this is allowing the people of america to have a president who could have his team, to have his team in place. this is nothing like went on before. tonight, all 100 senators were invited to a rare clos closed-door meeting in the old senate chamber where there are no c-span cameras to see if an agreement could possibly be reached on seven executive nominations that will be voted on tomorrow or at least brought up tomorrow including president obama s nominees to lead the epa, the labor department, and the consumer financial protection bureau. harry reid has said that he will stand down on that rule change if republicans will allow up or down votes tomorrow. here is what harry reid said about negotiations with republicans just a short time ago tonight. we ve had a very good conversation. the conversation s going to continue tonight. the votes are scheduled at 10:00 in the morning. karyn finney, they had a very good conversation. uh-huh. ezra klein, a good
0 rights laws for a homicide committed because of the race of the victim. now, that s always a challenge because it is difficult and always has been difficult in this country to persuade jurors that an act has occurred because of racial animus. it was a civil rights leader from the 60s who was fond of saying that america, when it comes to issues of race, lives in the 51st state, the state of denial. and that s something that prosecutors confront when they have cases where race is a core an important issue. as it was in the state prosecution. and joy reid, the stand your ground law is also being cited by some today as a reason why there may not be a civil lawsuit brought in florida because the stand your ground law has an impact on the thresholds that you have to meet in a civil case like this. yeah, it does change the threshold. it isn t correct there couldn t be a civil case because had george zimmerman actually called for a stand your ground prehearing before the actual trial
mandate, is it not? it s a variation on it. so you won t use that issue against mitt romney? no. here with me now, former press secretary for hillary clinton and msnbc political strategist karyn finney. ron christie also, the former assistant to president george w. bush and the founder and ceo of christie strategies. good morning to the two of you. good morning, alex. ron, do you think republicans are going to be able to control the health care debate during the election? i mean, could it be a real problem for the candidates like gingrich and romney? i don t think so. i think if anyone has the most to have political damage associated with it, it s governor romney. but i thought governor romney came out this week and gave a very strong speech talking about what he had done as governor of massachusetts and what his vision is for the future. but the fact of the matter is, alex, that the entitlements that we have in this country right now and the amount of money that we dedic
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