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This is really kind of common sense politics which makes sense to ordinary americans. furthermore -- >> that is a good question. let's stay on that one point because it is a key question. democrats believe in government. republicans don't. so obviously you have to pay for it. the republicans don't mind starving government. they love it starved. governor rendell does he have to go after the rich and their money? >> he has to go at basic economic fairness. does that mean taxing people who make a whole lot of money who have benefited by this country and have gotten rich in the last few years? of ...

>> we've heard both sides here. thank you. coming up round two. let's hear from two actual politicians on which way president obama should run. vermont senator bernie sanders the proud social democrat says go left. i expect versus former pennsylvania governor ed rendell ally of the clintons who makes the case for moderation. we'll hear from the inside of politics how do you get to 270 and actually win the election? the great democratic debate of 2012 coming right back on "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were bu...

Welcome back to "hardball." we've been debating for an hour now about the choice president obama does face between now and re-election. for guys we now look back to some american presidents and how they positioned themselves when they ran for re-election. both are democrats, different kind of democrats. what kind of lessons can president obama learn from history? and from whom? doug brinkley is a presidential historian and sam townhouse is editor of "the new york times" book review. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. on the eve of the 36th election president franklin delano roosevelt made th...

Voting in 2012 than they were in earlier elections. the republicans on the other hand are more enthusiastic for republicans. that number is nearly 60% who can't wait to get in that voting booth. and that's the largest enthusiasm gap since 2000. your thoughts, michael moore has just said, mark, that the enthusiasm is on the left. go with it. he calls it the center. these are my terms. >> it's not democrats or republicans who will decide the next election. it's independents. the country is between depending how you pleasure it 30% and 40% independent. the biggest party in america is no party. an...

He has always been a centrist, pragmatist. people on the left get disappointed in that sometimes. >> let me sharpen the question. my fault. over the next several months between now and the election getting started should he be perceived as trying to cut a deal with john boehner or going to war with wall street? what is the smarter move? trying to cut a deal with the republicans? >> going to war with wall street. definitely not trying to cut a deal with republicans. chris, two things. after the great debacle, after the debt ceiling compromise, even independents and republican leaning independen...