Some, longer time. But im reminded Martin Luther king jr said the arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. We can never give up if its justice that we are truly pursuing. And we should never waver in the face of what we believe to be. Right. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Have a safe and happy halloween. Hardball starts right now. Im in New Hampshire with the hot question of the senate campaign. Can a massachusetts guy get elected here . Is scott brown a carpet bagger . Listen, anybody can move here and run for office. Lets play hardball. Good evening, im chris
matthews. In manchester, New Hampshire, last night at a debate here at st. Anns, the issue of the campaign hit a high point. A debate panelist corrected scott brown on his state geography. What do you see going right in the economy in Sullivan County and whats going wrong and please be specific . Youre right, geography plays a role along the southern border, more jobs, more opportunity. Struct infrastructure up north is more difficult. Tourism and ski areas for trails and snowmobiles, i support these efforts. Were talking about Sullivan County. And youre talking about the North Country. Im talking about any place past pconcord in the challenges of our state. Im including the high tax rate, obamacare coming in after the election, we also have the
challenges of high electric costs. Sullivan county is west of concord, not north. What do you see going well and whats not going well there . With respect, ive answered the question. The challenges are the same in every part of the state. The panelist apologized. Saying sullivan was to the west and not to the worth and he said brown was wrong in the debate. Later on, he said in a news report at 11 00 here, he said that brown was right. Lets watch him now correct himself. We were talking about the location of Sullivan County. I said that Sullivan County was west of concord, not north of concord. The truth is, its both. So on this point, scott brown was right. I apologize to scott brown and to both campaigns. The question is whether brown or his rival, the democrat, will benefit from the debate. Brown may come off as the
winner, but the skirmish raised the issue shaheen wants in voters minds. Whether scott brown has the background to represent people from New Hampshire. The issue of where Sullivan County is localized the election, made it about New Hampshire. However, the senator was more delicate on the subject itself. Here was my conversation with her earlier this afternoon. Theres an old expression, if it talks, walks and looks like a duck, its a duck. Is scott brown a carpet bagger . Listen, anybody can move here and run for office. And its up to the voters to decide. But the question is, whos going to put New Hampshire first . Who understands what we need to do to grow our Small Businesses and create jobs . Whos going to support the families of New Hampshire . Ive been working as governor in the United States senate to support our Small Businesses, to support our families, so they have a fair shot at success, and my opponent, when he was in
washington for massachusetts, represented the big guys, the corporate interests, the wall street banks, the companies that want to outsource jobs. But the audacity for somebody to cross the border for National Political ambitions. What does it say about New Hampshire even listening to the guy . Why would they give him a shot . Our voters are fairminded, and hopefully theyll decide on tuesday they want somebody whos going to put New Hampshire first, not the corporate special interests. I was impressed today watching your get out the vote campaign. Tell us how important that part of the campaign that they dont see on television is. Its critical. This race now is about who turns out to vote on tuesday. If we get our supporters out to vote, we win. If we dont do that, then we dont win. And so this is all about contacting, you know, all of those people who have been talked to over months, about
making sure they vote on election day. Going to the doors and pulling people to the polls, doing rides to the polls. Identifying who still needs to go out and making sure they get there. Last question. After last nights debate, why are you going to Sullivan County today, this afternoon . That to bring out the fact that he wasnt quite clear. Its always fun to be in Sullivan County. Ive done a lot of work with people in the county, in clairemont, the biggest city there, helping them supporting their Small Businesses to create jobs, helping them rebuild their downtown. They have great old mills there. Its a historic city. You really know that place. You know, ive been around New Hampshire for a long time. But what im really going there to point out is that this is not about geography. This is about whos going to work for New Hampshire. Its about whos going to support communities like clairemont, our Small Businesses, to make sure they can continue to grow and create
jobs. My opponent has not been there for Small Businesses. So hes a carpet bagger. You can call him what you want. Thank you very much, senator. Thank you. You can call him what you want. That was nice of her. Ltd me start with carol about this. You represent the globe, a big newspaper, but this ability to jump across the border and within a year be elected a United States senator in a neighboring state when youve already been a senator from another state. It will be a remarkable achievement if he pulls this off next tuesday. I think a year ago nobody would have said this would happen. But the fact that its happening right now kind of shifts everybodys thinking about whats at stake here, whats driving this election. Whats going to drive voters to the polls . What are the issues that really matter . I was thinking, when you were talking to jean, that here in New Hampshire, weve changed a
