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On today’s show, Candy spoke with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois and Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire about foreign policy and GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s overseas trip. In the separate interviews, the senators also sparred over the impending 'fiscal cliff’ and when to deal with the issue in Congress. We also discussed the recent rash of negative campaign ads and their effectiveness with Ken Goldstein, Ron Brownstein and Michael Scherer. We were live in the noon hour with coverage of Mitt Romney’s speech in Jerusalem, and got reaction from the Obama campaign’s foreign policy adviser, Tim Roemer.
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(CNN) – At a luxury resort where visitors usually come for rest and relaxation, former Virginia governors George Allen and Tim Kaine, who hope to represent the Commonwealth in the U.S. Senate, squared off Saturday morning in a debate moderated by CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley.
Both candidates noted Friday's mass shootings in Aurora, Colorado in their opening remarks. Republican Allen praised Democrat Kaine’s handling of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre while he was governor.
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This morning, White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew joined Candy to discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the role the healthcare debate will play in the election, the contempt vote in the House of Representatives against Attorney General Eric Holder and the state of the economy. The economy and the Supreme Court decision were also debated by former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
Finally, we covered the natural disasters impacting the nation with three governors. Colorado governor John Hickenlooper updated Candy on the efforts to contain the wildfires sweeping his state. Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin gave the latest on their states’ clean-up following Friday night’s powerful storms.
Jack Lew, White House Chief of Staff on the healthcare debate
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