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Go out there and talk to voters. its lazy, we do a poland talk about the poll. talk to the voters and let their narrative drive the story. that said, a lot of people dont understand, theres a science to polling. but theres also an art to polling. you can have a science right but if youve got the art wrong, your poll is going to be way off. take for example going into 08. likely voters, a lot of the early polling was completely off especially in the primaries. i appreciate that social you know ...

When asked what was his single most mistake he said he had failed to -- in terms of his messaging. is this one area that aris article points to where in a sense hes been somewhat slow in coming forward in terms of what hes done in relation directly to black voters? >> i think that this is a very complicated issue within the black community. because there is this sense -- even within the black community that theres a supposed for for the president and there really isnt. when you talk to folks, th...

Mayors. >> so from 68 to 08 was a 40-year period of really learning and engaging in the political process. out of that emerges president barack. he came in running the last lap, a tremendous last lap, of a 40-year race. >> im here because somebody marched for our freedom. im here because yall sacrificed for me. i stand on the shoulders of that. >> barack obama was not running to be a civil rights leader. selma helped make him possible, but dont confuse those that paid the price with those that a...

Program hype or are they doing something that hasnt been done before? >> yeah, i mean the quality of data and the analysis they are doing on the obama campaign is way ahead of -- its ahead of where they were in 08. theres generally a huge advantage the left has over the right that is apparent. what obama is doing and what allies like -- like, the afl, its a larger gap between how the left and right practice politics on the ground than theres been in any other aspect in campaigning in the last ge...

08. thats why im running for a second term as president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] now, virginia, in three days, youve got a choice to make. even if youve made the choice, youve got to talk to some folks who have. and youve got to tell them, its not just a choice between two candidates or two parties, its a choice between two different visions of america. its a choice between topdown economics that crashed our economy or bottom up, middle-out economics that create a strong and...

Trivia time. we asked name the only two states that flipped their presidential vote both in 2004 and in 2008. they were gore, bush, obama. the answer is iowa and new mexico, both states. gore in 2004, bush in 08. iowa, could they flip again? if you have a trivia question that should be on the show, e-mail us. well be right back from democracy plaza. jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasnt quite the same. the recipes not ...

Of the 538 blog. as of this morning, silver methodology gives president obama an 85.1% chance of receiving the majority of the electoral college votes on tuesday. and winning another term in office. mitt romney has just a 14.9% chance according to silver. those numbers are generating a lot of controversy and part of the issue is trying to understand what silver means when he talks about probability. so cornell x you said we got it talk to the people. im thinking yeah, but he seems to do well pre...

He is there in iowa. i love my president but i cant believe he broke in on the womens chat. you know -- if he knew, he wouldnt have. but, right, that said. there he is talking apparently introduced by a woman named sandy, reminding us, of course, that sandy is the named storm that just hit here in the northeast. how big has this week been for the president in demonstrating start of what it means to -- we were just talking about working across lines. he and chris christie demonstrated that this w...

Contrast that to the way the republicans treated barack obama and you see the total hypocrisy of that claim. >> governor, philadelphia aside obamas biggest drop off has been among middle to upper class suburban women. why do you think that is? you know the state. >> because the economy is not doing well. pennsylvanias economy has taken a nose dive since i left. when i left -- well truth is truth. when i left we were 7.4% unemployment, almost two points below the national average. were now above ...

Blog post that jeffrey anderson had at the weekly standard. he was talking about turnout. in 2008 democrats had a one. -poi -- one-point advantage. in the point of this post was i have to think that will tighten. if theres good news for iowa for mitt romney, its that turnout probably wont be as great for democrats as it was in 2008. and i think that, you know, the tiny margin in 08 that 1% at one point has republicans thinking that iowa is gettable and its why youve seen them sort of run into th...