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Which tells me that conservatives jumped on the third rail of politics, entitlement reform, medicare reform, and will live to tell the tale even if they win florida, even if they lose the election, it doesnt matter, that didnt cost them. so going forward, continue to attack the safety net because its not a loser. i thought it was a loser. when they first brought in paul ryan and started to make that attack, and its not. and it it tetells me this will more of an issue going forward. >> of all the...

Identify how to restore service as quickly as we can. >> just to give people who may not even live in new york, but to give them a sense of just how bad this is because we had heard it from the mta chairman the other day, when he talked about the effects of saltwater on a 108-year-old subway system, how bad could it be? >> well, theres lots of components of our infrastructure that are very vulnerable to corrosion and saltwater, just the rails themselves, the third rail, which is the -- what we u...

Along dune road, back in the hamptons, flood over this and into this bay. next map, you can see where the previous map, thecy areas are on the long island sound, and the long tiled sound is right here. and this storm is movi this, right? so this water is going to come into the long island sound and push it to an area that is narrow which will create flooding here, so all of this is flooded, all of this, all of this, all of this, and most importantly here, where the fear is that the new york city...

Second of all, he has not presented a plan. but third of all, there is no track record for anyone to stay, i believe that. the advantage that president obama has is to say, this is what i believe, this is what i tried to do. they stopped me. had i been able to do this, wed be at this level. and i came out of the middle class and the working poor. mr. romney can only refer to one thing that remotely shows compassion, and thats the thing he wont touch like a third rail, and thats romney care. beca...

Somebody with too many beers react to all of this? the bolt tom line is the amount of money the nfl brings in. the tv deals and merchandise. it goes on and on and on. why did it get to this point over what seemed like a reachable agreement all along? >> this could have been settled for the price of a 30-second super bowl ad. >> what happened? >> what happened is simply. this is by ideology and not about economy. there have been four lockouts in the last year. two in the nfl, the nba and now nhl ...

But thats what he does. right after the interview where did he go? went to virginia, where some of the cuts, if they take place -- people seem to have amnesia about the whole point sequester was. it was the fourth conversation, fourth new negotiations. nobody wants to sequester. the whole point was pick something that each party thought was something that a third rail in their -- in their conferences so that they would force them to have a new conversation, so the whole re-imaging of the sequest...

State politics. i hate to say it. but thats what he does. right after the interview where did he go? went to virginia, where some of the cuts, if they take place -- people seem to have amnesia about the whole point sequester was. it was the fourth conversation, fourth new negotiations. nobody wants to sequester. the whole point was pick something that each party thought was something that a third rail in their -- in their conferences so that they would force them to have a new conversation, so t...

I think it was a mistake for republicans to go along with it. >> and here is from the national review last july, romneys running mate, paul ryan, defending his vote yes for that sequestration deal. he said i support this reasonable, responsible effort to cut government spending, avoid a default and help create a better environment for job creation. chuck, what does this say that there is this open disagreement? >> well, this is about, i think romneys playing battleground state politics. i hate t...

Pupil spending between poor districts and poor neighborhoods and schools in affluent neighborhoods. it can be as high as 2-1. in other words, affluent suburbs may spend outside chicago twice as much per pupil as the downtown chicago schools will spend. what that means is that the suburbs attract the best teachers, they have the nicest facilities, and were dooming poor children to the least qualified teachers and the shabbiest facilities in the country. unfortunately thats been kind of a third ra...

The question is, did barack obama fulfill his promise and get this country moving in the right direction? the answer is obviously no. he hasnt led. he doesnt even have a proposal to reform entitlements to speak of. and so leaders lead and theyre responsible for casting a vision and delivering results. he hasnt done it. thats the bottom line. >> going forward, in this campaign, youve got basically a tied race. nine or ten battleground states. a ton of money by both sides being, you know, thrown a...