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Think, was being able to be united in opposition against obama's stimulus plan. when they realized that they could actually get unanimous votes against that, they realized that as long as we can keep our numbers together, keep our opposition pure, then we can start to develop a narrative, and start both with what the republicans stood for and what the democrats stood -- >> was it obama? was it the man? was it the first black president? was it his agenda? what was it? >> ed, i really think that the democrats walked right into the trap that was laid for them. it was, you know, after this $780 bi...

Think, was being able to be united in opposition against obama's stimulus plan. when they realized that they could actually get unanimous votes against that, they realized that as long as we can keep our numbers together, keep our opposition pure, then we can start to develop a narrative, and start both with what the republicans stood for and what the democrats stood -- >> was it obama? was it the man? was it the first black president? was it his agenda? what was it? >> ed, i really think that the democrats walked right into the trap that was laid for them. it was, you know, after this $780 bi...

my son had a lot of friends back then. they all hang out together, hang out with jerry sandusky and i think you should talk to these other boys, too, not week in they would say. she pointed them in these boys' direction. amir hekmati an ex-marine, born in arizona, raised in michigan. his family says the 28-year-old was arrested in august while visiting his grandmother and other relatives in iran. they say his reported confession, quote unquote, had to have been coerced. also in the news, emotional moments last night at a memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of the tu...

What republicans asked for from bill clinton then was total, $285 billion in cuts from medicare and medicaid for ten years. that's $64 billion a year if you annualize it. president obama in his framework has already said he's in favor over the next 12 years of cutting medicare and medicaid by $780 billion. you know what that comes down to every year, chris? $65 billion a year. so republicans in '95 had $64 billion, that was radical draconian. president obama in his framework says $65 billion in medicare and medicaid over the next 12 years. is that draconian? is that monstrous? well, we'll -- >...

Million is consider the first project of president obama's $780 billion stimulus package, it brought jobs and money to this tiny missouri town. when he signed into the law his goals was lofty. >> the america recovery act that i will sign today a plan that lays out the principles i laid out in january is the most sweeping economic recovery package in our history. >> reporter: but two years after the signing the stimulus has not delivered on on all the promises made. unemployment then was 8.1%, and the white house economic team at the time predicted employment would now be below 7%. it's current...