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President. mr. krauthammer, last night when i was watching at home, said he thought it would be a much better fundraising issue for the opponents of gun control. >> are you trying to start a fight here? [ laughter ] >> chris: i just thought that i noticed a contradiction here. >> the rule of thumb is that social issues help democrats with raising money but don't necessarily help at the voting booth. abortion, gay rights, all that kind of thing. some of the social issues that may be changing. i don't think it's true about guns. and i think that the gun control issue will probably actually help ...

Self-defense. no question about it. times are tough. but we can and should stand tall. >> nice to see you. >> thank you, greta. >> straight ahead, israel is moving closer to a ground war in gaza. israeli tark tanks, lining up at the border, after hamas takes aim at jerusalem. dawn is about to break, bringing fears of new rocket attacks. a live report from israel is next. also, who could forget this? an illinois doctor and political candidate shreds obamacare to bits in a speech that went viral. but now she says her fight against obamacare has cost her -- big time. she is here to tell you all a...

I have to say, i think an interesting number that matters is when you compare the endorsement numbers, obama has 34 endorsement from major, significant papers. romney has 27. look at the circulation of those endorsements. obama's total just over 9 million readers. >> 27? >> and mitt romney is at 27 and not 7. his total circulation just under 5 million. so i don't know that this is a scientific reading of those numbers, but you have to imagine 9 million readers reading obama endorsement, 5 million readers reading romney. i have to imagine that ends up as a net plus for obama somewhere down the ...

>> i think it's a net plus. not a significant net plus, but it helps romney. 20 years ago, 19% voted for ross perot. a the lot of those folks are still voting. >> and they did it in iowa. after florida, which is not a deficit, sort of sensitive state, iowa is a lot of orderer voters. memories of ross perot. >> and a place where the obama campaign has to be concerned. mitt romney after showing no activity came in and basically just about snuck in a primary. campaigned under the radar. >> shameless plug. >> my father, executive producer of the 1992 town hall meeting. >> and it was a great event ...

Maybe make it more competitive and the real clear politics average, up by about seven points and that hasn't panned out and put a bunch of ads out after the convention and wanted to put wisconsin in play and that hasn't worked out. overall, i think that ryan has been a solid pick and part of the debate and there's no evidence that it's harming the ticket. >> paul: kim, the poll right after the ryan pick for the two weeks leading up to the republican convention, showed the race had closed almost to basically to a tie and two different conventions and the gap again, and i think you can make the ...