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President obama had incredibly strong words yesterday, accused republicans of rigging elections with these new voter i.d. laws. in the past 15 months, nine states have enacted new laws. president obama yesterday didnt propose any new legislation but said he stands firmly behind his attorney general eric holder, who has tried to combat some of these new voter i.d. laws. republicans insist the new laws are not going to deny folks the right to vote. but again, this is going to be a big hot-button i...

His whole strategy is going to be to run against the republican party. >> if you want to encapsulate the problem with the republican party right now, just look at john mccain and sarah palin. they are palinites and these establishment guys. >> and theres no regard for them as the former standard. in the old days, the republicans would give some props to the people. >> that used to last forever. anyway, thank you, howard. and joy, thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up, the unmasking of the nra....

Their personal arsenals is the last defense in the tir ran kal government. its getting worse out there. republicans havent given up on the idea of rigging elections. where else would they come from? lets do away with the winner take all schl. that way, mitt romney would have gotten eight of the states votes and maybe this has something to do with the republicans havent won pennsylvania since the 80s. the birther crowd says this isnt the president shooting a gun. they are really whacko. final...

High five everybody. it makes me so happy. the minute im on citizen radio, i never admitted it on cable, but i didnt vote. i was apathetic. i didnt vote until, i dont know, recently. obama primaries, obama/hillary was the first time i voted. one of the reasons i voted. i wonder if its what happened with the black community, all the candidates were the same. i didnt know about politics and i was lazy. did you know karl rove is rigging elections and trying to make it so you dont vote. i signed up ...

Donations to the c 2012, $20,000. >> he deserves more than that. >> i know. >> hes getting ripped off. >> we have governor brandstad, the one that there was a smear campaign against beef products inc. he expected 15$152,000. so part of the problem, right, is the enormity of the system is so large and it does seem like the incumbents have bought the system a little bit. >> i think you have better people than i to talk about political bribery and rigging elections. lets just look at the chicken st...

Change, but in a strange sense, these forces may have been set in motion by the successes of the regimes in recent years. you see, tunisia and egypt had been reforming their economies. this stimulated growth. tunisia growing at 5% a year and egypt faster than that. it is this revolution of rising expectations that often undoes a dictatorship because it is unable to handle the growing demands of its citizens. in egypt, mubaraks regime moved back politically, rigging elections, jailing the opposit...

Motion by the successes of the tunisian and egyptian regimes in recent years. you see, tunisia and egypt had been reforming their economies and this stimulated growth as a consequence. tunisia had growing at 5% a year and egypt much faster than that. economic growth stirs up expectations. it is this revolution of rising expectations that often undoes a dictatorship because it is usually unable to handle the growing demands of its citizens. in egypt, hosni mubaraks regime moved forward economical...

Misrepresenting something president obama said about rigging elections. quoting president obama the president tweeted, theres no serious person how the there who would suggest somehow you could even rig americas elections, theres no evidence that has happened in the past or that it will happen this time, and so id invite mr. trump to stop whining and make his case to get votes." the second tweet, the president obama quote just before election, he thought crooked hillary was going to win and he d...

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Making it harder, not easier, for people to vote. >> nbcs kristen welker is at the white house. kristen, what has the reaction been to the presidents strong remarks? >> reporter: well, the president, of course, got a good reaction on friday. he was speaking to his base, milissa. the idea is to rally them, to get them to head to the polls in large numbers in november so the democrats can hold on to the senate. and of course, voting rights is a key issue. for democrats, the president using incredi...