lot too. We have a lot of people here that used to be there. So there could be that factor too, people who have lived in massachusetts and are now New Hampshire voters, they might embrace scott brown and that might be part of the scott brown factor. Paul, another thought if he does win, i think hes still an underdog, but based on the latest poll he is. But if he does win, doesnt that make a statement that this will probably be a sweep election, but also that this was a national election. They didnt win because he was a good new hampshirite. He won because he was a conservative republican running against the president s party. Right. A lot of this is about obama. We had a poll in the paper today that people are concerned about everything. I think the quote was a cornucopia oficky from a voter who feels like theres no reason to go out and vote and theyre not excited about the opportunity to vote and theyre having hope for the next congress anyway. If scott brown is able to win in
New Hampshire, that will be a sign we could have a republican wave coming. What do you think about the debate last night . It seemed to me that the incumbent center was really sharp and not jumping on his mistake because it wasnt actually a mistake. He said Sullivan County was to the north. It is sort of a bit north, but it wasnt an error on his part. I guess that explains why she didnt jump on him as hard as the moderator did. I think one of the finer points of the people who live here, to get there from here, you have to go south first and then west, in most cases to get to Sullivan County. So nobody thinks of it as a north ward journey and i think thats where james was going with that. We have a distinct idea of what the North Country is here in New Hampshire, and its not Sullivan County. Well, he got off the hook
anyway. Anyway, the shaheen campaign has a strong get out the vote campaign. Doing followup calls on people who tend to vote in president ial elections, but not in midterm elections. They want those people out there voting. And two categories are women and hispanic voters, believed to be the most likely to vote for the democrat shaheen. What do you sense about the Ground Campaign . Is it clearly it seemed to me clear. They bragged to this point, that shaheen has it all over scott browns operation in terms of get out the vote. Yeah, that might be one way of looking at it, depending on your perspective. I spoke today to the New Hampshire party chair, jennifer horn, who said this is historically their largest Ground Campaign ever in any midterm election. Theyre pulling out all the
stops. And they believe that things are going to go their way, as long as they can keep pulling undecided voters in their direction. Its really a fight to the finish here. I think both campaigns are coming on as strong as they ever have. Paul, how do you see it ending up with the Ground Campaign against the so the Media Presence of scott brown . The newsround table yesterday, and the republican was more optimistic, actually. He said that he felt scott brown had done a really good job introducing himself to the voters in New Hampshire. And the head of the Democratic Campaign committee said, we think shaheens going to win, but New Hampshire voters are notoriously fickle. This race is closer than we expected it to be and thats good news for scott brown. I think my view of this has been, if youre watching us on Election Night this coming
tuesday and i hope you are, if we say its too close to call in New Hampshire, look out for a sweep. Because thats not good news for the democrats. They should win in New Hampshire. This would be the tenth win for the night if they win in New Hampshire. Coming up, Chris Christie said he has no regrets about his angry outburst. In fact, hes basking in it. Said its just another day in a place he called rancho christie. I think hes the cisco kid. How is the tough guy act going to play when he hits the campaign trail for president of the United States . Weve mashed up some of his worst hits, you might say. Thats all ahead on hardball, the place for politics. He did the mash he did the monster mash the design of the ford escape is clearly intended to grab your eye. Oh, and your foot. Aint that a kick . The ford escape with the footactivated liftgate. Go open up something interesting. Go further. They take us to worlds full of heroes and titans. For respawn, building the best Interactive Entertainment begins with the cloud. This is titanfall, the first multiplayer game built and run on microsoft azure. Empowering gamers around the world to interact in ways they never thought possible. This cloud turns data into excitement. This is the microsoft cloud. Heading into the final weekend of campaigning. Lets get the latest polling on
