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Election day. but the only point i was trying to make, even if we did, sentiment may have begun to turn in such a way that its too late. >> greta: is there one ethnick group or demographic, which is key to the independent vote right now? >> well, no. i dont know how -- i couldnt possibly slice up the independent vote and tell you, you know, what its ethnic composition is. but you can slice up the electorate. and if you do and you think about the hispanic vote and the african-american vote, you c...

Theyve been able to occasionally keep themselves from sheer brunt of legislative inaction creating new problems but they havent been able to do a lot of work on their own to make things better. as for after the election it deped depends on the composition of congress and who it is and whether they decide to cooperate and make the legislative compromises that in our system of government, where it is difficult to get things done without people crossing the aisle, they will be able to cross the ais...

eastern tennessee overnight. reportedly killing two people and injuring dozens more people. the storms tearing through parts of the great smoky mountains. the park spokesamerican telling wtae that a falling tree killed a woman and another man died when his motorcycle wrecked during the storm and rob mars an mow is going to let us know where theyre going. >> good morning. >> well, the storms have weakened. around 5:00 they were rolling down the south, the western part of the smoky mount...

firms say one thing and do another. were watching the story for you and will have more details as the details come in. the rest of the days top stories, right to brooke baldwin with an update on headlines. >> welcome back from the beach. good to see you. good morning, everyone. about 700,000 people waking up to another day without power. look at the map. you see 11 states and talk about the nations capital. it has been six days since powerful storms fueled by extreme heat zapped trees ...

Was in the composition of what is now the joint dissent, especially in regard to the individual mandate. and my sources indicate that until very late in the process, justice roberts was going to go along with the notion that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, vis-a-vis, the commerce clause, skband was not going to bail it out through this tax claim. he -- now, of course, i dont know precisely when he changed his mind in regard to that question. but, in fact, what we now see as the join...

About the irs penalty, but about what the -- what roberts role was in the composition of what is now the joint dissent, especially in regard to the individual mandate. and my sources indicate that until very late in the process, justice roberts was going to go along with the notion that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, vis-a-vis, the commerce clause, and was not going to bail it out through this tax claim. he -- now, of course, i dont know precisely when he changed his mind in regard...

Bill: andrea works with president romney. she says $4.2 million raised online since the scotus supreme court decision. >> in 2010 the vote that resulted in a change in the composition of congress, i think that means well see a repeat in 2012 of what we saw in 2010. if you will recall what motivated a lot of people at town hall meetings to get energized was obama-care it was other things, but that was the primary cause. now that people have been reminded about what a intrusion this was on their i...

Getting different senators to vote for it because of special deals. all that is coming back in the peoples mind and will be part of the campaigns and i dont think that helps the president or incumbent democrats who helps pass this piece of legislation. our fox polling on wednesday afternoon came out 16 hours before the decision. federal government forcing americans to boy health insurance. 60% say its a violation of their individual rights. what does that mean? >> it means obama-care remains unp...

Now experience means nothing, because the american electorate is changing too fast for us poor pundits to keep up with it. a new article in the "national journal" points out that if president obama faced an electorate with the same racial and ethnic composition of the 1980s, president obama would have lost the 2008 election. joining me now, alicia menendez, the host of huff post live and professor of science at emory university. professor, you have studied this demographic change that occurred i...

Now experience means nothing, because the american electorate is changing too fast for us poor pundits to keep up with it. a new article in the "national journal" points out that if president obama faced an electorate with the same racial and ethnic composition of the 1980s, president obama would have lost the 2008 election. joining me now, alicia menendez, the host of huff post live and professor of science at emory university. professor, you have studied this demographic change that occurred i...