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May 29, 2012
as the gop nominee to be hoping to win back a state that went for president obama in 2008. and hes hoping hispanics will help him out. our colleague on that story in-depth for us in denver. i mentioned 2008. two thirds of the hispanic vote nationwide went to the democratic ticket but the vote in colorado was closer. does romney see an opening and could that spell a difference, do you think? >> oh, he definitely seeing an opening. both kand date candidates do. 12% to 14% of the overall ...
May 27, 2012
Jumble print journalist. read mike royko. he would pick up tips at bars from sources and things and then go on and write about it. walter cronkite was a great journalist. was he is a liberal? absolutely. nobody was in doubt about that. journalistic ethics, something else. >> what does this do to his legacy? >> i dont know what it does to his legacy but do i agree with cal. >> what? >> shes coming my way. >> in the olden days there was a bar at the press secretarys office at the white house and a...
May 26, 2012
Jumble print journalist. read mike royko. he would pick up tips at bars from sources and things and then go on and write about it. walter cronkite was a great journalist. was he is a liberal? absolutely. nobody was in doubt about that. journalistic ethics, something else. >> what does this do to his legacy? >> i dont know what it does to his legacy but do i agree with cal. >> what? >> shes coming my way. >> in the olden days there was a bar at the press secretarys office at the white house and a...
May 26, 2012
Alex is off today. onedwards trial is in recess until tuesday, but it is bizarre courtroom behavior topping the news from the trial. a juror has been flirting with the defendant. and that john edwards has been responding. joining me live on the phone is "washington post "write, i understand that you were in the courtroom yesterday. what did you see and what are people saying? >> i sure was, craig. and i have to tell you, i have never seen anything like this. the lawyers that i talked to have nev...
May 25, 2012
Dr. jeffrey sachs, just back from a trip to china of all places. and in washington, we have senior national correspondent from bloomberg business week, joshua green, who has a new piece this morning entitled obamas bogus war on bain. well read that and talk about that. but first, why china is kicking our -- >> well, actually, not quite. weve been talking around the table for some time about how we wondered whether china is the next big bubble. whos the harvard economist thats been write being th...
May 25, 2012
Lets take a look at the morning papers. well start from our parade of papers this friday morning. reque the paper has covered every major event from the civil war to hurricane katrina. they are trying to survive the economy. they are cutting back their printing to just three days a week, which means job cuts. they plan to increase their presence online. >> jon meacham, thats a depressing story. walter isaacson got his start there. >> he did. and lots of good people down there. new orleans, you k...
May 24, 2012
The time to unlock value. sorry, mika. >> it happens when its the ceos idea. not when it comes from washington. >> it should happen to citi. that bank is just a red hot mess. dont write about jp morgan chase. focus on citi. how does that thing even stand up? its like maacgyver with paper clips and scott tape. lets look at the new poll numbers, and we have a sa vant with us who says he knows the math better than anybody else. this new poll shows that president obama is holding his lead over mit...
May 23, 2012
>> hold on. $3.5 -- >> unlike other pandering candidates. >> im trying to get this down, ok? >> go ahead, write. >> look. youre making harold nervous. >> im just reading. >> can i finish writing this? youre telling me the president got $3.5 million in campaign contributions from whom? >> private equity. >> private equity. ok. im sorry. go ahead. i got that down now. all right. i was a little confused, given the strategy. >> youre very slow. >> i am. >> did a big rock fall on your head when you w...
May 21, 2012
Battling cancer. the bee gees literally destroyed the charts in the 70s with their unique style and sound that only those brothers could create. they had the soundtrack to "saturday night fever" which was the best selling album of all time until "thriller" came along by michael jackson, of course. and in more than 40 years of recording, 40 years of recording, thats a long recording record, they -- long recording record, they sold an estimated 220 million records worldwide, the only group in pop ...
May 21, 2012
the presidents plan calls for an end to combat operations in afghanistan next year and a withdraw by the end of the 2014. the president says afghanistans president hamid karzai is onboard. >> both oof us recognize that we still have a lot of work to do and there will be great challenges ahead. the loss of life continues in afghanistan. there will be hard days ahead, but were confident that were on the right track and what this summit reflects is the world is behind this strategy that w...