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Take the moral excrement that we find in this equation, we bury it deep inside of us so our cause will remain pure. that is the job. we are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary. >> can it get better than that? jeremy renner, ed norton. i'm going to see it. those that have seen it, good grades. "usa today," three of four stars. "l.a. times" says it is impeccably cast. "wall street journal" says a solid success. rotten tomatoes, 60% favorable rating. good movie. >> there you go. let's talk about something relevant, will ferrell, "the campaign." talk about relevant, right? basically the ...

Obama doesn't talk to anyone. particularly on the hill. i'm just wondering how much of that feels as though it's a self-reinforcing narrative at this point and how much is real? >> you know, i think some of it is real. he's not -- he's not just inherently the sort of gregarious back-slapping that we've become used to that some other presidents were. he's more interest -- sticks more to his inner circle. you know, he can carry that to an extreme. it's clearly true that the president talks to people and he -- when he's trying to get legislation through he brings people in. looks how he uses his ...

Neither of these two guys is the epitome of the back-slapping paul. that's probably true. but what are the implications of that for president obama? does that spill over into him not reaching out and having, you know, john boehner and mitch mcconnell to the white house for a few beers? is there an implication of that or just an observation about his personality? >> it could be both, given it's from rendell. in many ways during his presidency, president obama has outsourced a lot of his back slapping paul stuff to vice president biden, whether it's working the hill or working with foreign leade...

Jon: former senator rick santorum, making a big announcement, throwing his support behind presumptive republican nominee, his one-time competitor, governor mitt romney. in an e-mail to supporters late last night, senator santorum had this to say about his former rival: the primary campaign certainly made it clear that governor romney and i have some differences but there are many significant areas in which we agree. one of those areas they both agree, president obama must be defeated. aaron mak fike is national political reporter for real clear politics, and joins us now. you, we should mentio...

football player was driving this luxury pack, this escort to atlantic city. witnesses filed complaints with the details. they say the caravan was going more than 100 miles an hour enroute. a third trooper had been transferred, reasidelined. chris baxter, the state house reporter for the star ledger opinion i was wraeding about this last night, porsches and lamborghinis and ferraris. how fast were they going. fill me in. >> welcome to trenton, new jersey. it's been a busy couple of days. from what witnesses said, it's about 25 to 30 luxury cars. ferraris, forthats and lom bargainnys. ...