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explaining what s going on in politics and what conservative candidates say they want to happen in american politics. in other words, the messages that the beltway media is using to explain what s happening in the elocations right now happen to be the exact same messages that republicans are using in their campaign ads. this might be one of those things that s easier to show than say. here s just one example. here is the spin as dictated to us by the punditocracy. it is the deficit. that s what the elections are about. the deficit. the reasons republican there s pick up seats in this election is because people are fed up with the deficit. that s the media spin. the republican party s focus on reducing the federal deficit may be resonating with independent voters who could swing the midterm elections. you know, conveniently, here s that exact same spin in a typical republican campaign ad this year. deficit spending is the number one threat to our country right now. it ....
i have given my cost of living increase to charity. i would do the same as a member of congress. the last time he ran he said he was not going to took a car and yet he took a car. it is on my list. there are only about 20 seconds left. wall street reform, leave it alone or increase it? i would leave it as is and see where we are in a year. do you believe your opponent is an ethical man? yes. our discussion with pat meehan and bryan lentz continues in a moment. you are watching nbc 10. you are watching nbc 10. we continue with bryan lentz and pat meehan. mr. lentz served in the infantry in iraq. thank you for being here. let s talk about stuff you said. you have said pat meehan has never prosecuted a case. are you saying one has to have served in the military to qualify for office? no, but it says something about your career. they got the jobs through politics. but by that standard sonia sotomayor would not be on the supreme court. the got his j ....
that money was wasted on the bailout. you d think that it was necessary? the problem that i had with the program was very little transparency and very little accountability. what upset delawareans that i talk to is that billions of taxpayer money went to bailouts these major banks and wall street institutions without any accountability, with low interest rates. they paid billions of dollars in these bank executives walked away with the bonuses. that what is what upsets people. there was not a lot of accountability, certainly not enough to prevent just that. that is why people are upset. they lost their jobs and took pay cuts, and they re experiencing a pay cut and they are walking away with million- dollar bonuses. they call it moral hazard. if you reward people for bad behavior, they keep doing it. if there are no hazards, there are no morals. we ve rewarded financial institutions like aig for doing stupid things. they are going to keep doing stupid things as long ....
bob woodward, author of a new book, said that scenario is on the table on cnn last night. take a look. in of the talk in town. a lot of people think the president is a little weak and in 2012 he will have to run with hillary clinton as his running mate. in all the political conversation and that the sides you have do things like that come up? it s on the table. and some of hillary clinton s advisers see it as a real possibility in 2012. president obama needs some of the women, latinos, retirees that she did so well with during the 2008 primaries. so, they switched jobs. host: that was bob woodward last night on john king s show on cnn talking about the possibility of an obama s clinton ticket in 2012. we want to get your reaction. if you go to the draft report, you see on the front page that they have a link to this the udge report. if you click on that it brings you to cnn s political tigert where it has the story about whether or not this is a possibility. thi ....
Ohio, and colorado. we have no idea who or what gave the american future fund the $7 million it has spent. the group is based in iowa. they paid the same guy that created the willie horton ads. now they re doling out cash trying to defeat 16 democrats in 16 races across 13 states outside of iowa. the american future fund producing democrat-bark ads henry ford style. on election day, take the right path. vote against mark schauer. on election day, take the right path, vote against jim marshall. vote against gary mcdowell. bobby bright. vote against john spratt. vote against john adler. bill foster. debbie halverson. ....