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Last noon despite strong opposition 70 percent of san jose voters the same number in 08 voted for measure b. reid got his victory the same day. scott walker easily surprised a union led recall challenge. the san jose democrat bristles at the comparison. >> they try to draw a bare lel between san hoe day and washington. he wants to accept cuts while walgreens have protected some of the bargaining rights. >> their solution was much different than san jose. hundreds of hours they are still an impor...

We liked the peanut guy. it took a lot for me to get over that, when you think about the campaigns that mattered to you, what are the early campaign memories that stick? yes, this is what american political campaigning is like? >> in the beginning of obamas campaign, he talked about education and making sure he empowers students to get ahead of their education, and make sure they are getting opportunities. and for someone in college, i mean, sitting in high school, i thought that was really impo...

It in your voice and a lot of students talk about that. i have two kinds of students. one is a really engaged student. i am thinking about one of my former students, now working on the obama campaign in new hampshire. that really energized her in 08. and now sees out there running a field office, doing all of these other things, shes great. o shoutout to janice, another student who is upset. their situation is bad, i dont have a job, how much longer can i stay in school? im wracking up a lot of ...

>> i think what 08 was about, when you see obama running and running as someone who has less political experience, but who is really running on this platform of change that really spoke to us. we are not operating in the political spiers as long, but we are about change, about fixing the problems, and that was inspiring to me and i think whats upsetting about this election is as april come bent, he is now running -- and hes -- hes lost that -- that voice in a way. hes lost the voice of -- we hav...

Were serious individuals, highly motivated and highly organized and we really believe in what were saying. >> juan: now, your group, thats short for operation security. as you say, has people who are democrats and republicans. but you are a republican. you ran for mayor of virginia beach in 08. you ran for congress in 10 as a republican. is that right? >> yes, thats right. i am a republican. but im an american first, juan, as are you. and i think that democrat senator from virginia who i respect...

Were serious individuals, highly motivated and highly organized and we really believe in what were saying. >> juan: now, your group, thats short for operation security. as you say, has people who are democrats and republicans. but you are a republican. you ran for mayor of virginia beach in 08. you ran for congress in 10 as a republican. is that right? >> yes, thats right. i am a republican. but im an american first, juan, as are you. and i think that democrat senator from virginia who i respect...

Repeatedly. settle all of the speculation. this is the ticket obama-bide by. >> it was settled a long time ago. >> hes been on the ticket since 08. you know, again, i think this is people who are delighting in skewering vice-president biden first of all . people who are moving on biden because of all of the attention paid to paul ryan and all of the discussion of medicare . look, we are in a politicall season. there is no way to get away from it and part of the emphasis is move away from ryan an...

Than the ideas behind this language, i think when that happens, its exactly the sort of thing that turns off ordinary voters. a lot of folks are kind of just tuning into it. you know, after the olympics, starting to think about who they are going to vote for. and if it sounds like -- it really is true. if what they hear is a battleground over an off comment, then they feel that voters start to feel does anybody care what is actually happening in my life. >> and when we get into the race conversa...

Hispanics and just totally try to get out the people who have been squishy on me, who even though -- >> solidify those people. >> -- even though they are republicans, you know, they kind of dont even know this they were going to vote. and the other thing that i think is very similar about the elections in 2004 is that the national security piece -- which nobodys really written about. these guys, romney and ryan, dont have that and this is a major thing that obama has and its not come into play y...

>> oh, thank you. >> the piece is going to be brilliant. you wrote this great piece talking about the fact that in 08 people looked into the background of obama which shaped his world view. >> yes. >> and now we have ayn ryan and paul ryan has professed his respect for her and now hes distancing himself. >> i think its fair now with paul ryan and fair in 2008. unfortunately, in 2008 we were not able to ask a lot of questions about obamas self-proclaimed interests, his friends, his mentors. so no...