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Nevada, and luke mecir, from indiana. you both are fresh persons. >> baptism by fire, right? >> what a crazy way to start. let me start with you. we are already off to the same kind of thing. i hear from a lot of conservatives this president, you know, he never reaches out, hes a dictator, a tie rant. let me throw some facts and you tell me why many awrong. i dont see it that way at all. he has reached out. i remember when he got inaugurated, republicans met -- this is before the tea party befor...

The nra with their se lashsness, but your thoughts? >> i do like the ad. and i think its pointing to the fact that wayne lapierre has become more extreme. and i really do think that in order to scratch the itch of the most paranoid people who are invested in the idea that this president is illegitimate or somehow much more of a statist and much more of a tret and much more of a tie rant, in rand pauls words, theyre sort of trying to team up and channel that resentment against him and that notion...

And in libya, the death of moammar gadhafi showed that our role in protecting the libyan people and helping them break free from a tie rant was the right thing to do. >> is this a big moment for him? and does it last? >> its a big moment. whether it lasts is another question. i dont think hes vulnerable on libya. because that could dissolve into tribal warfare, civil war, weve seen human rights abuses already. so theres no civil society. theres no justice system. but, they -- its very hard to bl...

moammar gadhafis grip on libya appears to be ending. rebels say they control 80% of the libyan capital today, pockets of gadhafi fighters are holding out. they still control this hotel thats home base for foreign journalists. gadhafis whereabouts are unknown. his loyalists continue to defend his compound. rebels keep rolling with no major resistance. they pour into the street to celebrate after they have taken much of tripoli. >> we were outside the windows screaming. everyone realized...

Change by assisting the rebels and providing cover for them as they advance. i mean, we have to understand whats really going on, and what is mystifying to me is this. you call, i dont have any brief for gadhafi, but you call his government illegitimate. in 2003, he was involved in dealings with the imf, world bank, had a broad privatization scheme visited on libya which resulted in about 20% unemployment in rbz, which is one of the reasons you have arrested population. theres some contradiction...

And providing cover for them as they advance. whats really going on, and what is mystifying to me is this. you call, i dont have any brief for gadhafi, bme iime. 23,e s voedn dealings with the imf, world bank, had a broad privatization scheme visited on libya which resulted in about 20% unemployment in rbz, which is one of the reasons you have arrested population. theres some contradictions that havent been talked about. >> congressman, what was the alternative facing the president. >> i was goi...

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Can republicans continue to hit obama on fail to lead? >> its funny, reverend al, because for the first year or so, they were saying that president obama was a dictator, a tie rant that was ramming through all the these reforms in an undemocratic way. this sort of pivoted now to the president is a weak leader. i think the president has finally tan things in the direction of putting legislation out there that he knows the republicans are going to object to, forcing them to knock it down. its goin...