key races around the country. Lets check the hardball scoreboard. First to iowa in the senate race there, its tied accord to a new poll. Joni ernst and bruce braley at 45 all. Next to georgia, where a new poll has it michelle nunn, democrat, 47. David perdue, 47. Next to kentucky, where a new blue grass poll has Mitch Mcconnell up five over democrat Alison Lundergan grimes. Mcconnell, 48, grimes, 43. In colorado, Corey Gardner is leading senator mark udall by two. 4644. And well be right back. Great rates and safety working in harmony. Open an optimizer plus account from synchrony bank. Visit myoptimizerplus. Com to open an account. Service. Security. Savings. Synchrony bank engage with us. You know your dentures can unlike natural teeth. Try new fixodent plus truefeel. This smooth formula helps keep dentures in place. Its free of flavors and colorants for a closer feeling to natural teeth. Fixodent. And forget it. The ultimate arena for business. Hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. The only problem with Conference Calls eventually they have to end. Unless you have the comcast business voiceedge mobile app. It lets you switch seamlessly from your desk phone to your mobile with no interruptions. Ive never felt so alive. Get the future of phone and the phones are free. Comcast business. Built for business. Ive been here when the cameras arent here, buddy, and done the work. Ive been here when the cameras werent here and did the work. Turn around, get your 15 minutes of fame, and then maybe take
your jacket off, roll up your sleeves and do something for the people of this state. [ applause ] so if you want to have the conversation later, im happy to have it, buddy. But until that time, sit down and shut up. Welcome back to hardball. Chris christie is making no apologies for that display of rage the other day. Instead hes making it the centerpiece of his toughguy tour across the country. Hell fight anyone, whether its a nurse, a random guy at a press conference, or well see now the president of the United States. Yesterday governor christie said wednesdays incident with that protester was just another day at rancho christie. That interesting place we havent been to. And last night he said he had no regrets about that spectacle. You give it, youre getting it back. If you dont give respect, going to take you out on it. Thats just the way it goes. I dont calculate it politically. This is who i am and most people understand that. Do you have any regrets about yesterday . No. That School Yard Bully attitude, that lack of respect is how christie is framing his fight with president obama. At that same event, christie told reporters that president obama should, quote, get out of his way on ebola. Watch. Governors can do more because of the president s lack of leadership. [ inaudible ] but get out of the way and let people make decisions. Thats what governors are doing. I wish the president was doing that, but hes not. Well, bob erlick, governor of maryland and Senior Adviser to president obama. This tough guy on the street corner. I dont know what you call it. Is this going to work . Its not an act. And you know and i know him well. Hes a friend of mine. No neutral opinion here. This is chris, and thats his personal, his demeanor. Its very popular in new jersey, its generally popular in the northeast. The issue is going to be whether that particular personality and its cathartic for those of us who public office, because those of us who have been the short end of a guy giving you a hard time and heckling you, appreciate what chris is doing. But this is chris. Its unvarnished. Hell take it national but its no act. Its not scripted by any means. What do you think people who have had to put up with bullies like him in school, in college, high school, and the neighborhood, will think of him . Saying i knew that guy in my neighborhood and i didnt like him. Are they going to like him running for president . Let me challenge your definition. A bully is someone who starts the fight. When you see chris react, when you see him get back in someones face, when you see the aggressiveness, its typically not chris who starts it. Its someone who is acting out and chris responding. So its not a bully. Its certainly in your face, its grefs, it is what it is. But its his persona, its his personality. Its unvarnished, and for a lot of people, its refreshing. Who threw that nurse into that tent in the middle of a hospital . And all she wanted to do was get out of the tent. Is she the aggressor, or is the guy who put her in the tent . Now its a different issue. No, this is what were talking about, because this is how it started, with him dealing with the nurse, who said, let me out of my tent. He said she got the best takeout from the best restaurants in newark. That was his response to her. Was he the aggressor, or was she the aggressor . This goes to his job, number
one, which is protection of the general public. So you can characterize him, i dont know whether he was the aggressor, but he was aggressive in his response. Its government job one, its governors job one. The president s not doing his job. Southern border, ebola, you name it, im going to do it. I know your point of view here, governor. I appreciate you coming on. Let me go back to david axelrod. This guy is singing a song, aretha franklin, respeespe whether its sicilian or African American, whatever the cultural sense of, youre jumping on me, im going to jump back. But hes now attacking the president. We saw a quote about a guy giving lectures on the south lawn. That doesnt sound respectful of the elected president of the United States. What do you think . Obviously not. But let me correct one thing the governor said. He