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s.e. cupp and ben smith. i like to put up the boards. ben smith, the states are the same.orth carolina is sneaking in there. i don't see pennsylvania and wisconsin. i'm sorry, until romney can expand the map, it makes it hard. you see how romney can win nationally. you see it state by state. >> it is the old mario cuomo line. they are not spending the money there. >> have they made a mistake, s.e.? go all in in pennsylvania? >> no, i don't think pennsylvania would be a consideration for romney. he went in for a couple of times in charter schools. he was burned. >> colorado is the democratic fire wall. obama wins colorado, he can afford to lose ohio. it expands the map for the democrats. >> shameless plugs. mr. buzz feed. >> i don't know if this is buzz feed. anna north published "america pacific." it is like what will happen if we go over the fiscal cliff. >> does it involve us living on water? >> it's a bad sin. >> s.e. >> "new york daily news" has a section called the rumble. it is a blog. >> i love buzz feed. check out thecareer.com. i'm interviews joan walsh. we had ne

s.e. cupp. you were one of the people banging the gong saying pick paul ryan, pick paul ryan. >> yeah, i don't want to take credit because i didn't say romney was going to pick him. in fact, i'm surprised that he did. however, i'm glad. i thought paul ryan for weeks if not a month now should be the pick and not just because i'm on board but i think this is the right pick. i think he's a good choice for romney. i think he injects his campaign with some energy. proof of that is romney raise third degree.5 million in 24 hours since announcing ryan. who knows if that will last the duration of the rest of the campaign, but certainly it was a great jolt. >> i just think what's interesting about this is this is one of those unusual cases where it kind of dictated this pick for romney. i don't want to be policy specific, i don't walk to talk about big broad sweeping themes. and not giving them anything that might muck it up. i think we would have had rob portman or tim pawlenty a month or six weeks ago

. >> i'm s.e. cupp. i'm back from tampa.ent's speech better pack a punch after romney stands tall in the ring last night. >> i'm steve kornacki.

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>>> i'm s.e. cupp. 3:00 in new york. 2:00 p.m. in st. louis the 11th hour for todd akin. the embattled republican up against a frustrated party leadership and important deadline to drop out. >> todd akins a dark storm cloud for the gop but it's not sunshine and puppies for the democrats. a new ebook claims inside the president's re-election campaign, there is drama in obama land. >> i'm krystal ball. the romney team trying to take the conversation back to tax cuts and the budget. do they want to go there? >> i'm steve kornacki, one of least understood was most important pieces of legislation in history. the story behind the stimulus. >> plus a break from politics to take you inside the multibillion dollar worldwi wide web of dati on august 21st. >>> todd akin has just three hours to drop out of the missouri senate race, or else the republicans will face a much more difficult road in they try to replace him later. but akin shows no signs of throwing in the towel. here he was an hour or so ago. >> i want to make things absolutely clear, and that is, we're going to continue

>> yeah, thomas, it was a big event, and people from msnbc's own s.e. cuppu said, to the short-lived spokesman for foreign policy for the romney campaign, who is gay, himself, were all in attentadan at the event held at a gay bar in tampa. >> the ryan/romney ticket is not considered to be, one, particularly lgbt friendly. how do log cabin republicans respond to critics what say they're asking to be recognized by a party that would rather disown them? >> i think that they have moved a step beyond even answering those sorts of questions, thomas, and are sort of working on within the party how do we make it so that this is a party in which the existence of and presence of gay conservatives are just a fundamental and inherent part of what it means to be a part of the republican party? >> is the biggest problem the prominent gop party leaders, the ones that are lesbian and gay, remain in the closet? >> i definitely think that it is always beneficial when you have more people who are out and more people who are willing to discuss those issues. and there is always

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. >> i'm s.e. cupp. nfl football is becoming harder to watch even for the devoted fans. can the league save it self from itself. >> we're on top of all that and more still ahead for wednesday, august 22nd. >>> . >> well, it's august. that means it's the height of hurricane season. so we're on the rar tracking two storms. there's tropical storm i cac and then there's hurricane biden. the vice president is crashing the republican convention if isaac doesn't do it first. the storm is headed straight for florida. it could become a hurricane before monday's kickoff. even if it isn't a direct hit, it's heavy rains and winds could cause trouble. they have emergency plans in place and running a mock hurricane drill. bob buck horn, the mayor is prepared to call the hole thing off if necessary. would you believe he's a democrat in the i sincerely doubt. >> we cannot catch a break here. >> as for hurricane biden, his forecasted path is set. he has campaign events in tampa on monday and tuesday, day one and two of the convention. the rnc plans to respond with its own storm at the dn

. >> i'm s.e. cupp. >> i'm toure. it was only a matter of time before i was able to get lady gaga on to the show. >> i can top that. a big confession coming in "the cycle" for this thursday, august 16th. >>> it's thursday, and as all you "cycle" viewers know that means my campaign, all right, as if i knew anything about baseball, with apologies to king felix in seattle, we are now in the top of the fifth inning about the halfway point in the presidential race. we say that because we now know both tickets, but like most games, most campaigns aren't won or lost in the early frames. the real drama is going to come in the later innings. so what we know so far is that the early part of this year's game has been dominated by slash and burn and act and react politics. and an ad war that's sucking up millions and millions of dollars and funneling them into negative messages. while both sides moan and groan about the other guys, both sides appear to be content appealing only to their bases forgetting entirely about trying to c

. >> i'm s.e. cupp. today reality star turned congressman sean duffy is keeping it real in the guest spot. >> all that, plus i'm taking on chris christie. wheels are in motion. this is "the cycle" for wednesday, august 29th. >>> it is day two of the republican national convention and right now, mitt romney is speaking to the veterans at the american legion national convention in indianapolis. we'll let you take a lis. >> and and grant credit for military training. right now, the va has a shortage of mental health care professionals. and anytime a veteran is unable to receive timely health care from the va system, he or she will be allowed to see a tricare provider at the va's expense. i've said before that this must be an american century and to accomplish that, we must have the strongest military and the strongest economy in the world. regrettably, president obama has failed on both counts as his term in office comes to an end, we're now further from making this an american century. our economy's weak.

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