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Maybe there are some legal reason to have done it. politically, it looks bad. i would imagine that having been there, i imagine there were times that something comes out at an agency that you dont know at the white house that you would have said i dont know its a good idea. they dont run it by you. that can happen. but you own it. so i think that part of problem is terrorism has increased. our definition of things have not. we have not moved with the times. >> eric: what are we saying here? rena...

Maybe there are some legal reason to have done it. politically, it looks bad. i would imagine that having been there, i imagine there were times that something comes out at an agency that you dont know at the white house that you would have said i dont know its a good idea. they dont run it by you. that can happen. but you own it. so i think that part of problem is terrorism has increased. our definition of things have not. we have not moved with the times. >> eric: what are we saying here? rena...

Obama. one of the stories of the debates, they are starting to creep up a little bit. the "wall street journal" poll and watching the debates and the bickering, they have to be careful to move to the right. they have to worry about the middle and whether to leave it behind. >> one thing that was striking is the fact that the republican electorates in florida are somewhat similar. >> they are. they are conservative places. there is a huge tea party. the likely voters in both of the states identif...

>> lady gaga telling the former president of the united states, i wish you were playing sax with me tonight, baby. renaming her song "bad romance" to "bill romance." the secretary of state to his left and daughter chelsea to his right. it gets no better than that. president clinton talked about how lucky he was. >> i am the only person in history who got to be president, who then had a post-presidential birthday party attended by both lady gaga and the secretary of state. [ cheers and applause ]...

Downloads? >> well, again, i think this is a cheating genius by their ceo. i think his name is reed hastings, the renaming and going back on the name. one of two things are in play. either hes trying to do such a terrible job that he gets fired and gets a real bitching severance package or he has realized that they are in publicity through stupidity. i mean, if you think about it. we love all of the -- we love all of the things that are just train wrecks out there. we love them. train wrecks lik...

Obama beats the republicans on that by 15 points. by a 16-point margin over those who would say no and by a raw majority, the country wants to pass president obamas jobs bill. the jobs bill that would be financed by, drum roll please, taxing the rich. so that the rich dont pay less than everyone else which, again, is the most popular idea in america since someone first suggested a cold drink on a hot day. it is so popular today that democrats started kicking around renaming this idea that rich p...

Pass president obamas jobs bill. the jobs bill that would be financed by, drum roll please, taxing the rich. so that the rich dont pay less than everyone else. wi which, again, is the most popular idea in america since someone first suggested a cold drink on a hot day. it is so popular today that democrats started kicking around renaming this idea that rich people should pay -- should pay the same taxes as other people. democrats today started kicking around the idea of renaming that whole idea ...

Whole economy into another recession. tonight, waiting for word from washington. prosecutors say this man sexually assaulted girls as young as 12. he says he was just practicing his religion and today in court, the polygamist cult leader warren jeffs took drastic action to defend himself. plus, was this soldier plotting another attack on fort hood? tonight how cops found him and wait until you hear what they found in his motel room. >> shepard: breaking news now dramatic turn of events over stan...

Except, of course, it turns out, house republicans made a big exception to their own rule. when the house took a time to rename a texas courthouse after george h.w. bush and george wsh bush. conaway explained why this was a substantive measure. by renames the courthouse, were able to honor these two great texans. come on. honors s.e.a.l.s, not so important. renaming a courthouse? totally worth the houses time. that big of self-serving logic is our con job of the day.

Loss ave. its not like these streets were created with the idea of just naming it mlk. these streets have been renamed. the violence was there before it ever was decided to be dr. martin luther king street. and you have to remember that with the exception of the memorial being built here in washington, the easiest thing to be able to honor someone in the black community is to use the street renaming as a way of honoring dr. king. its inexpensive. its something they can just do. so oftentimes thi...