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Points in 08 and bad economic numbers and gop obstruction impeding progress. so obama arrived on the national scene as an extraordinary politician and now seems a much more ordinary politician and still victory is very much within reach. i think a more ordinary plak politician succeeding in this climate signals progress even more than the success of one who seemed as if he could walk on water. >> i think thats really true and i think thats true also about the idea of the american dream. to me th...

Primetime speaking slot this wednesday at the convention, but any buzz over the boost president clinton can give the convention is matched by what i think are rid outside stories right now about the relationship with these two men and the foe dra drama. whether the former commander in chief is free lance in front of our political panel. steve kornacki. the idea that the obama campaign and frankly bill clinton would be off message on wednesday night with each other seems to be really naive. its i...

That happened was the audience did not laugh. it was not received as a joke. martin, the audience cheered. next time you play that tape, notice theres no laughter. the audience cheers it. they think its a serious and important point that romney just made about his birth certificate and, by inference, the presidents birth certificate. >> if i might move on one of the other speakers tonight, rick santorum, who youll remember from the campaign, offered a number of comments, including that he didnt ...

Out, that creates a solidarity with mitt romney who is a victim of the great political correctness machine. >> do you think that is also motivated the welfare attacks? we have five ads on welfare in two and a half weeks when essentially accused president obama on a totally nonfactual basis of being the president of lazy welfare recipients who dont want to work but want your money? >> the hilarious moment is im going to take the bait. because im now sitting on the "rachel maddow show" show being ...

>> so will you see bill clinton and one of the most interesting things from our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll is that you guys would point out that romney wasnt running up the margins with the working class white vote. is this the obama campaign strategy to go after those folks? put bubba, himself, front and center? >> i think so. its also a way to actually play a little defense. over the past few weeks, the romney campaign has been running a tv ad, hitting president obama on welfare refor...

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To the magic number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination. just a few hours from now, we hear will from mr. romneys wife, ann, who will talk about him as husband and father. then new jersey governor chris christie will give the keynote speech and what we are told will be a tough speechmaking the cause for romneys policies. but tonight, other you a peels. nbcs first read reports that in just a few minutes, rick santorum is expected to make a welfare -- central part of his primetime speech ...

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