card companies even though the opposite is true. and while luntz fansies himself the yoda of republican obstructionism, his real motivation is slightly more crass. just look at his client list. it includes merrill lynch, bear stearns, american express, ameriquest mortgages. the proposed consumer financial protection agency would eliminate predatory mortgages. it would police the kind of financial products that nearly brought down the economy. don t think for a second that those corporate clients want any of that. as for lies, we know they work, twl created by lunlts or sarah palin or michele bachmann or in certain name here betsy mccoy. look at how republicans responded in a poll which we briefly referred last night. 63% of republican respondents blooeb believing obama is a socialist. no one asked if you could define that. 36% believe he was not born in the united states. another 22% not sure. 21% think a.c.o.r.n. stole the election even though obama won