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And insightful. i think that rambling speech proves ron paul is trying to backtrack over some of the stuff he said back in the 70s and 80s that was quite problematic and destructive and trying to present himself as an open minded libertarian when its a repackaging of the same old bigotry weve seen before. >> joann, we know south carolina is going to get very, very na y nasty. newt is preparing to some some bombs. fair dues to rick, he remembers the phrase and he keeps using it. good on him. but ...

Million. >> thats absolutely right. its the fact that he is buying the election and with citizens united he can level all of these attacks against newt gingrich in iowa, totally unattributed. so voters are seeing negative ads but not linking hem it mitt romney. so theres no possibility of a negative backlash. i should point out too, in south carolina these bain attack ads coming from gingrichs pac also will be unattributed. so while conservatives are hoping theres a backlash against gingrich, vo...

Political dynamic being a prominent black conservative. thats a threat to liberals. >> not to threat to me im liberal. >> he forced tax reform into the conversation which americans and businesses demanded, if not for him wed have basically for lack of any term, vanilla g.o.p. primary with a political fight. >> clayton: no discussion on tax policy. >> 9-9-9 weve heard it so many times and good for him to bring up a change in the the tax system. everybody hates the tax system. >> or rick prry as s...

Of our tax code. it starts with scraping, excuse me, you might want to scrape it too, but scrapping the three million words of the current tax code, starting over with something simpler. a flat tax. >> a flat tax. rick prry will apparently announce the details of his flat tax next week during speech in south carolina. rick perry was supposed to be in first place by now, wasnt he? he was supposed to save the republicanes from mitt romney. rick perry is the jobs gov more, right? rick perry never l...

Million words of the current tax code, starting over with something simpler. a flat tax. >> a flat tax. rick prry will apparently announce the details of his flat tax next week during speech in south carolina. rick perry was supposed to be in first place by now, wasnt he?0 he was supposed to save the republicans from mitt romney. rick perry is the jobs gov more, right? rick perry never lost an election if his life. set southern rich guy and a ton of money and yet, look at where rick perry is no...

>> if you give people money. >> alisyn: i do want you to respond to that. making a good point that the benefits go right into the economy. >> actually not. you give somebody some money, most of of the money gets spent, but some doesnt. whereas if you cut spending, someplace else, you cut dollar for dollar on spending that goes into the economy. its a basics of macro economics, whether youre a liberal or conservative. money to individuals does not get wholly spent. money the government spends dir...

fred whitfield has the weekend off. our top story this hour, a week after hurricane irene battered the east coast, tropical storm lee is targeting the gulf coast. heavy rain falling now in mississippi and louisiana, both states under a state of emergency. mandatory evacuations are under way in parts of jefferson parish in the new orleans area and some parts could get up to 20 inches of rain. vermont is one of the states still cleaning up from irene. remember that storm? six days after ...