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im candy crowley and this is "state of the union." presidential campaign and democratic sources confirm members of the presidents re-election team told top congressional leaders this week, no re-elect money will go to house or senate democratic election coffers. at least until after the election. although the president and top officials will help in other ways. sounds like every man for himself. joining us this morning, one of the lawmakers who spoke to the presidents campaign team, se...

steve forbes. and -- >> the economy is getting stronger. >> he may be right. but we have passed this way before. sorting it out with alice rivlin, former director of the office and management and budget. steven moore of the "wall street journal." dan balz of the "washington post." im candy crowley and this is "state of the union." presidential campaign and democratic sources confirm members of the presidents re-election team told top congressional leaders this week, no re-elect money...

inside the cnn grill at south by southwest. the grill opens officially today this morning. one thing i noticed on the menu which includes all kinds of things, there are no prices. thats because we got -- usually that means i cannot afford to eat here. but that is whats happened here is we have taken over a restaurantnd put the cnn grill and invited people here as we celebrate south by southwest which is a big music and film festival. douglas brinkley, weve known each other now through ...

If romney only has to win once in the deep south and we erase this conversation. but lets look at it through the other prism which is where does santorum create momentum for himself? first of all, i think he needs to win both states. alabama, mississippi. he needs to shove gingrich out of this race and gingrich himself has said if he doesnt win both hes not credible anymore. and then santorum needs to beat romney in one of these neutral sites states. illinois is the next one. >> who is that guy ...

Either of these guys. perhaps he loses one to each of them, does he knock down the south? >> i think this is the reverse. its an opportunity for romney. id say the opportunity is perhaps in mississippi where its a little more of a machine state where, you know, maybe the barber machine can help him out if he can put that deal. theyve actually been a little hesitant to rally around romney. but mississippi, hes going to try to announce some alabama endorsements today. if romney only has to win onc...

nuclear program. at the same time, he vowed to prevent iran from building nuclear weapons and defended israels right to make its own decisions about its security. netanyahu addresses the convention tonight and minutes from now, we expect to hear his and the presidents opening comments from the oval office. we are on that story for you. also, single biggest election day of the presidential nomination process is now just one day away, 437 delegates up for grabs tomorrow in ten states f...

Step aside voluntarily, knowing that he has gone beyond the boundary here of fairness and objectivity and now his -- the very legal reasoning that he uses to make judgments is in question. >> and to the story in arizona, where sheriff joe arpaio put on his dog and pony show press conference today, after investigating whether the president of the united states has an authentic birth certificate. what do you make of it? >> its just more of the same kind of, you know, refusal to acknowledge obama a...

Boundary here of fairness and objectivity and now his -- the very legal reasoning that he uses to make judgments is in question. >> and to the story in arizona, where sheriff joe arpaio put on his dog and pony show press conference today, after investigating whether the president of the united states has an authentic birth certificate. what do you make of it? >> its just more of the same kind of, you know, refusal to acknowledge obama as a legitimate american. and this attack on him is really an...

Coverage of this, there werent a lot of media organizations saying the president doesnt control the price of gas when president bush was in office. you have didnt hear a lot of that, at that time. is that fair? >> i dont know. i dont remember the coverage as vividly as you do, bret. >> we can remind you. >> its often through the prism of what happened with president bush -- >> its true that democrats. we had tape on fox earlier. nancy pelosi trashed george bush for allegedly raising the price of...

So why would the president want the opposite? >> he came to office saying he was going to fundamentally transform the united states of america. and one of the places where i think the president has a lot of latitude to do that as commander in chief especially in the kind of budget crisis were in at the moment, economic difficulties and so on, and i think hes been relentlessly pushing forward on what really is a hongstanding and quite radical desire to see the united states really, basically, lik...