said its popular in jersey. The last numbers i saw of governor christie, he was under water in jersey. People have gotten tired of that routine. And as far as his comments about the president , i assume that hes just trying to expea ate the since that the base of the Republican Party feel he committed by praising the president s leadership in Hurricane Sandy. So hes trying to get a few brownie points with the rightwing that he may need if he runs for president. I dont think you can run for president if it doesnt matter whether you started it or not. When you run for president , there are provocations every single day. And if this is the way youre going to react to them, youre not going to get very far. People dont want an angry president. People dont want a president whos going to fly into a rage at every irritating moment. Thats not comforting to the american people. Do you want something really scary . Heres just a sampling of christias dark side. Call it well, his monster mash. Did i stay on topic . Are you stupid . On topic, on topic. Next question. Good, thank you. Thank you all very much. And im sorry for the idiot over there. After you graduate, you conduct yourself like that in the courtroom, your rear end is going to get thrown in jail, idiot. Damn, man, im governor, could you just shut up for a second. And you know what, let me tell you this. You know what . Its people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country. Were here to bring this country together, not divide it. Whats her name . Whats her name, guys . Real quick. What is it . Gale. Talk to gale. Gale, its none of your business. I dont ask you where you send your kids to school. I was the guy out there, i was in overalls and a hat, but i was the guy working the cones out there. You really are not serious with that question. But i understand for someone like you, its never enough. You dont know me. What you want to do is put on
a show and giggle every time i talk, well, then i have no interest in answering your question. You know, tom, you must be the thinnest skinned guy in america. If she wants to get on a many and come to new jersey and review my medical history, ill have a conversation with her about that. Until that time, she should shut up. You want to have the conversation later, im happy to have it, buddy. But until that time, sit down and shut up. [ cheers and applause ] they did the mash i want you to respond to the following words. Idiot, stupid, shut up. Are you serious, governor . You think this is going to play in peoria . Hes comfortable in his skin, you have to admit that. And ill just say this, look, this is really aggressive. Its chris, again, unvarnished after six now eight years of
a guy in the Illinois Legislature and being unable to make up his mind. I think people are looking for someone with an opinion, who is up front, who is aggressive, and, look, it may not work, who knows . But its not a ploy. People are tired of scripted. Theyre tired of phony. Theres nothing phony about this guy. It is what it is. I know him. Hes the same way in person. And by the way, if hes so unpopular, hes won in a pretty blue state a couple of times. So well see how it goes, as it goes national. But one thing he will not be called is phony. I never called him phony, i just called him Chris Christie. David axleaxelrod, will this pln peoria . Definitely not. Ill agree, hes not faking it. This is the way he is. But i dont think people want sop ran os politics in the president. They want someone who will be thoughtful. I would refer the governor to
all the kind things president obama said about leadership in his states time of need when Hurricane Sandy hit and ill leave it at that. I just think [ all speak at once ] i think hes the kind of person, tell that mayor he can forget his bridge and tell that mayor of hoboken, she can forget that federal money if she doesnt back my water project. Sounds just like the guy described in all these accounts. Thank you both for coming on. Up next, what if Michael Jordan doesnt think much of president obamas golf game . Wait until you see. The president has a much bigger defender out there on the links tiger woods. Interesting debate here. And this is hardball, the place for politics. Introducinge cash card. It lets you earn cash back when you buy and again as you pay. Thats cash back twice. Its cash back with a side of cash back. The citi double cash card. The only card that lets you earn cash back twice on every purchase
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thats bold enough. But heres what tiger woods has said about the president s skills on the links . He pits the ball well and got an amazing touch. He can certainly chip and putt. If he ever spent, after these four years, spends more time playing the game of golf, im sure he can get to where hes a pretty good stick. When it comes to golf, most would value tiger woodss opinion over jordans any day of the week, dont you think . And jon stewart taped his show from texas. He said that the odds of texas ever becoming a swing state are pretty slim. Lets watch. I thought texas was going to be blue in 2012. Really . [ laughter ] texas is going blue. Texas has been a conservative state since dinosaurs roamed it 6,000 years ago. That date according to the Texas State High School textbook. Up next, Mary Landrieu of louisiana, ignited a hot fight when she said the south hasnt always been the friendliest place for African Americans. She was talking about president obama himself. The roundtable and next on that topic. Youre watching hardball, the place for politics. Told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohns disease. And that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. And many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, remission is possible. I take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. Because it gives me. Zero heartburn prilosec otc. The number 1 doctorrecommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. How couin jellyfish, protein impact Life Expectancy in the u. S. , real estate in hong kong,
