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>> i dont think it will affect the issue of using drone attacks, even though i think everyone from general mcchrystal to others have raised the question of the death of innocents is something thats causing a lot of anger. but of course baitullah massoud, people are say this was not a sophisticated guy and made all sorts of mistakes, is not hugely important if the pakistan taliban is connected to him in any way at all. previously the pakistan taliban just did not operate outside of its borders. i...

The issue of using drone attacks, even though i think everyone from general mcchrystal to others have raised the question of the death of innocents is something thats causing a lot of anger. but of course pbaitullah massou, people are say this was not a sophisticated guy and made all sorts of mistakes, is not hugely important if the pakistan taliban is connected to him in any way at all. previously the pakistan taliban just did not operate outside of its borders. it wanted to basically the afgha...

Possibilities or terror group possibilities with evan kohlmann. but does this suggest that the u.s. has a pakistan problem now? or is it weve had one all along and havent been willing to acknowledge it or which? >> i think weve had a pakistan and afghanistan problem for a long time. we picked one side in whats become a civil war and weve pushed a number of the taliban up into pakistan, and i think pakistan is a very fragile situation. we have attended to approach these problems with 99.999% mili...

Again, more state to state basis here, theyre not going to negotiate with the taliban necessarily, but what does one government do relative to the sort of half government in pakistan? >> i think whats really interesting, which no one has raised, from may 10th to may 14th we have hamid karzai here from afghanistan and what is really lurking behind that summit effort is a try to reach out and begin figuring out a strategy for reconciling and dealing with some of the taliban chiefs in afghanistan. ...

Their borders. so this is the first incident of a, i think, a real element of global jihadism that we may be seeing from how they feel pushed. >> all right. so lets continue to talk on this on a state to state basis because i think we talked about a lot of the terrorist cell possibilities or terror group possibilities with evan kohlmann. but does this suggest that the u.s. has a pakistan problem now? or is it weve had one all along and havent been willing to acknowledge it or which? >> i think w...

Theyre going -- i agree with mike hayden, that theyll try to reach out and hit us more frequently, maybe in more minor ways than we saw on 9/11 but it will be something weve got to deal with. >> and how do we deal with it? again, more state to state basis here, theyre not going to negotiate with the taliban necessarily, but what does one government do relative to the sort of half government in pakistan? >> i think whats really interesting, which no one has raised, from may 10th to may 14th we ha...

Insured is at the state level. weve shown in massachusetts you can deal with this on a state basis. you know your oerch population, and you can fashion an insurance plan that meets the needs of those citizens. thats why i proposed letting each statecraft their own program. >> is it working in massachusetts? >> you know, weve gotten or citizens insured, about 98% and its generally popular in the state. docs sure like it, because theyre not turning people acdue to lack of coverage, but there were ...

Fortune cookies and so forth. but i think that the reason the supreme court, especially large for the left, their preferred legislature. they would rather work through and get 5 justices to put something through that couldnt make it through the democratic system especially on state by state basis and thats why they are so very upset at this. paul: james, our friends on the left are already saying this is going to be the end of abortion rights, the end of gay marriage, but i really do not see tha...

Fortune cookies and so forth. but i think that the reason the supreme court, especially large for the left, their preferred legislature. they would rather work through and get 5 justices to put something through that couldnt make it through the democratic system especially on state by state basis and thats why they are so very upset at this. paul: james, our friends on the left are already saying this is going to be the end of abortion rights, the end of gay marriage, but i really do not see tha...

Those are fundamental disagreements. you can run social security on a state basis way do the states do? are their elderly going to get hungry because they cant get money nationally? congress has the power to text thats all social security is. this will become key in the republican primary. >> sean: dick morris, thank you. >> is the president losing his african-american base as november 2012 draws closer? we check in with tavis smiley. hes here with reaction to that all important question. first,...