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How we build the economy, and as part of that compromise, he has other elements in here that are controversial, but i heard your setup piece, rachel, i don't see the analogy, because those fights that bush had were free-standing fights. they weren't part of this larger struggle, and i think most americans in this country, including those who consider themselves progressives, understand that that central economic challenge is the one we have to go after, and if we go down that republican road, we're going to exacerbate the problems that we've seen over the last many years. >> but in what the pr...

Movement going after the president's children. contrast that with what the president is doing which you mentioned in the setup piece, which is meeting with law enforcement, and if you take a look back at what happened in 1994, the principal strategy of those who wanted to pass the assault weapons ban was to get with law enforcement. if you were for common sense gun regulations you were for getting tough on crime. if you were against them, you were weak on crime. that got a number of votes from the republican party. the president clearly occupying the political center with law enforcement, pare...

it's a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning london's readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, what's happening now with mitt romney? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this overseas trip. but his campaign is confident he can clear the next hurdles ahead. mitt romney hit the re...

What's the -- was the -- the summit last week just a setup for this? was this the game plan all along? >> it is hard not to look at it that way. it is clear what -- today is, i know, in the setup piece, final offer to the republicans. it is actually not. the final offer to democrats to finish this job. you are going to hear the president today in some light and subtle terms and acknowledge that, you know, there are irreconcilable differences here. philosophically between the two parties. and that another year of negotiations scrapping it is never going to work out. these differences and that n...

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