Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120626:16:14:00
Torpor, as if it is being run by men who cannot or will not control events but are waiting for events to control them. they campaign dutifully but dully, going through the motions until election day. kurt andersen, what do you make of that? we have talked a lot about this being a high stakes election, a fundamental argument about the american social compact. do you think the candidates we have are living up to the nature of that argument? >> not yet. it's still june. the thing doesn't really go into, you know, advanced gears until august, september, october. for now i think that's a fair state...