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Specific issues kind of under laying some of these things that i think will also drive peoples decisions in terms of not just the overall economic vision, but the overall sort of how do i feel about where each of these candidates stands on the issues that i care about beyond the economy. >> robert, the second topic, which plays into all of this. the republican governors, their potential impact on 2012, because weve seen backlash in states like wisconsin and ohio against the gop governors who hav...

He only has to fill up about once a month. [ woman ] wow. thats amazing. time now for the big three. three topics, three talkers. today were looking at the gathering clouds marking the moofd the country. could republican governors help president obama and swing states strategy. im joined by anne kornblut, white house reporter. robert train. chief of the comcast network and karen finney. msnbc political analyst. hello you three. >> good morning. >> the take away really from the newest poll, ame...

It is a liberal canard to say, i am personally pro life, but government should stay out of that decision. if that is your view, you are not pro life. you are pro having your cake and eating it too. >> im joined now by robert train, washington bureau chief, and david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, good morning. >> robert, give us the lay of the land. how important is the abortion issue to 2012, and for whom? >> im not sure its important for ...

Also with me, robert train, the d.c. bureau. we have candidates raking in the huge amounts of money, much of which comes from the corporations. is there really no candidate that fits the movement? >> well, the problem is to be a legitimate candidate, the fact of the matter is you have to participate in the system as it works now which is raising massive amounts of money, and comparing the report to mitt romney, he is raising not very much money from wall street right now. the president is not. t...

Theres a poll showing 68% of independents have negative opinions of those institutions. >> i think we have seen before occupy wall street we saw the president moving towards a more economic populist message, and i think that, you know, that will benefit him. right now occupy wall street is popular. certainly their policy to the extent that they articulated policy positions, and the focus on income inequality, those are very important parts of the conversation, that quite frankly have been missin...

Enforcement body, in this case, the fbi and now the special counsels office, set up and designed to be as free from the appearance of partisan politics as possible. >> robert train, from the bipartisan policy unit. congressman ted lu, a democratic congressman tweeting this morning, d.a. dear real donald trump, fbi director wray gave over 39,000 exclusively given to -- are you worried about the effects of these kinds of attacks on a nonpartisan institution in washington, d.c. >> yes, because it u...

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