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Pressure me. pressure the gop. >> yeah. s.e., i read the tea leaves entirely different. >> that never happens. >> and the battle is won or lost by determining on what playing field the battle will be fought. if obama makes this a national fight rather than leaves it in washington, he has more leverage. this is him using -- >> i thought he had all the leverage he needed. >> he had all the leverage he needed and will make it even more so. >> okay. >> using the bully pulpit and his charisma and his...

The districts are too poor, too liberal, too black. and it steams to eems to me tha inhibited the growth of black -- we have a black president but we dont have many black senators or black governors right now. >> thats absolutely right. i wish we had a little more time to talk about this. you know black politicians cannot get elected as em sary. coming up, s.e. will teach some manners, manners she sometimes brings to the table. choose the d your mom trusted for you. childrens tylenol, the #1 bra...

Have a humanitarian toll on the he people of gaza. its densely populated. when it invades gaza, civilians have the brunt of it. six children died. its a dire humanitarian situation. theres growing concern as it to what the new calculus would bring for the people of gaza for the civilian population here. so far theres no end in sight or truth being brokered, and thats why its safe to say that fear is definitely the reigning sentiment among the people of gaza so far. s.e. >> stay safe. now to th...

Cleanest hands in all of this. we have to see. we obviously have plenty more questions going forward. >> to your point, s.e., it shows his resignation was over the extra-marital affair. >> yeah. >> i want to take a step back here on this whole issue. i mean, i think -- let me start by saying that i think the questions about the security at the consulate in benghazi are legitimate questions that deserve investigation. the thing that republicans have really glomed onto is what susan rice said on f...

Hard-line position against a pretty distinguished diplomat w was a bit premature. ill leave it that. >> senator-elect, its s.e. cupp. im wondering if you can talk about the way you view your upcoming role in the senate. do you think that mainerds elected you to represent a new kind of compromise and coming together? whats your sense of what your job is in d.c. now? >> theres no question that it was the latter. as i campaigned throughout the state over eight months, the number one issue that i en...

I just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and its so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. im krystal ball and youre in "the cycle." were seeing a new hot spot in the middle east today featuring a familiar cast of characters. >> im steve kornacki. we know what romnmitt romney har breakfast yesterday. sour grapes....

President of the united states who is commander in chief. who so far, in my view, has not exercised those responsibilities and also not informed the american people of the facts. >> s.e., senator mccain went on to say yesterday there was either gross incompetence here or, in fact, a white house cover-up. >> yeah. >> what do you think -- and weve asked senator mccain this directly -- what do you think he and others suspect in the matter? >> well, a couple things. i think its a little bizarre. the...

Suicide mission for 30 to 40 republicans. and thats boehners problem right now. hes got to find those guys, or the white house has got to help him with a way out. >> chuck, its s.e. you heard obama, president obama, yesterday at his press conference talk about the mandate to raise taxes. he basically said that this is what people voted for, and more pem wa people wanted this than voted for me. do you expect that to be the new party mantra, this sort of you asked for it, as opposed to, were doing...

A majority support for a couple of years. >> yeah. >> reporter: ever since this conversation has started. i think its really on the specific topic. you know, s.e., if you really wanted to get in that exit poll, it also had more people say theyd like to see changes. i think youre going to see some picking and choosing when the president cites where the national electorate was, because it was stunning, right? you had on one hand a 60% saying theyd like to see taxes go up on at least some or all fo...

Toward starbucks or dunkin donuts? >> you know, s.e. thats a great point, but at the same time, its a little bit of a misinterpretation. what im not arguing is if you love to spend $100 on 3 ounces of cheese youre a liberal democrat and if you love to pay $7.39 for a heaping plate of chicken and dumplings youre a republican. but if you live in a neighborhood in a county or a precinct where that brand of fresh and natural and organic has taken off over the course of the last 10 to 20 years you li...