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Early voting cuts. the judge did the right thing restoring the last three days of early voting but it doesnt solve all of the problems that weve pointed to in our lawsuit. they got rid of the same day voting registration and got rid of all evenings during the early voting period, right? and all other sundays other than the sunday before election day. even though state statute requires early voting to be possible on those days. secretary of state husted is not finished yet. were not finished with...

The first two in new york and washington. vice president biden, the first lady, bill clinton, people are more popular and out much more. bill clinton has along schedule. joe biden says he has 120 invitations. some in cases they are getting around it by having as mrs. obama did in 2012, they are having her work on voting registration. that is way to excite the grassroots without having to appear with the candidate. >> robert gibbs, you look at these national polls. the president will be in like 4...

Means theyre both texans. under the 12th amendment, when texas electors would meet to cast the states electoral votes for president and vice president, they would be barred by the 12th amendment of the constitution from casting those votes for both george bush and dick cheney. they could vote for one or the other of them but could not vote for both of them. if it turned out to be a close election in 2000, that might matter. how do deal with this problem? dick cheney decided to move. technically,...

Ways. but dick cheney dont care. he picked himself. thats what hes like. but that 12th amendment was going to be a problem, right? because george bush lived in texas, obviously. he was governor. and dick cheney also obviously lived in texas. he lived in dallas and ran halliburton from there that. means theyre both texans. under the 12th amendment, when texas electors would meet to cast the states electoral votes for president and vice president, they would be barred by the 12th amendment of the ...

Another and that -- and it shouldnt matter what party youre in and shouldnt matter what state youre in. thats why whatever happens with this presidential commission which is just going to be making recommendations to local and state officials, theres really no substitute, i think, for a minimal standard for early voting registration and things like that. >> lets get back to what is sneaky and looks sneaky. im not a baseball expert but every time they start playing around with the strike zone, to...

Ever since. >> e.j. dionne, thank you so much for your time. have a nice great weekend. >> and great to be with you. thank you. coming up, karl rove finally has the answer. he knows exactly why he blew through $300 million for his billionaire buddies. youve got to hear this. and scott walkers so concerned about retirees that he want to get rid of same-day voting registration. i wonder what they think. he wont like the response. thats next. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year.

Officials are intentionally purging voters with these lists. not so say election officials. louisiana secretary of state tom shedler says the accurate voter list assures elections by having accurate voting list. >> i put voting at the utmost paramount of our legal rights but you can see in business everyone does some type of file maintenance or business list maintenance and i dont see any difference in the voting registration. i think the most important thing out of everything im saying is this....

Vote has been restricted since the 2010 election. restricting voter registration drive. disenfranchising ex-felons. theres different rationales. for voting registration its a.c.o.r.n. for early voting its too expensive. voter i.d. it costs too much money. you have the voter fraud. and ex-felons they dont deserve to vote. even though they paid their debt to society they shouldnt be back in the political process. if you look at all these different restrictions together what you see is a trend and ...

Idea. >> as we come pullry voting. its not voting id require them to do but show up at the polls like youre required to show up at the courthouse if you get a summons. you can cast a blank ballot. you dont have to vote for any particular candidate. i dont think its the kind of thing you have to enforce with like youre going to jail. australia has mandatory voting. they get 94 to 96 participation. the biggest benefit. think about our politics right now and how much emphasis is placed on targeted ...

Hi there. im tamron hall. coming up in just 15 minutes on "news nation," is it fair game in ariane fla huffington joins those critical of the presidents re-election campaign to use the take-down of bin laden in a campaign ad. >> to turn it into a campaign ad is one of the most despicable things you can do. >> but robert gibbs says mitt romney and others would have attacked the president if the mission had. gone poorly. plus, at the top of the next hour from the ashes to becoming the tallest skys...