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program to be bring passengers on trips to the edge of outer space. Back to hardball. Welcome back to hardball. Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu said something they think will go down as one of the most important quotes of this campaign. Certainly one of the most memorable. My colleague chuck todd wondered why shes had a hard time in louisiana. Maybe the energy policy, but thats not the only reason. Being very honest with you, the south has not always been a friendly place for African Americans. Its been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a positive light for a leader. Its not always a positive place for women to present themselves. Its been conservative. Weve had to work harder on this. But the people trust me to do
the right thing for the state. Bobby jindal late today on fox news. I thought marys comments were ridiculous and offensive. Shes basically calling the people of louisiana, shes calling all of us in the south racist. She owes us an apology. Well, the louisiana Republican Party chair said landrieus remarks were insulting to me and every other louisianian. And big cassidy criticized her comments, saying were not racist, we just should common sense. Jeremy peter from the New York Times, Michelle Bernard from the Bernard Center for women. Let me go to Jeremy Peters on this to start with. It seems to be an unexceptional comment historically, if you look at the whole jim crow period from the 1860s to the 1960s. You had jim crow, segregation
down there. Of course it was not friendly to African Americans, by definition. It took until the 1960s for Charlie Scott to be the first basketball player in the acc, who was African American. Well certainly the s. E. C. Was slower, but we had nba players in the 50s before they played in the schools in the southern United States. How can someone deny there wasnt friendliness to African Americans . Its historical. To me, it sounded like john roberts defense in the Voting Rights case a couple years ago when he suggested that racism had been fixed. And i think that theres absolutely no denying the strong feelings in these communities of color, when they look to incidents like Michael Brown being shot in ferguson. When they look to what state legislatures are doing to curtail Voting Rights. They feel under siege. Well, i was going to say, its not that people feel under
siege. I would venture to guess that many members of the African American community, myself included, will argue that it doesnt feel were under siege. We are under siege. If you pick up any American History book, from slavery, to any of the events you were just talking about, its just a basic history lesson. They should pick up the cliff notes, that African Americans have not been treated well in the south. I was pretty stunned to see bobby jindal and others being so horrified by the statement that senator landrieu made, because its factually correct. Theres nothing they can say to rebut anything on a factual basis that she said. The quote was, just so we know. The south has not always been the friendliest place for African Americans. Thats Mary Landrieu. Absolutely. And you can imagine as what i call a quote unquote, sister of
the south, i would imagine that Mary Landrieu has been in social settings, political settings, professional settings, where she might be the only white person in the room, in a southern climate, where people have probably made very inappropriate comments about the president , about African Americans. I dont think she would make this kind of statement if she didnt have reason to believe it to be completely factual. Never thought of it. Rick, your view . Thats not what she offered. She forgot to mention, yes, blacks have been historically mistreated in the south, but it was by the Democratic Party. The Republican Party, 109 African Americans were to the state legislature after reconstruction. Wiped them out, caused a massacre in the capital floor. So, yes, its true, but she doesnt ascribe it to where it belongs. It was the Republican Party that was the party of freedom. The Democratic Party, up until jim crow, authored by democrats. Standing in the door, it was a democrat. To let the black children attend school. It was the Democratic Party who mistreated blacks, not republicans. But it was a very different Democratic Party. Those dixiecrats game republicans. Exactly. The same people went to the none of those governors became democrats. I just think its a misnomar. I have always said, if you say michelle, who is your favorite republican, i would say to you, Frederick Douglas was my favorite republican. Todays Republican Party is not the Republican Party of Frederick Douglas, or of abera hapel lincoln. It wasnt for a long time. And blacks after reconstruction, all the gains that were made by blacks during reconstruction, were systematically taken away from them right after that period. But democrats, right up
