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People are not voting -- bill clinton will not be on the ballot and barack obama will not be on the ballot though it is his policies that are the atmosphere of the elections. sarah palin wont be on the ballot. you know, he may be able to stir the base, and elevate the democratic base a little bit but i dont think he or any other nonoffice holder will have a significant effect on the election. other than raising money, he can raise money, and so can the president. >> chris: juan, do you agree? >>...

Joining me now, steny hoyer from my home state of maryland. >> good to be with you, candy. >> we laid out this is a tough year for democrats. can you give me some sense, we know you had a meeting with the president. we have heard some of your colleagues speak out loud about the tensions that exist. it just seems to me a high anxiety time for democrats. >> i think its a high anxiety time for the country and certainly for democrats and, by the way, for republicans as well. americans are very conce...

>> chris: one of the more fascinating developments with the democrats in trouble, is that four-by-all the bad blood during the 08 primaries between obama and the clintons, who should barack obama go bring to the oval office and look for for political help? but... >> man who loves this house of representatives, president of 1994... >> chris: wait a minute. and heres the -- he did lose in 1994, and look at the numbers. they are fascinating. bill clinton, it may explain why. voters were asked wheth...

People are not voting -- bill clinton wont be on the ballot. barack obama wont be on the ballot, although it is his policies that are the atmosphere of the election. sarah palin wont be on the ballot. he may be able to stir the base or at least elements of the democratic base a little bit but i dont think he or any other nonoffice holder is going to have any significant effect on this election. can raise money and that can help. so can the president. >> chris: juan, do you agree with that? >> i ...

Next years deficit could be higher as things set in last night, they blame these current lay-offs on the reluctance of officers to face budget reality. >> there is no agreement. the officers will be laid off today. they rejected our last proposal and they did not give as counter from our last proposal. >> reporter: when you talk about eliminating 08 officers, how do you determine who loses their job? >> how its determined is by last person hires usually the first person you let go. thats how tha...

The end, something that was supposed to be an improvement over the system we had, and that something, doing something was better than doing nothing, yet, something we did does not include the fannie mae and freddie mac, that got us ostensibly into this mess, thats out of there. i think that something like this is worse than having done nothing. what do you say? >> well, i disagree-- >> okay, your final appearance on the show, but continue making your final point. >> obvious, obviously another cr...

Opportunity to let them demonstrate their capabilities and what they can bring to the table to some companies that may not normally put that particular type of individual into their organization. so it opens up a dialogue opportunity for people that can really share what they learned and the skills they can bring to the table that are truly adaptable to many organizations and corporations. >> whats your story. how did you become unemployed? >> the business unit i was running, a company here in t...

Doesnt have the burden of whats going on in the country right now, which is frankly the number one issue, its not going very well, and you know, bill clinton gets to have -- he gets to be far away from that kind of stuff and just be the great democrat, you know, that primary voters love. martha: doy find it fascinating. major garrett wrote a great piece on this. when you look back its hard to find other people who have played the role in the same way that bill clinton is playing it this time. ce...

America. abuse of prescription and over the counter drugs sending people to the emergency room as illegal drugs do, things like cocaine and heroin. these types of e.r. visits skyrocketed 111% between 04 and 08. in 08 the number f e.r. visits for drug doses equal the number of visits for illegal drug doses. a million each. swayed by a margin of two to one. there was a whole variety of statistics that go to the pill popping in the country. jonathan, fair for me to chalk that up to the corrupt gov...

Of meltdown like we had in september of 08, you have to go with a ton of government gu put more referees on the playing field. thats something you hear from democrats on the left side. the thing, though, at the end of the day, tamron. you know in washington, d.c., where there are so many lobbyists who are so well paid from all different financial institutions that are really in the back pocket of people on both sides of the aisle. once they had their input on this bill, the reforms are instituti...