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few states away, hurricane isaac slams the gulf, reminding the country that mother nature stops at nothing. it's wednesday, august 29th and this is "now." joining me today, eric bates, executive editor of "rolling stone" which has a cover story entitled greed and debt. also, hugo lindgren. rescue efforts are under way in southeastern louisiana as isaac continues to pour into plaquemines parish. levees have been overflowing with water all morning. gabe gutierrez is in plaquemines parish for the latest on this very slow-moving storm. gabe? >> reporter: that is the problem, this is a ve...

few states away, hurricane isaac slams the gulf, reminding the country that mother nature stops at nothing. it's wednesday, august 29th and this is "now." joining me today, eric bates, executive editor of "rolling stone" which has a cover story entitled greed and debt. also, hugo lindgren. rescue efforts are under way in southeastern louisiana as isaac continues to pour into plaquemines parish. levees have been overflowing with water all morning. gabe gutierrez is in plaquemines parish for the latest on this very slow-moving storm. gabe? >> reporter: that is the problem, this is a ve...

Are more likely to vote for romney because of paul ryan, 23% say ryan makes them less likely to vote for the presumptive republican nominee. that makes paul ryan a net negative. eric bates, the numbers are in. now, of course we know polls, what are they good for, who knows. however, it is interesting that if you look in sort of the past last two election cycles, sarah palin gave john mccain a 9% gain. president obama got an eight-point gain with joe biden on the ticket. shockingly, john edwards gave john kerry a 21 point gain on the ticket when his choice was announced. >> those were the days....

What they bargain for, and then to progressive voters -- >> that could actually be a good thing given how mitt romney's environmental policy and energy policy seems to be doubling down on coal, coal, coal and drill, baby drill. but i want to open this up to the folks on the panel right now, because you know, eric, we have talked about climate change, we talked about it last week in light of the droughts that were happening. it is no longer just an environmental issue. this is an economic issue. we talk about american competitiveness and the road forward. the u.s. among 34 developed nations, th...

Context. richard nixon at the time, if you had asked us this question after watergate, we would have said hell, no, he'll never be rehabilitated. he looks like a real moderate now. >> george w. bush's policy on things like immigration and so forth -- >> we may look back on w. as a moderate. >> thanks to eric, hugo, maggie and ari. see you back here tomorrow. until then, find us on facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. good afternoon, andrea. thanks so much. coming up next, how many ways can he say he's sorry? but what is todd akin sorry about? we'll hear from david bro...