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>> look, chris, ive always thought it was going to be very difficult to make this work. because the argument is -- there are issues on which federalism is a justifiable issue. to argue. where you say you want state experimentation. but in this case if your argument is that an individual mandate constitutes european-style socialism, you cant say that its european-style socialism, its good in one state and its bad in another state. either youre against european-style socialism or youre for it. and...

The chamber of commerce, not natural allies on many issues, and also had a very conservative court, going against the chamber of commerce in favor of state authority here. what i think this really is going to do is it ups the ante. now the court has said theres not a total preemption of states and so the next obvious question is, how far does this go? there are two cases still that are going to come before the court on a petition that could give us more of an indication even before 1070 of how t...

and welcome to "american morning." it is friday, may 27th. the beginning of a long holiday weekend for many in this country. >> thats right. hopefully the beginning of some nice, calm, summer weather which we have not seen. >> we havent seen. its not going to be a great weekend for those in joplin, missouri. the search for the missing there continues. the state officials are releasing a list of 232 people who are still unaccounted for, a list they concede may not be entirely accurate. ...

Federalism argument saying, well, it is okay at the state level to have a state experimentation or state experiment with this, but not okayt the national level. because hes had such problems with shifting positions of social issues in the past, he couldnt renounce it because then he would underscore the character issue about mitt romney not being able to stick with the position, so he said, im not going to apologize, not going to say it was a mistake, but it was only okay at the state level. tha...

Difference about the role of government in ordering peoples lives that hes going to have to now defend. and republicans are going to say, well, youre defending president obamas plan. jon: well, he wrote you a pretty blistering letter, you guys published it in todays journal. while i have had my disagreements with the editorial board -- that would include you, paul -- where we find common need is to repeal obamacare and replace it with reforms that empower states to craft their own solutions. i m...

Do in 1996, which is to push the dignity of work and to try to get people into work. >> john, i have to ask you, what does former president clinton make of the romney campaigns attempts to sort of tie mitt romney to bill clintons legacy? i mean, does he find that as outrageous as a lot of us do? >> well, you know, look, i think anytime that somebody wants to try to put on new democrat clothes, thats probably okay with him. but as long as they -- as long as theyre dealing in reality. and i think ...

So it does what i think president clinton wanted it to do in 1996, which is to push the dignity of work and to try to get people into work. >> john, i have to ask you, what does former president clinton make of the romney campaigns attempts to sort of tie mitt romney to bill clintons legacy? i mean, does he find that as outrageous as a lot of us do? >> well, you know, look, i think anytime that somebody wants to try to put on new democrat clothes, thats probably okay with him. but as long as the...