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Not going to give it up because the early signs are positive. we talked about this, about being a base election, getting the base riled up. and the republican party has moved so far to the right, they cant really come up with any plan. all health care policies involves tradeoffs and difficulties and paying for things. they cant come up with a consensus plan they agree with. all they can do is continue to claim that obama care is apocalyptic and there may have been problems in tennessee, chip, th...

But i do think the democrats are treading on thin ice in another key respect. they can overplay this. and youre already starting to hear them hammer this point a lot. harry reid goes to the floor of the senate almost every single day and brings up the koch brothers. and yes, it raises money for them. democrats will tell you, they get back a lot more money than if they dont mention the kochs at all, but in the same way republicans hammer issues like benghazi and the irs, people start to tune that...

They can overplay this. and youre already starting to hear them hammer this point a lot. harry reid goes to the floor of the senate almost every single day and brings up the koch brothers. and yes, it raises money for them. democrats will tell you, they get back a lot more money than if they dont mention the kochs at all, but in the same way pruchbs hammer issues like benghazi and the irs, people start to tune that out. it becomes kind of a base-only issue. and i think it has limited effectivene...

But if democrats want to coalesce as some suggested earlier, to rebut those ads, whats the 30-second ad-in support of a program that even members on capitol hill dont want to defend. >> i know what that is. meacham, you can do that. whats the ad? do it. >> you have someone who does them or used to do them, david is here. seems to me you would say were the administration that wants to put more money in your paycheck. we want to make sure if youre sick, you can get insurance. were for you and they...

Hillary clinton in 2016. end of conversation. >> but in a base election if people are showing disrespect to the african-american president -- >> thats the challenge. >> does the african-american vote? >> thats what we always talk about mid-term. thats going to be the challenge. one key race that democrats think they have a shot to pick up a seat is georgia. theres no path for michelle nunn to win that seat unless she has a sizable turnout in atlanta for african-americans. >> keystone pipeline is...

Have been for the last year, talking about how to make sure 2012 doesnt happen again or gets worse, that theyre narrowly getting the e electr t of white guys. before that, we have 2014. and the rnc chairman admitted this to me. this is going to be a base election meaning they have to in a midterm election get out the core republican voters and it is especially true talking about the republicans quest to take over the senate because a lot of the key races are in states where president obama lost ...

>> absolutely. look. i wouldnt mind having president obama campaign for me. im sure that many of the other democrats across the country would love to have the president. this is probably a base election. off year elections, the name of the game and rick knows this is turnout. the last time around turnout was 40%. so he is trying to get his base out and trying to get independence out and trying to get republicans who are interested in his candidacy as well. so president obama will help him get hi...

Active duarte, in terms of a shutdown question, virginia is unlike other states. there is so much government there. the other factor, in 2014, you mentioned the tightness of counties, the other things that democrats should be remembering is who comes out in a mid-term? its a base election. there is nothing thats good about a 28% approval rating for republicans, surely, but if it were 2016 and they were looking at that, it would be an absolute disaster and it may spell disaster for 2016 if they c...

Rate four years ago. 7% now. thats why you look at midwestern firewall for the president holding up in this sort of fools aaron that romney is taking in eyeing pennsylvania at this late date. >> im out of time. but i must ask you this, jonathan, new york times is reporting that romney camp has been wooing, of all controversial characters, glenn beck. glenn becks unique position as both a mormon and prominent voice amath evangelicals have been too tempting for m romneys campaign it pass up. campa...

>> the problem is, karen, they wouldnt be doing it if they didnt think they were appealing to somebody. i mean, you dont spend a million dollars on advertising unless you think youre going to get some return. >> but remember from the very beginning this has been a base election. president obama needs his base to come out if hes going to win. mitt romney needs his base to come out if hes going to win. and so the fact that he -- that they are still going this route spells trouble for governor romn...