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That number is a big reason. were continuing to see tax debates happen. to be completely fair, some of the breaks are due to charitable donations, also due to health-care related tax breaks for employers. this is an issue were going to continue to see play out. i think the biggest takeawaying middle income americans get the least amount of tax breaks from our current tax code. thats a big issue. >> sure is. tell us about this new smoking ban that starbucks is pushing. goes into effect, what, tod...

Together any of the base he can. >> can he turn it around in 90 days? >> going to be very tough. your earlier segment on the tax returns, i mean, you take his tax returns, you take his tax plan. you know, hes going to maybe get a bounce out of the convention, although thats not assured. its not going to deal with his underlying problems. right now, he looks like a guy who is not only sort of out of touch with people, but in many ways out of his depth. he cant handle this process. >> bob shrum, a...

Election. >> can he turn it around in 90 days? >> going to be very tough. you know, i mean your earlier segment on those tax returns, i mean, you take his tax returns, you take his tax plan. you know, hes going to maybe get a bounce out of the convention, although tts not assured. but its not going to deal with his underlying problems. right now, he looks like a guy who is not only sort of out of touch with people, but in many ways out of his depth. he just cant handle this process. >> bob shrum...

Feel better about the economy, his partys in a pretty good position to win a lot of seats. >> bigger picture beyond the tax debates. you had secretary geithner saying were on a path towards growth, and yet look at the battering the president is getting over the fact that there are not jobs and hes out there saying, look, we have to show more progress faster. this is a big problem for democrats. >> its a big problem for democrats because nothing is go to happen to really improve the jobs picture ...

Fiscal stimulus and one of the reasons that the u.s. growth projections were pretty optimistic is because everyone thought that trump would push fiscal stimulus. if were just getting tax cuts and were not getting an infrastructure plan and things that are going to grow main street then i dont know how well get to 3%, let alone 4% which clearly is off the table. >> kind of, bottom line as youve watched tax debates, every congress, if this -- if this isnt paid for, are republicans going to be able...

Campaign machine weve ever seen and tops president clinton arguably the best before in campaign history. and they have the e-mails and social media things they do, they-- a lot of that is about information gathering, theyre able to get the names of people and access them directly, essentially going around you and me and the press to tell these people exactly what they want them to hear and we saw in the tax debates and a couple of the debates offer the last couple of years, it president obama ha...

Infamously put it. >> we gave people all they need to know about our financial situation and how we live our life. >> the obvious contrast between the father and the son the transparency that was for the time, groundbreaking. the obama campaign, understandably, delights in drawing in this contrast in the character of mitt romney. what are we to ask, is he hiding. mitt romney is willing to pay the political price of continuing to stonewall. but whats most fascinating about this episode to me isnt...

Great job after the election on the tax debates. many of the democrats felt that he should not have given away the decrease in taxes for the wealthy in exchange for the extension of unemployment benefits. it made the president look like a strong leader, so politically it was a winner. but i can see why the democrats are gun shy. >> governor howard dean, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. coming up, grover norquist exposes a technicality in his anti-tax pledge. but well e...

Great job after the election on the tax debates. many of the democrats felt that he should not have given away the decrease in taxes for the wealthy in exchange for the extension of unemployment benefits. it made the president look like a strong leader, so politically it was a winner. but i can see why the democrats are gun shy. >> governor howard dean, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. coming up, grover norquist exposes a technicality in his anti-tax pledge. but well e...