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were just 16 days out from the midterm elections. as campaign 22 is hitting the homestretch, democrats are also facing economic head winds >> i am worried about the level of voter turnout. democrats have to contrast their economic plan with the republicans. >> elections are about the future. theyre about the economy. nobody said were doing abortion rather than economy. its about both. >> how much is the economy and the rising prices going to impact your vote in november? >> it has a lo...

>> at least you dont have a shut down tonight. number two, what does it do, gets you parent the presidents state of the union. not only does the president want to celebrate the first year, this weekend, but he has a staft union coming up where he wants to talk about infrastructure, immigration. they want to clear the budget things. >> laura: thats smart. >> this is week-to-week. february 8, last night it was february 16. bottom line, at some point they have on get back to passing budgets. >> lau...

In the senate can put in a bill and send it over there. >> right. >> now its probably dead, fine, its dead in the house. every single time its death by 1,000 cuts is what it is. >> its death by 1,000 adds. whats good is to get republicans to take a stand on something that isnt popular. >> right. >> youre not to raise minimum wage and then you put up an adebayor. you put it up and run an adebayor. do you think thats effective? if they cant get policy through -- >> yes. >> -- can democrats hold th...

Read have the media on their side present ing this. republicans are trying to shut down the government although i they funded it entirely three times. >> exactly. >> except obamacare. they need a communications strategy and political strategy. they have to get everybody out making the case. send it over. i agree with steve. go into conference on the budget things. >> i agree. >> pat and i could work it out in 15 minutes in the green room. >> obamacare wont survive uh, steve ! >> ten minutes. >> ...

American public and he may have in this. of course, the local sheriffs, law enforcement, they didnt know about this. all of a sudden theyve got more criminals in custody released back on the streets and why wasnt local law enforcement notified about it and then the white house, say, we dont really know who let these people out of jail. >> greta: i hadnt thought about it the fact, but the fact that the judge puts them in jail pursue to ice account and you cant get out of jail because ice wants to...

Have in this. of course, the local sheriffs, law enforcement, they didnt know about this. all of a sudden theyve got more criminals in custody released back on the streets and why wasnt local law enforcement notified about it and then the white house, say, we dont really know who let these people out of jail. >> greta: i hadnt thought about it the fact, but the fact that the judge puts them in jail pursue to ice account and you cant get out of jail because ice wants to. the and the judge is it t...

Cause unemployment to rise. cbo says it could rise by seven or eighth tenths of a percentage point. >> if we go over the cliff, they will set in motion a series of fiscal battles for a few months. its almost as if the deal gets done in the next 35 hours or so, we have no reason to go, ahh and a sigh of relief because its setting us up for the next fight and the next fight. yes, its great. the tax rates wont go up for 98% of americans. thats wonderful. we should be nervous about what happens afte...

Short of an alien invasion could get congress united to do the right thing for the economy and the country and invest in infrastructure spending. >> so if we can get something that will cause the government to say, oh, never mind those budget things, lets just spend and do a bunch of stuff, so my fake threat of space aliens is the other route. >> and who would americans want in the white house if we faced an alien invasion? according to a new "national geographic" channel ll, 65% of americans wo...

Get congress united to do the right thing for the economy and the country and invest in infrastructure spending. >> so if we can get something that will cause the government to say, oh, never mind those budget things, lets just spend and do a bunch of stuff, so my fake threat of space aliens is the other route. >> and who would americans want in the white house if we faced an alien invasion? according to a new "national geographic" channel poll, 65% of americans would pick president obama to dea...

There are a series of skirmishes coming on the budget things and romney that flipped and endorsed the student loan, keeping the interest rates low. thats a big real world issue where romney was on the wrong side of public opinion and he took it off the table by endorsing the presidents view, thats the kind of smart, quick thing that they did execute yesterday even if they did fumble the dream act. >> fair enough. chuck todd, thank you very much. come back next hour when the nfls dan marino joi...