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United states senate. thats the internet sales tax. i fundamentally believe either youre on the side that government has plenty of money and we need to have people keep more of their own money or looking for ways to tax people more. the internet sales tax is a way to tax people more. as a wyoming senator i would fight to help people in wyoming keep money in their own pockets. >> some of your conservative critics say you have flipped positions on some issues to try to attract wyoming voters that ...

Individual insurance, about 2% to 3% of americans will have to buy up. these are people with plans which, for example, say if you go to the hospital, pay $500 a day and you pay the rest. thats not real insurance. were asking them to buy up. i think thats a good request. >> what about some states? lets look at kentucky, for example. setting up their own health care exchanges, finding much greater success. does the success of this federal program hinge on getting more support from the states? >> i...

Reagan and holding hands. i cant see boehner -- >> can you imagine boehner kissing president obama on the forehead? >> but theres this cooties idea. i was ten feet from him and already felt sick like an 8-year-old. i said, i cant stand looking at you. >> doesnt that feel racialized? >> that part is. was then theres the state issue. when tip went over and represented reagan to gorbachev the first time and said, we dont disagree on everything and hes our leader. that sense of, when in doubt, back ...

>> thats right. and i disagree with that strategy. he believes that once this is in operation, people are going to like it. and i think hes right in the long run but in the short run, hes getting pummeled daily by something that lbj didnt have in the medicare days, that is cable tv, the internet, all these other media. there are anti-obama campaigns going on like the anti-obama presidential campaign and hes not really speaking up, and this is a state issue. let me just say quickly. in states tha...

And has been doing that including a number of people who are not allowed to drive. >> it is a state issue. i know a lot of the disability groups want to say you cant take aware their rights because theyre blind. its a complicated issue. >> theyre blind. these people are blind. stevie wonder says im allowed to go and buy guns. can you imagine me with a gun? its utterly ridiculous. >> you want to get your gun. a farmer wants to keep people killing from each other. we have people in iowa who are bl...

>> as it has in the united states while gun ownership the is through the roof. >> iowa wants to give gun permits to legally blind people and has been doing that including a number of people who are not allowed to drive. >> it is a state issue. i know a lot of the disability groups want to say you cant take aware their rights because theyre blind. its a complicated issue. >> theyre blind. these people are blind. stevie wonder says im allowed to go and buy guns. can you imagine me with a gun? its ...

This for fellow americans. yet your position is to take that away. >> as a christian i believe in submitting to lawful authority. taking care of public health and public safety and general social welfare is a state issue. >> is this hypocritical? >> i mean no disrespect to ken when i say if jesus came back today, it would be difficult to hear his message of love and tolerance over the scream of conservative christians calling him a socialist. what could be more christian than sending 45,000 peop...

Also, republican joe miller of alaska last seen, by me, anyway, trying to explain as we tumbled down a series of escalators in anchorage trying to explain gay marriage is a state issue which is why he supports a federal amendment against it. yeah, joe miller, that guy, also says he is going to run for senate again from alaska. because, hey why not? in 2010, there were those three amazie ining characters. there was also sharron angle who said her supporters would turn to second amendment remedies...

2010 was a very fun year to have a job that involved explaining things in american politics. all hail the news gods, all of a sudden it kind of looks like some of the best parts of 2010 are coming back. republican christine odonnell of delaware says i still am not a witch, but she says she is thinking of running for senate again. despite how things turned out for her in 2010. woohoo. republican ken buck of colorado, the guy who said voters should pick him because he doesnt wear high heels, yeah,...

Regularly since 1999. >> he should be thinking about bigger things. number one, i think this is state issue. states should watch over this. six flags has no incentive to have people dying at their amusement parks. >> charles: with the bp oil spill, a lot of people think the public want to pay fines and lose all their customers. >> it is in the best interests of the parks and they know that to keep the rides and keep the people who visit these parks safe. 33 of the states have agencies that overs...