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it was not necessary to pull f put our country through this partisan exercise once again. benghazi. benghazi. benghazi! benghazi, benghazi, benghazi and house democrats are now on board, or maybe not. i could have argued this either way. why give any validity to this effort but i think it is important for the american people to have a pursuit of these questions done in as fair and opened and balanced way as possible. just hours ago, house minority leader nancy pelosi gave a less than ringing endorsement of the house select committee on benghazi but films her five democratic seats all the same. those chairs now belong to congressman elijah cummings, a seasoned vet chen it comes to all things benghazi, voog suffered through the house oversight committee on the very same subject. he ll be joined by representatives adam smith, adam schiff, linda sanchez and tammy duckworth. and he ll deal directly with foreign affairs or armed services. so far, no celebratory meet y
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negative case that the romney people are making towards him not just obama himself on his record but the man and he is siphoning off many of the benefits to pay for his health care program. he is letting welfare recipients out of their work requirement and disparaging the work ethic of business people. what kwind had a kind of a person would want to do that to let people sit home and collect checks? what kind of politics would skim health been futures from hard-working seniors to fund the working poor? well, the romney team wants to think that barack obama is that kind of guy. and that s the strategy in place here. and it may be penetrating right where this election is being fought right now. among the white working class. joining me right now is eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winner for the washington price. author of game change. both, of course, gentlemen, essential thinkers for nbc. gene, let s talk about fairness. no accusations of racism. you never know what s in a