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That the united states intervene, i said we should intervene on humanitarian grounds, food, water, but when the gas situation came up, it was a red line for me. not just obama. and you ask me how i think through these things. it is by trying to get the firsthand information. i'm not re lying on the nsa or even u.s. intelligence. i'm relying on people who have intelligence and directly report to them from the region. and as a better principle, i'm like almost always against the war. i was against iraq. i am against -- iraq, thank you. afghanistan, but i think there is a duty and a responsibilit...

I think it's important for me to listen, to engage in congress. we're going to spend this week talking to members of congress, answering their questions and i'm going to speak to the american people tomorrow night directly and i will evaluate after that whether or not we feel strongly enough about this that we're willing to move forward. >> joining me now in minnesota, keith ellisson. these are the easy votes. this is what you signed up for. the nice, easy ones. what is your decision about how to vote on the resolution? >> i am inclined to support the president on this vote. i'm not all the wa...

I think it's important for me to listen, to engage in congress. we're going to spend this week talking to members of congress, answering their questions and i'm going to speak to the american people tomorrow night directly and i will evaluate after that whether or not we feel strongly enough about this that we're willing to move forward. >> joining me now in minnesota, keith ellisson. these are the easy votes. this is what you signed up for. the nice, easy ones. what is your decision about how to vote on the resolution? >> i am inclined to support the president on this vote. i'm not all the wa...

But where is john boehner, where are the leaders of the republican party saying this is ridiculous? they're not saying it, and in the meantime, it helps the democrats to not saying it and helps the democratics because it makes the republican party more weirdly tea partyish than it already did. >> and you have gone through some verbal faux pas they have gone through. >> yes, allen west on the republican side has nods from people like sarah palin and herman cane, saying he can get the tea party excited about the romney ticket, but when you look at the things he said, he said being gay is like pi...

The first muslim elected to congress -- and he called the chairwoman vile. these are things if you're a vice president candidate you're going to drive your campaign off message and it will hurt the campaign high pressure he is showing he is not ready for the national spotlight, and it's easy for democrating to lampoon that behavior, and romney needs to be the serious adult that can fix our problems. >> to show everybody how far off the rails this is, the communist party is backing away from what west said. it's guilty by association taken to an extreme. >> yes, and when the communist party is ...