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Poll like this. generally not good news to see high inflation, and a wrong 70% for the party in power heading into a midterm election. >> and well get to that later. the news out of opec saying theyre going to cut oil production is going to raise prices and inflation more. if we think back over the last few months, when was it that republicans were looking particularly strong and democrats on their back feet. it was when we had oil prices, gas prices, at, what, $7 a gallon at the pump, and that ...

Crime. in some cases talking about the southern border and lack of security there. these are the things that they feel can get them past the finish line in a very close race. as we know, midterm elections historically in this century in particular a lot of these races are close even in wave elections. the individual races are extremely close and what gets the challenger across the finish line is that feeling among voters, particularly the swing voters that are going to decide georgias senate rac...

Been fine, go ahead. he didnt do any of that. everything has been a lie. everything has been down played and cutting corners. the whole thing. and who whose expense is that at? me and my mom as were chased down by the media, were terrorized, all these different things. people are questioning my authenticity. dont lie. dont put this on me. this is a candidate issue. not a me issue. i wouldnt have spoken out if there werent all these lies every day. >> thats christian walker, herschel walkers soni...

Weighing in on this candidate issue. why not? >> well, no, he actually said on hugh he witt other night, we believe every one of those ten people that will take the stage tonight is eligible and qualified. we should be e should move forward. >> oh, good, a message to donald trump essentially saying stop suggesting that hes not qualified or eligible to run for president, yes? >> well, id leave that up to mr. trump. what i think he has said is this needs to get settled. but right now every one of ...

A problem, they are not reporting on this team romney, do they know? i can tell you this i know a lot of romney folks outside of boston are just -- theyre throwing their hands up in the air, they just dont understand what this team is thinking. >> if you inject truth serum into mitt romneys advisers and certainly in the outside circle of advisors, they will tell you that, yes, the rules have changed, its harder now to get the nomination because the delegate distribution, its harder because of th...

The fact is that jay carney teed up the question about george romney. >> the george romney -- >> the fact it was very smartly asked at that debate, you would think he could say more than maybe. i dont get it. >> i think chuck, to your point here, it does not seem to be a staff issue. the one thing we know -- even if they werent -- >> sounds like a candidate issue. >> monday night when he fumbled about tax returns on thursday they were ready for it. he got asked it and he gave this -- in the past...

December 22nd when i asked him that. what are we up to, january 21st. this is his problem in a nutshell. >> ive spoken to a lot of republicans about this question for several weeks actually. and nobody can figure out what the strategy of the romney campaign is or if there is one. youve got to figure that he would be in better shape if he released it a month ago. he says hes not releasing them because hes afraid of being attacked which is a defensive post tour and being attacked for not doing it ...

Overwhelming support when you look at how many votes went elsewhere. so how much concern is there in the republican party, do you think? >> enthusiasm is a macro issue, not a candidate issue. i talked to republicans in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. look, in iowa, they set a record for turnout of a republican caucus. just barely, 122,000, 4,000 more than in 2008. now you would think compared to 2008 republicans would be much more charged up and terry said a margin of 140 to 150,000, fel...

>> so the key now is to make sure theres strong followup, strong execution of the plans that have been put forward. >> as president and candidate for re-election in tough times mr. obama was crystal clear on the domino effect of that euro zone deal. >> if europe is weak, if europe is not grown as our largest trading partner that is going to impact our businesses and ability to create jobs here in the united states. >> a bit more positive news from the commerce department. it reported t...

Tax cut extension currently here in congress. republicans are concerned that it could break social security. lynn. >> tracie potts, thank you. last night on the rachel mad dough show, she asked if she expects the rights of gay rights to be brought up as a candidate issue. >> i wouldnt put it past any of the presidential candidates. its historically been one of the things thats used. and kind of how we should be treat treated or how we should be accepted. >> having a gay sister doesnt affect a po...