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Go out there and already find web sites that will give them both sides of the argument or be a forum in which people l can rebut what they consider to be smears, so the question is why are they really doing this, rich? i'll tell you, we had one of our staffers log on to try to, you know, see what the deal was with attack watch, and they took her e-mail, and then she tried to, you know, see if she could post something, and she can't post unless she donates. so is that what it's really about? >> right. simon's saying it's basically a campaign tool, and i think that's right. look, it's also right...

Thing to take place but i guess, well, time has passed, huh chris? >> time has passed, jon. the most important thing for the president right now is winning this election. that's what he's got to do. his argument essentially is this, that he needs to do this thing and engage in this practice and support an organization that he says is part of this chronic problem that is saluting -- polluting american politics. he used it as a campaign tool in 2006 -- in 2010, accusing republicans of receive shadowy donations from foreign countries. very rough stuff. now he's got to do it because he wants to kr...

Mitt romney chief among them. he kidded himself with the letterman appearance where he tried to make fun of the fact that he appears so stiff and wooden. there is a limit to that right? >> if you remember al gore tried the same thing running in 2000. making jokes about himself and being stiff and rigid it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. and reinforces how people view you. he struggling trying to figure out do i take my tie off. look more relaxed. i do change my garb? talk more differently? he is trying different things for good reason to find where that sort of intersection is between who ...

Want changes to the law that goes into affect. that would cut spending . starting in 20$3 and include cuts for the military. press secretary jay carny said the president made clear he would not accept any measure that turns off the enforcement. we'll see what congress does. the super committee is working to come up with 1.2 trillion in spending cuts and taxes in 10 years. and the head of the republican national committee said the president is "hoping for failure so that he can use that as a campaign tool. . >> his plan is to roll the dice. and f there is no deal, that is a box that the preside...

$1.2 trillion in spending cuts and taxes over ten years. but the head of the republican national committee says the president is, quote, hoping for failure by the super committee so that he can use that as a campaign tool. >> this plan is the roll the dice, take his chances and try to win reelection and if there is no deal, guess what? that's just another box that this president can check off and go campaign on. >> democrats and republicans on the committee reportedly are finding it difficult to agree on how much in spending cuts, to entitlement programs such as social security and medicare an...