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Something to -- this is a complicated subject, but you look at what trump it doing, look at what limbaugh is doing. then you look at these polls. take obama where he was now and in 08. hes gained a little among women. where is he really down? hes really down with white men who dont have college degrees. hes down with blue collar white guys. a lot of that is economic anxiety. when you listen to this limbaugh stuff and trump stuff, you wonder how much of it is it that too? >> thank you both very m...

>> right. no, i mean, i think there is something to -- this is a complicated subject, but you look at what trump it doing, look at what limbaugh is doing. then you look at these polls. take obama where he was now and in 08. hes gained a little among women. where is he really down? hes really down with white men who dont have college degrees. hes down with blue collar white guys. a lot of that is economic anxiety. when you listen to this limbaugh stuff and trump stuff, you wonder how much of it i...

Obama. megyn: if they are so angry at president obama why are they favoring him by 7 points? >> i think it takes some time. i think you will have a circular firing squad and our candidate is just getting started. you dont think all the polling as it exists days the way things are going to be in november. if thats the case we might as well have the election tomorrow. megyn: do you see momentum on the gop side? he -- the president won the state in 08 by 14 points. >> those same polls said walker a...

Either. >> greta: he didnt need to help out his guy, apparently. no hard feelings, that he could have helpd? >> no. i mean, obviously, he made statements about workers rights and about the fact that he was very upset with removing the right for workers to have a say in collective bargaining for worker safety or workplace-type bargaining issues. i think he has stated what he had to state. >> greta: did he do the heavy lifting? >> whats that? >> greta: has he done the heavy lifting? >> i think he ...

Sitting democratic members of congress in new jersey, were going against each other. >> right. jon: because of redistricting. they both had to fight for a seat. bill pascrell, who had been endorsed by team clinton, won handily over the democrat rothman who had been endorsed by the obama squad. what do you think about that, juan? >> goes right back to what i was saying about the 08 campaign, the hillary clinton campaign. the guy that was endorsed by bill clinton, guess who clint clin, the guy end...

>> i think if its proof at looking at hillary clintons campaign, that caused his own wife some trouble with what he came out with back in 08. president clinton needs to say i should get on the obama team or not. >> hes had four years to get on this team. he clearly knows what the policies are. why make these misstatements on television when you know what the president -- >> i dont disagree. when you run a tough race against somebody, you dont forget what was said about you and your spouse. >> an...

Guy, steve rothman. steve rothman smorted president obama in that 08 primary. in new jersey, mr. pascrell ran away with it and steve rothman will lose his seat in congress. but the overall wlakiest and illegal thing going on in electoral politics going on this week is not in wisconsin or any of these other states. its really been whats happening in california. if wisconsin was not also going on in the same day this would have been the story everybody was fix stated on. >> dianne feinsteins race,...

8:00 p.m. in terms of the results we got in i can give you precisely nothing. whether or not it was determinative, well never know, but one thing very interesting about this race between two democratic incumbent congressman is this was a proxy rematch of the obama versus hillary clinton democratic primary race from 2008. bill clinton came out and actively supported one side in this primary. president obama, on the other hand, supported in a more low key way, the other guy, steve rothman because ...

A lot for outcry over similar policies. remember democrat hammered bush for violating civil libertyes. ran against guantanamo. they also slammed the military tribunals. here for example is hillary clinton in 2007. >> our constitution is being shredded. we know about the secret wiretaps. we know about the secret -- >> yes we do. but today secretary ever state clinton is presiding over the warrantless wiretapping. what about targeting people without due process? take a look at this. in september 0...

Whether or not it was a factor well never know but the race was kind of a proxy is rematch of the obama versus clinton primary in 2008. bill clinton supported big pascrell and as a thank you, president obama in a more low-key way supported the other guy, steve rothman. steve rothman smorted president obama in that 08 primary. in new jersey, mr. pascrell ran away with it and steve rothman will lose his seat in congress. but the overall wlakiest and illegal thing going on in electoral politics goi...