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This a while. im 43. in washington. my dad has relationships with world leaders. hes respected internationally, here, in congress, on both sides of the aisle. one of his closest allies who he didnt agree with much, jesse helms. strom thurmond. so, this is a man who has 40 years of experience building relationships and you see the attacks now. >> it has been a concerted effort to really -- seemeded like they singled him out. >> because hes scoring points. they know hes one of the best communicato...

And actually may be more aligned with the republican party on that issue. >> well, now, in truth, 98% of american women report that they have used some form of birth control during the course of their lives, right? megyn: no one is against birth control, its just a question of who is going to pay for it. >> fair enough, fair enough. but i think lets talk just for a moment about the undecided women voters. all im saying is this. that in a time where mitt has just got to be scoring points, scoring...

the next contests. >> we will compete everywhere. we will compete everywhere. the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure -- to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama who can take him on on every issue. >> all right. lets take a closer look at the numbers in both states. you can see how tight this race was. it took awhile at cnn ...

achieved. and were doing it because ideas matter. being able to make a principle case matters. the reagan tradition of visionary conservatism was based on proverbs and the deep believe that without vision people perish. and i believe we need a visionary leader who is prepared to talk about a dramatically better future with dramatically more jobs, more energy, and a safer and stronger america. thats the key to winning this fall. not all this petty baloney, but the really big choices. an...

And a sense of injustice prevails over this country in the tea party, in the occupation, it really prevailed over the support for president obama in his election. and yet we have not seen that justice rendered. and now were looking at the man who weve been seeing for years now as the sheriff of our country. interested in your thoughts, both in this, mike, and also, again, the republicans decision to target him for this and not the banks. >> whats funny about it, it comes down again to the respon...

>> that makes no sense. in fact every member of the senate ive had conversations with over a long period of time, the last several months, have been interested in resolving the issue. i dont think anyone is looking for a fight. were looking for a resolution. i think too often this issue about government spending is portrayed as a philosophical or political issue in which republicans dont want to grow government, democrats want to spend more. the reality is these decisions have huge consequences ...

Institution so that our democracy can actually withstand the tests that were facing right now? >> let me just make a couple observations. having served in the senate and now seeing it from the perspective of the white house. i think the senate, in particular, the challenge that i gave to republicans, and i will continue to issue to republicans, is if you want to govern, then you cant just say no. it cant just be about scoring points. >> with word tonight that republican senator-elect scott brown...

Democracy can actually withstand the tests that were facing right now? >> let me just make a couple observati observations. having served in the senate and now seeing it from the perspective of the white house. i think the senate in particular, the challenge that i gave to republicans, and i will continue to issue to republicans, is if you want to govern, then you cant just say no. it cant just be about scoring points. >> with word tonight that republican senator-elect scott brown could be seate...

Is an institution that increasingly has not adapted to the demands of a hugely competitive 21st century economy. i think the senate in particular, the challenge that i gave to republicans and i will continue to issue to republicans is if you want to govern, then you cant just say no. it cant just be about scoring points. there are multiple examples during the course of this year in which thats been the case. look, i mentioned the filibuster record. weve had scores of pieces of legislation in whi...

Hate congress but individual members, a will the of them, feel they are working hard on their behalf. so the problem here youve got is an institution that increasingly is not adapted to the demands of a hugely competitive 21st century economy. i think the senate in particular, the challenge that i gave to republicans, and i will continue to issue to republicans, is if you want to govern, then you cant just say no. it cant just be about scoring points. there are multiple examples during the cours...