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>> john, i think the two donalds are using the same hairdresser there. did you catch that? a shot of our buddy, imus. just kidding! let me ask you, mark, youre the top guy around here in terms of understanding this thing. is he going to be a factor, as we go further in this process? is trump going to come in here, possibly as a third party guy. say if romney wins the nomination, a moderate republican, a mainstream republican, rather than newt, is there an opening for trump to go third party? ser...

Those blue dogs in rural states. so i think that overall, this is an issue that plays for the gun lobby. its going to play for perry. and like i said, watch it. i think this could be a sleeper issue. were not talking about it on the national level right now. but as we get closer to voting day in primary states, were going to hear a lot more about it. >> michael isikoff, thank you. walmart is doing something that should make shoppers very happy. and theyre not the only ones. details, next. ♪ ...

Gravy, perhaps, but also very this shrewd politics. this could be a sleeper issue in a lot of very key gop primary states. if theres any constituency in -- among republican primary voters, that is passionate, that is committed and publicly involved, its the gun lobby. rick perry has a longstanding relationship with the gun lobby, support from the nra. he got over half a million dollars from the nra. he sent a video in which he said that in his view gun control is hitting what youre aiming at and...

Downfall in the national polls as well as in the state polls for you. >> your assessment is completely inaccurate and not correct at all. his mormon religion. a texas pastor introducing rick perry called mormonism a cult. >> rick per se a christian. hes an evangelical christian, a follower of jesus christ. mitt romney is a good, moral person, but hes not a christian. it has always been considered a cult by the mainstream of christianity and its the difference between a christian or a non-chris...

Their pregnancies monitored by the federal government so that the government can ensure they are forced to give birth to the child that is the product of rape or incest. this is a position that was beyond the pale even in fringe anti-abortion politics not many years ago. the idea of exceptions for rape, incest and the life and health of the mother has been the bright line for even strongly anti-abortion candidates for a very long time. apparently those days are over. nobodys really talking about...

Rape or incest. this is a position that was beyond the pale even in fringe anti-abortion politics not many years ago. the idea of exceptions for rape, incest and the life and health of the mother has been the bright line for even strongly anti-abortion candidates for a very long time. apparently those days are over. nobodys really talking about it, but you this years crop of republicans believe that women should be forced to bear rapists children. when i called this a sleeper issue, what i meant...

>> let me ask you also about afghanistan. afghanistan obviously thrusts back into the headlines because of the mick cycchrystal scandal. is afghanistan likely to remain a policy issue? or could it become a politics issue? could it be a sleeper issue in this election? >> i think it will be a sleeper issue only if it erupts. i think otherwise it will be kind of as mcchrystal said, a bleeding ulcer. sort of low level fever. but if, look, if things go south badly and the status quo doesnt hold, then...

But sadly. >> let me ask you also about afghanistan. afghanistan obviously thrusts back into the headlines because of the mcchrystal scandal. is afghanistan likely to remain cap a policy issue? or could it become a politics issue? could it be a sleeper issue in this election? >> i think it will be a sleeper issue only if it erupts. i think otherwise it will be kind of as mcchrystal said, a bleeding ulcer. sort of low level fever. but if, look, if things go south badly and the status quo doesnt h...

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Is concerning many of the democrats on the committee. >> there was a theory floating around that it was put out today just in case a truly unpredictable president wakes up in the morning and feels like throwing the switch on executive privilege. >> i dont think he can do that with the former. but the sleeper issue is that the president could exert executive privilege with regard to the other individuals in the comey firing. and this is where it may go to the courts. because if the president trie...