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Provide health care for poor people, which is possible in some states, its going to become incumbent upon them to say lets take this federal money temporarily with no strings attached in order to help us balance our budgets and supply health care. >> thats the one part, though, where i think in the short term, the politics, you just want to look at the politics, i agree from a human standpoint its disastrous but all the incentives for the republican politicians in the states you showed line up b...

Republicans. the quote to me that sums it up, i think it was a week or two ago, the state house leader in pennsylvania, they passed voter i.d. in pennsylvania and he said at a state republican conference, this will enable governor romney to carry the state of pennsylvania. he bragged about it. he put it out there. >> isnt that a significant part of the libertarian right who doesnt like having to carry photo i.d.s around and having the government get in your life in that way? isnt there -- >> the...

>> michael, does it work for him to say hes just always been consistent because thats what he said today, a few hours ago. >> look, i do think that as a simple sound bite to say that you can do something at a state level but its different to do it at a federal level is a reasonable, defensible position for him to make and he can say it concisely. the problem is, there is so much noise around it, so much push-back, so much kind of almost absurd debate over commerce clause versus tax versus penalt...

>> theres no push-back and the transparency constituency is fairly limited. we will jump to another good one. the california senate passed a bill yesterday that aims to protect illegal immigrants from status checks by local police. the measure is dubbed the anti-arizona bill because it prevents the local police from referring a detainee to immigration officials unless they have been convicted of an actual serious felony. the thing about this is its sort of like beyond the policy, its like if you...

Of rupert murdoch. no better distraction for murdoch than news of katie holmes filing for divorce from tom cruise and asking for sole custody of their daughter suri. he gave his two words worth, he got that off his chest, but he wasnt done. murdoch got some push back via tweeters, so he responded, scientology tweets hundreds of attacks. expects they will increase and get worse and maybe threatening. still stick to my story. maybe he was worried after the "new york times" reported katie holmes th...

Tomkat has gotting the attention of rupert murdoch. no better distraction for murdoch than news of katie holmes filing for divorce from tom cruise and asking for sole custody of their daughter suri. he gave his two words worth, scientologist, back in news. very weird cult but big, big money involved with tom cruise either number two or three in hierarchy. he got that off his chest, but he wasnt done. watch katie holmes and scientology story develop, he tweeted again. something creepy, maybe even...

16 people have already died since thursday when triple digit temperatures unleashed the deadly storms leaving millions without power. you see all of these states in yellow? these are the states suffering in ohio, 425,000 customers without power as of 10:00 last night. same story in virginia, same story in maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are waiting, waiting for that electricity to flip back on. there is still really no let up in sight this morning. 20 states under heat ...

Stage. >> yeah. and you know, andrea, the white house communications director put out a statement essentially saying house republicans would do well to move beyond fast and furious and focus on the economy at a time like this. so there are politics everywhere in this. i would say, though, that dont forget that the obama administration ran and most candidates do run on the promise of transparency. republicans believe this is an issue that fires up their base, without question. i dont think most i...

Whether they have the 2/3 majority that they need there, but snyder has been a very controversial governor, he has gotten around regular order in terms of how he is governoring to push other controversial legislation through. they are trying to do the same thing here, i think it will be challenged, and in the courts and in the court of public opinion, there could be push back, theres not a lot of time between now and election day, so the push back has to tart right now, or -- has to start right ...

Get away with it do you think that snyders practice will ultimately be successful? >> well they have a large majority there, theres question whether they have the 2/3 majority that they need there, but snyder has been a very controversial governor, he has gotten around regular order in terms of how he is governing to push other controversial legislation through. they are trying to do the same thing here, i think it will be challenged, and in the courts and in the court of public opinion, there c...