the party leadership. they get re-elected, especially in the gerrymandered districts for being the people who just say no. thats rewarding politically for them. >> you said the keywards gerrymander districts. when people ask what the cause is, dont think theres a coincidence between the fact this is the least productive congress weve had in history and its also the most polarized congress weve had in history. thats not an opinion. thats just -- steve i think may have a cha...

Become like that character in the best man i just saw for the third time yesterday in new york here, that great play about the former president, in this case played by james earl jones. and i think he wants to be that big man, and he is, the big man of the party who will last through each election whether you win or lose, and i think he wants to clear the field for secretary clinton for next time. part of it is destroying anybody who opposed her in any democratic primary this spring, especially ...

>> chris matthews, what say you? >> no, its not a joke. his name is cheney, by the way. when we all check it out well know what were talking about instead of me just snowing. do some reporting. i think cheney is a problem. i think hes pretty much hated in this country. people really dont like him. i cant believe theyre going to show him at the convention. hes perked up to show up on sunday tv to make sure that hes still in the news. i think its sort of a proof of life thing. i think hes good at ...

That fits tt description, by the way, is thune from south dakota but he doesnt bring anything. i think the election will be in the midwest. its going to be by keeping the evangelicals happy and showing some human nature. romneys biggest problem is the android problem. if he can get past that by picking a normal person like the people here on you, joe, regular people. johnny carson for 30 years used ed mcmahon to prove he was a regular guy. he used to call him bar rag breath, comments like that t...

Team. the u.s. mens qualified first, surprised everybody. they could win a gold medal tonight. catty, watching just on tv on the bbc, i thought it was a great spectacle. it was different and you cant compare it to china. everybody said its not as good as china. china was a once in a lifetime experience. this was different and very british i thought. >> yeah. you know, it was funny what i remember watching the chinese opening ceremony back in 2008 and thinking, oh, my god, what the hell are we go...

As we saw and drag it out. talk about the real impact that that has on real institutions of finance like on wall street. >> well, it just creates uncertainty. the way i would put it, we will get a deal at some point. i dont think it will be late this year, i think it will be early next year. the question is how much turbulence do you encounter just to continue the plane analogies before that and how much confidence gets affected from that? with an economy just at stall speed or maybe even below ...

Weather patterns and the way it set up this weekend. maybe d.c. and pittsburgh a slight chance of a storm but thats about it. as we go through the last couple days of july, the heat wave is just unrelenting in the middle of the country. the drought continues, if not getting worse. look how hot its going to be today. we have heat advisories and warnings from oklahoma down to new orleans, and today well be about 105 to 110 degrees from kansas to oklahoma to arkansas. even dallas is now getting int...

Suggesting that barack obama isnt an extraordinary speaker politically when you get in front of large groups, but he does have trouble and the white house will admit he has trouble sometimes relating to working class americans who are out of work who are struggling. joe biden certainly is fantastic in that realm. also bill clinton, but, my god, after the latest numbers, theyre going to need to be able to talk about the economy in the way its going to move independent swing voters and struggling ...

What are analysts saying would cause this precipitous drop? >> a whole mix of things going on in the world that make people nervous, whether its the middle east, the unemployment number, the fiscal cliff, whats going to happen at the end of the year with taxes and the budget finally starting to bear. the whole political uncertainty. its starting to weigh on consumers and theyre getting nervous. >> you know, we dont want to be too insular here and think too many people obsess and focus too much o...

A lot of it has to do with the slowdown in europe and the slowdown around the world where simply there isnt as much demand for your manufacturing goods as there was before. >> steve rattner, bobby jones always talked about golf being between the ears. a lot of times that has to do with the economy also. we see all these numbers, but at the end of the day it comes down to how confident people are that they can get the money out of their wallet and spend it if they have it. what does consumer conf...