until [ all speak at once ] but todays Democratic Party is not the same as the dixiecrats for this period of time. No, it is not. The democrats today are not intimidating people from voting. Theyre intimidating people to vote because of the great lie of the great society. And southern democrats came up with what they call the southern strategy, and they all left the Democratic Party and joined the Republican Party and they did it for a reason. Let me go to jeremy. Can you tell me anything about expectations . Is there any way to measure this . Will African Americans go out to vote . Because of a number of reasons, one theres still an African American president. Number two, there is a concern, i think justified, that the republicans are doing Voter Suppression against the black community and young people. And this whole issue of ferguson and all the rest of it. Will there be a black turnout consistent with president ial campaigns, or more like the usual turnout, which is much lower in a midterm . What do we know yet . Ive been looking at the numbers as theyve come in from early voting in a lot of these
states. They will not match what happened in 2012. They are exceeding what happened in 2010, and thats a bright spot for democrats. But, you know, you cant be sure that thats going to balance out the strong antipathy for the president among white voters, white men especially, in these states. And in the end, that may just overwhelm however many blacks turn out. Im going to ask michelle. Do you think the hatred of obama down south and in a lot of parts of the country, by white people, will drown out the love of obama, which may be fading amongst blacks and liberals . I think it is possible. I would be very interested to see what happens in states like North Carolina and arkansas and georgia, where jeremy wrote a great piece for New York Times earlier this week, there are pointed ads that are well needed. Explaining whats at stake to African Americans in our communities. And if people go out and vote in good numbers, it doesnt have to be the numbers i believe that we saw in 2008 or 2012, about you if people go out and they understand what is at stake, i think theres a very good chance that African Americans will make sure that democrats hold the senate. Down in georgia, the state Democratic Party is appealing to voters to rally behind the only black man elected to president with a flyer that said, its up to us to protect the legacy of the first African American president. Do you think thats fair game to do that . What legacy . What has barack obama delivered for the black community . The conservatives, the liberals and the moderates . Hes delivered high unemployment, more people on food stamps, less opportunity and less jobs. I dont see shou the case can be made to black to African Americans that we need to preserve this president s legacy. Youll notice Mary Landrieu
didnt cite all the things i did. That we need to protect barack obama because hes got people off welfare, got people opportunity. She said they dont like barack obama because theyre racist. Thats what she said. If were going to talk at least from a perspective of an African American and also from a womans perspective, we want to honor there are people who want to honor the president s legacy. Number one, just being the first elected African American president in United States history. We know that slavery was the original sin of this country and just what he does, just as a role model for young black boys alone, makes you want to honor his legacy. And it could be argued by many that but for the intransigence of the Republican House of representatives, the president would have done a lot more over the last six years than he has been able to do so. Because hes been working with a congress that i agree with the sense of what michelle said, but this
president has a wonderful opportunity to heal race relations, its gotten worse. Not better. You know, its interesting, guys, with the reaction to what Mary Landrieu said about the south not being hospitable to blacks, African Americans. She also said theyve been tough on womens rights. And there hasnt been a single retort to that, to putting women in their place down south. Nobody said, we dont keep women in their place, michelle. They just said, i guess that makes sense. Anyway, thank you, everybody. The roundtable is staying with us. Its halloween and the republicans are the ones yelling boo. A lot of fear out there, a lot of fear factor in this election hitting the voters. Thats coming up next. This is hardball, the place for politics. Then theres trusting your vehicle maintenance to ford service confidence. Our expertise, technology, and high quality parts means your peace of mind. Its no wonder last year we sold over three million tires. And during the big tire event, get up to 140 in mailin rebates on four select tires. You know your dentures can unlike natural teeth. Try new fixodent plus truefeel. This smooth formula helps keep dentures in place. Its free of flavors and colorants for a closer feeling to natural teeth. Fixodent. And forget it. receptionist Gunderman Group is growing. Getting in a groove. Growth is gratifying. Goal is to grow. Gotta get greater growth. I just talked to ups. They got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. Like smart pick ups. Theyll only show up when you print a label and its automatic. We save time and money. Time . Money . Time and money. Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome awesome all awesome i love logistics. One of the biggest issues voters care about as we head into the final weekend of campaigning before tuesdays mid terms. According to a new Associated Press poll, the economy dominates. 91 of likely voters say the economy is extremely important to them. Next is health care. 78 of likely voters called that issue extremely or very important. Followed by terrorism, ebola, isis, the u. S. Role in world affairs. And finally immigration, which is pretty far down. Lower down the a. P. s list were social issues like marriage equality. Well be right back from New Hampshire after this. Get to the terminal across town. Are all the green lights you . No. Its called grid iq. The 4 51 is leaving at 4 51. They cut the power. Itll fix itself. Powers back on. Quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. Thrillingly predictable. Of connecting with family and friends. Ities. Realpad from aarp is now your easy way to share. Enjoy. Play. And celebrate. Its the tablet with free unlimited live help
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way to make the same attacks they had been making against the president , and what they said was his ineffective leadership. So they had been making those arguments with obamacare and the va and a couple other problems, but when all of this stuff blew up the last few months, they had a brand new way to make an argument americans were kind of tired of hearing. Michelle, i think thats an objective reality, and i think theres a fearfulness out there that, explain it, why are people so afraid of tomorrow morning . Theyre afraid of tonight, afraid of the dark. I mean, theres a jitteriness out there now. I think, i mean, i think its two things. Number one, just something that is very palpable. Unemployment is down but it doesnt feel like its down. People dont know how theyre going to make ends meet. People are still worried about jobs and quite frankly, you turn on the news, you listen to the radio, read your newspaper and we have a government that doesnt seem like it functions. You know, i would venture to guess there are Many Americans who look at what has happened
with ebola and, true, its two cases in the United States, but we went through a period when we didnt know who was in charge. Ron clay is the ebola czar, but we havent seen much of him. We dont know whats happening with jobs. Congress doesnt pass laws. You sit down and say to yourself whether youre a democrat or a republican, is there anyone in the nation that is at the helm that can take care of us in a time of need . When you add isis to that equation, it makes for very, very jittery feelings for the populous. Try to outdo that, rick. Im going to agree with a lot of what michelle said. How nice. She hits on something that is important and central to the democratic message. That is big bureaucracies dont work. They were invented in the 1890s, they were completely inappropriate for the information age. We have seen that with the v. A. , for the irs, and lately with the cdc. The other part is truthfulness. If you cant tell the truth day in and day out and you send your mouthpiece out there every day
to lie to the american people, why would people not be confused and afraid of a deadly disease when the cdc cant keep its story straight. Who is the mouthpiece . Rick, who is the mouthpiece . The contradiction in terms, josh earnest. But look, i think when the cdc goes out, obama says you cant get it on a bus, and the cdc says you can get it within three feet of people, as late as today, the cdc was saying if you sneeze you can get it, and they have taken it down. Who knows . Its a deadly disease, yet, we dont know from this administration from one day to the next how to catch it. Those are tough commentaries. I let them go because theyre all true. A tough time, a tough time to seek reelection in this country. I do not like people who will criticize people because they are public servants. I dont mind people calling people flacks if they are flacks, but im glad ricky didnt do that. Theres a difference between people who are political and people who have spent 50 years
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fear of the unknown, the fear of the dark. I dont know if the republicans out there are selling this kind of fear, this nameless kind, know more about ebola and the clinical basis for concern about it spreading or more about the dangers of isis coming here to commit terrorist acts in the United States, but there is one area in which inwriters of the right are on sound ground. Historic ground. They know how fear works in american politics. How it worked in the bank runs of the great depression, for example. Get people scared enough and you can close a bank. Get people believing the worst is coming and they give up hope in every leader, in every institution. All they do is run, hoping they at least can put off the horror. So here we are in 2014, about to have an election. One party is trying to deal with the basis of fear, containing ebola as best it can by getting to its source in west africa, trying to rely on africa and other countries to contain the isis terrorists. The other party has a simple plan of action. Get people scared which will get