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Conscience and free will, each of us has the right to live as we choose. the belief that power is derived from the consent of the governed and that laws and institutions should be set up to protect that understanding. and those ideas inspired a band of colonialists across an ocean. and they rode them into the founding documents that still guide america today. including the simple truth that all men and women are created equal. but those ideals have also been tested. here in europe and around the world. those ideals have often been threatened by an older, more traditional view of power. this al...

That's pretty significant for republicans. you just picked up congressman corey gardner, who will be a tough candidate for the democrat, mark udall. rather than gloating about these facts, what do you think the biggest risk is for republicans heading into the mid-terms? >> increasingly, we have to make sure we are not defined as a party around what we are against but instead that we are a party where we are defined by what it is for. what our alternative vision for health care. what we would do on spending and knock down the status quo in washington as it relates to everything from jobs to the...

Who has the good ideas to change the economy. how is that? >> i think it's because the president has yet to get out there and start doing what it is i kind of suggested there, which is to say, you know, it's not just that we can't run by the same play book that got us into this mess, he has been very strong on that point. he's got continued to amplify an alternative vision. he does that well when he talks about the american jobs act and the state of the union, but that's months ago, and that's where he has to go to pretty aggressively. >> so the president has to be more aggressive on his plan ...

But -- >> with the republican party broken, though? is there time for a third party? do you believe we need an independent candidate running this year? >> what do we need? we need campaign finance reform. the system is broken. we need term limits. we need something to compete against a duopoly that is getting old and tired. reminds me a little bit of 1856 when there was the advent of the republican party under fremont who lost the first round but lincoln went on to win the next time. i think we're going to have problems politically until we get some sort of third party movement or some alterna...