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Liability reform, put legislation forward to buy insurance across state lines, expand health savings accounts, allow access for patients with pre-existing conditions, and make sure there is a permanent -- permanently prohibit taxpayer funding of abortion. youve done the medical liability reform and the abortion deal, but youre only about two out of five there. how come there has been nothing to allow insurance to be bought across state lines, allow for those folks with prekisti pre-e conditions ...

Crack down on chinese currency manipulation. speaker boehner and eric cantor refused to allow that legislation to the floor. how does mitt romney say he will crack down on chinese currency manipulation where house republicans very much like yourself will not move on it? >> well, luke, you know, you dont have to be from buffalo to understand there is what you can do publicly, and keep the pressure on in terms of negotiations that are going on behind the scenes, between our two governments. you ha...

You scratch past the surface there is nothing there. so thats problem number one. problem number two is it is a little bit tone deaf to go into, you know, an audience like the naacp and almost be on the offensive when youre talking about the president. >> too much on the offensive or should he -- >> hes not supposed to make the case against the guy hes trying to deprive of office? hes running against mr. -- >> thats part of the romney problem. he hasnt made his case. hes good at attacking the pr...

Jobs and if jobs is the priority, then were going to have to replace obama care. >> well, that wasnt the clip we were talking about, but he was, in fact, talking about how his financial statements that says we, of course, released all the financial statements that are required by law in years of tax return. tax information is there. other financial disclosure is there. the same information level that john mccain and john kerry for that matter released when they were running for president. we wen...

How does that play for you in november? is this going to be a problem for house democrats trying to win back the 25 seats that america now believes health care reform is a tax hike? >> well, it is not a tax hike. it is really important to realize that less than 1% of americans are going to be paying this penalty for not carrying health insurance. lets remember that three people an hour die in this country because they cant access health care. 26,000 a year. what this law is going to do is make s...

Released, and at the same time, there have been reports to nbc news through sources, people who are close to jackson, who say there is some division among those close to him about what is really going on here. a mood disorder is a specific kind of disis theyagnosis they talking about and also the overall stress hes under, suggesting drinking may be a problem as well, clinical depression. those things are talked about. the congressmans office gives it that term, mood disorder. that could be a num...

Rebuke from congress we have never seen. criminal con step for concealing documents in an operation that ended in the death of american law enforcement officials. i wouldnt be talking about open government and transparency. romney problem is not just he doesnt know how to deliver a message or not charismatic. i think the way to put it, he simply hasnt been ide log call enough. this is a center right country. two years ago threw out the democrat or any leadership of any charismatic speeches or ob...

Ks. romney may not have gotten a blank check from his dad, but its arguable he inherited something more valuable. a name that opened up doors and spared him the trouble of searching for the the door in the first place. thats the romney problem. our country has elected rich men before. president bush and president kennedy. but its worth noting that president bush avoided the disconnect label. kennedy and his family came across wealthy who were interested in helping those who werent at their level...

Conservative because they cant carry that argument. its -- >> they are calling him a crook? >> they are calling him a crook and they cleverly cut in the fact he had the ethics violation and left congress with fannie and freddie which really werent related at all but they make it look that way. that can cut down here. dont you think, chuck? >> it can because of the foreclosure and all that thing but it doesnt deal with the romney problem. thats the issue. hes got a message problem. >> weve got to...

Republican party? >> as i said, he has the advantage as a general election candidate of appealing to the center but thats why hes in difficulty with the evangelical vote and conservative vote. what he did to newt gingerich is pretty bad as an image. not only was he negative but disowns responsibility for the commercials his super pac paid for. he should have stepped up and said of course these are my people and this is part of the campaign. so its part of the romney problem -- i happen to like t...