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0 >> we keep our selves light. i don't want to look like i'm patting myself on the back. >> um, i do think it is obviously a hot topic. and modern family serves as a cultural touch stone. it does play a part in that. i think it is a save in for a lot of people. >> you making that joke with hash tag politics. there is this thing with politics and then there is this think of life. it makes it somehow less threatening. >> and our writers are smart in the way that they do it. the character like my father is not comfortable with it but he's learning. some people attach themselves to that and they a...

And see him as a one-termer. >> while i think that's sort of despicable, it's almost like politics ain't bean bag. is that sort of to be expected -- >> or as your friend mitt says, politics isn't the bean bag. >> politics is not sport. jonathan chait, just playing that sound, in terms of we've talked about mitt romney's surrogate problem. the president has had some issue with folks who are supposed to be in his corner saying things that are not necessarily on message. how much of an issue do you think that is? >> everyone has a surrogate problem because there are hundreds of people who are sur...

Eurozone, all eyes are on german chancellor angela merkel. her next move could prove critical to the health of the global economy and in a sign of just how important merkel is, president obama has scheduled a last minute meeting with her for this afternoon. jonathan, certainly there's a lot to unpack as far as the dynamics and what this means for greece. i will read two unsurprisingly opposing op-eds from the "new york times" and "wall street journal." effectively, the eurozone ministers have pledged to help greece but haven't -- sorry, they haven't effectively pledged to help them but he plac...

>> it is not often that we get jim vandehei in the flesh and not on a remote cam in the politico offices. it's a great day in america. i will go to you first with this. the immigration announcement seemed to have knocked team romney off course. what do you think they need to do right now? >> well, you see two very different campaigns here. you have one, all mitt romney wants to talk about is the economy. it's one size fits all for every single state. what president obama wants to do is basically look at the 12 states that matter, slice and dice the electorate and each week go after a...

do you think he should be somebody in the romney camp's contention for vp? >> i think a lot of people vying for that position. but you know, i grew up and went to school a few miles from where mr. romney is standing right now in wisconsin and i can tell you that the closing of the gm plant outside of janesville was devastating to that part of the state and the problem that mitt romney and governor walker and paul ryan all have in upper midwest is they all were against the bailout of the american automakers that turned out to be a huge success up and down the supply chain in places li...