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Person for the party is, you know, we took this bait from the president, granted the media s pulling us off. i mean, our guys have been talking about the economy, and you d think, if you watched the media coverage of the contraception debate, that that s all they ve been talking about out there. it s not. they are giving speeches on the economy. but we took the bait. and we went down the rabbit hole and we need to be talking about the economy, the economy, the economy. because that s where we re going to win the election. and it s frustrating. and limbaugh doesn t help. we need to be talking about the economy. we re going to win the race on the economy. you heard stephanie cutter, an obama surrogate, sitting there and saying the republican presidential candidates should denounce rush, but it is one of those momentums where you say, should the candidates say something? i mean, wait a minute, that was beyond the peale. it is beyond the pale. rush is bombastic. rush doesn t help right ....
Were once good friends now trying to tear each other down. there s that race in new jersey s ninth district, bill pascrell and steve rothman were so close that they used to call each other billy and stevie. well, now the race has gotten bitter and personal. one union leader says it s like picking between parents in a twor divorce. and in pennsylvania, where mark krits and jason altmire are facing off, krits has gone as far as challenging the petition signature gathering methods used by altmire in the long shot hope that he disqualifies altmire and avoids the member-versus-member battle. but the marquis matchup this tuesday will be decided in ohio where two veteran members, dennis kucinich and marcy kaptur face off in that district. kaptur is the longest serving member in the house and the two have served alongside each other for 16 years. in happier times, hours ago, kucinich joked that he was ....
In the buckeye state there. new jersey governor chris christie will join him for a rally at cleveland state. quinnipiac poll out this morning shows the race in ohio is tight. santorum leads romney, among likely republican voters, 35/31, gingrich sitting at 17. our new nbc/marist poll this sunday on meet the press. rick santorum stumps in ohio today as well, but made a detour yesterday to newt s home state, georgia, another super tuesday state, where he blasted romney on the blunt amendment. we saw an insight into what s in the gut of governor romney. his knee-jerk reaction was, no, i can t be for that. well, then after his consultants talked to him and then he came back and said, oh, i didn t understand the question. my gut reaction would be, you stand for the first amendment. you stand for freedom of religion. you stand for the first amendment rights. while in georgia, santorum put a little pressure on ....
Republicans need to get the majority. you re involved in the indiana race, which if somehow your client doesn t win, would suddenly be competitive. but when you look at the landscape, how concerned are you about republicans not getting the majority anymore? i think it makes our primary important, but we re going to win it. but listen up, republicans. show up for dick lugar in the primary. it it does. it s important. but i think people should pay attention in the general. i think the economy is not so locked down as barack obama thinks. if you are a satellite subscriber, i will be hosting part of the roll call. so tune in. nathan, what do you got? i m going to break down utah, which even though lugar is the first senate primary incumbent, ....
it s good to have you out here in person. and we ll talk about the dodgers in a minute. but i want to go through, this is a stunning stat. the three districts combined. l.a., chicago, and new york, 2.5 million students, 77% of them are poor. this is your challenge, this is, i take it, so i guess my we to you is, you president basically begging governors to give you more resources. is there just no federal government resources there that can help you out in this case? first of all, i agree with the president that the governors need to do more to put their money where their mouth is and invest in our schools and in our education. i also believe that we need to connect that money to reform and accountability, to improving our schools. and, yes, i think there is something the federal government could do. they get allowed districts like los angeles, chicago, and new york, that are engaged in reform, that are doing the kinds of things that we need to do to improve our schools, to be able ....