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And i think that democrats really like her a lot. >> well, what about how they are handling it so far? >> i think what they are banking on is what axelrod was saying which is people dont care about process. voters dont care about process and they see this as a process issue. if you read "the new york times" story, as we all did, we read it because its our job. that was a hard story to read. if youre just a regular person reading, you start to get confused. you know what is going on. you like cli...

How long to extend these benefits. some democrats wanted three months, others wanted longer. and more importantly how to pay for it. democrats at the beginning didnt want to pay for it at all, didnt want to offset it saying it was an emergency. republicans said absolutely you have to offset it with other budget cuts and couldnt come to an agreement despite eight republican senators were working in earnest trying to come up with a deal with democrats. talks just dissolved. yesterday everything we...

After the navy raised concerns over his mental stability. he was hearing voices and a whole bunch of other things. lets not forget this guy passed the background check just two months ago. how does this happen? how do we stop it? lets ask former d.a. assistant secretary of infrastructure protection, robert la cowski. whats the problem here or is this just one anomaly? >> this isnt an anomaly in terms of the process. there is a lot of improvement that could be made to the process. whats is the fa...

Harris joins me now. hey, john. well, they basically said the 60 vote requirement is still there except for moving things along to the floor. >> thats a clever line by your colleague, rachel maddow. she may be on to something. >> shes the aboutest. >> the other thing i would point out is the choice wasnt doing passing something and having a wealth of legislation and activity take place. if senator reid had made the choice, we are reallying to fwg to have a huge battle over this. i think the like...

Be important. >> one of the issues we have seen before, this is a process issue. if you indulge me, the way the filibuster mutated over the years. theres a push for filibuster reform. basically, you get a one day window to do anything with the filibuster where the rules are passed for the new term of congress. theres been more rumblings about filibuster reform. im curious where you are on this issue. is it something you want to see prioritized and pushed for or something you can take relief? >> ...

Gone more than 1200 days without passing a budget. theyre supposed to pass a budget. we passed a budget. go to reconciliation, work out the problems. when harry reid and the democrats dont pass one, you cant move forward. >> gretchen: how do you respond? cause the senate is controlled by the democrats? >> i share his frustration with the senate. however, its a process issue because of the filibuster, because the republican minority has the ability to hold up the ability to pass anything, includi...

For someone holding the line against this kind of pressure on issues like this. is there one? >> there isnt one. but i still think the cost may be higher particularly if its true, if joshs theory is true that he paid no taxes, zero taxes, not 7% but zero, if thats the case -- >> worse than somebody saying like the obama administration whats he hiding. the implication is whats he hiding is not simply about not paying any taxes. its always some kind of nefarious implication around there. he can cl...

Immigrant with sterling record, someone known for rescuing cats out of trees and saying me, man, romney wants to deport her because of a process issue. losing proposition. romney is right. he will kick it to the future. if he is elected cancel the order. why get in a distraction right now is >> john: carl cameron doing his job very well. he got romney to talk about more than the economy. got him to talk about syria as well. here is what romney told carl cameron about president obamas current pol...

Think it really comes down to chuck, whether voters want to look backward or forward. i was a very vocal critic of the strategy in 2008 by the mccamp you campaign to focus on bill airs, the reason many in the media did that, too the concerned media. why? people vote according to their own future aspiration, not according to somebodys past association f people want to revisit the mid90s, they are welcomed to t he will go out there and talk about peoples futures, particularly bringing that case to...

A brave new world. what happens in florida? >> same game plan. take the case right to the voters. and we just made a calculation. two things. first, we needed to break the back of electability. the he can win, he can win mantra that often makes or breaks republican politics in primaries. inevitability, electability. we figured electability is often a process issue, this year it turned out to be a substantive issue. so many people believe that romney could win the primary, romney could beat obama...