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>> can i also add, chris -- >> yeah, i know. this afternoon senator mcconnell -- we have to get his point of view here. >> right. >> i know thats politics. he talked about that -- also stuck strictly to his talking points. in other words, a reporter asked him a question. he ignored the question. heres his spiel. >> right. >> as you know last month my wifes ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in kentucky and then apparently they also bugged my headquarters. so i think that pretty well sum...

Were still waiting for him to respond to the substance of the story. a day before the story was most posted we contacted his campaign office and senate office to put questions to them and get responses and we never heard a peep from either office. and hes trying to make it about watergate without talks about what actually happened. >> indeed. well, to that point, he did not respond to the actual contents of the tapes but heres what he said just a short time ago. >> as you know, last month my wif...

Hours in the re-election efforts of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. first he decided the presidents moving speech on gun control to the sandy hook community monday was the perfect moment to announce his support for a gun control filibuster. then today moments after majority leader harry reid spoke movingly about gun control and his own fathers suicide, mcconnell took to the floor to praise the louisville cardinals, margaret thatcher and left just enough time to batch the presidents bud...

Julieiard. which political stories will make headlines in the next 24 hours? we want to bring people into this flap over what mitch mcconnell did or did not do at a strategy session when he and his staff thought ashley judd might have been challenging him. she decided not to run. but this race is getting nasty. theres an audio tape and they were going after her vaguely on personal stuff. >> fascinating. >> mcconnell has asked the fbi to find out, how did that audio tape get into play? he is no...

Louisiana. our national political correspondent jim acosta spoke with senator landrieu earlier today. >> no. i have very personal views about same sex marriage. i believe people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry. like other people said, my views have evolved thon but my state has a very strong constitutional amendment against gay marriage and i think i have to honor that. >> lets get back to our strategy session. our cnn contributors still with us, donna brazille and ann...

Lets get back to that rare apology from the president of the united states today and the uproar over his comments -- comments he made about the california attorney generals good looks. joining us now to talk a little bit more about that and other subjects in our strategy session two cnn contributors. the democratic strategist donna brazile and the republican strategist anna navarro. what do you make of all this, anna? >> i think he did the right thing by apologizing. whether he offended kamala h...

Most or all cases. >> this gives the rnc a chance to reassure social conservatives even though the winds are blowing against them on gay marriage, on abortion the republican party is in the fight for the long run. >> one more thing here. i spoke with the rnc about this and they say this is not a party issue. its not a republican base issue. its a human issue and they say anyone who heard this testimony would find it, quote, repugnant. but the official i spoke with also said that when conservativ...

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One learns after all that life doesnt stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. >> lets discuss what is going on in our strategy session. once again joining us our cnn contributor, the democratic strategist hillary rosen and also gary marks the executive director of the faith and freedom coalition joining us from atlanta. can he regroup? what does he need if you were giving him damage control advice? >> i think general petraeus has already apologized. i feel if he felt the need to apologi...