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2016, but this is the modern-day politics that the republicans have decided to play. you take your eye off the ball we lose. we cant turn it over. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question, will the democrats stop the republicans from cheating in elections? text a for yes. text b for no. to 622639. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we encourage you to do that. we have the results of the poll coming later on in the show. joining me tonight congresswom...

Ideas to step forward with a fresh message? what about that, karen? >> you know, here is the problem, ed. its not just the message, right. it is the policies. think about so while bobby jindal was making those comments, we know that a majority of americans from our own nbc/wall street journal poll believe that access to legal abortion, majority agree with that, that roe v. wade should be the law of the land. what is the republican agenda? to try to overturn roe v. wade and take those rights away...

Deeds. but were going to stay vigilant on that. ken blackwell is not going to stop fairness in this country. >> do these efforts violate the voting rights act the way you interpret it? >> i believe they do. and if they do make that move we will have to take it to court. and i am hopeful that the courts will rule in favor of the people. it is patently unfair for them to even try to do what theyre doing. but, ed, theyre not ashamed. were going to stay vigilant. evil never sleeps, so good can never...

Are we going to see the same old mitch? >> look, at the end of the day, what that legislation did is made it easier for some cabinet appointees to take their jobs. thats important. its going to speed up the process in the senate. thats important. but at the end of the day, ed, this country faces enormous economic crises. weve got to deal with global warming. weve got to deal with education. we have to deal with deficit reduction. we are not going to be able to do what the american people want if...

>> can they do a face-lift, an image change between now and 2014? >> i dont think there is enough lipstick for that, ed. i think, come on. look, i actually -- in all seriousness, think about regard to latinos. i think they have a two-cycle problem. that is not something that they can fix right away. and again, what are they trying to do? theyre also trying to change the rules in some of the states in terms of they didnt get elected so, lets change the rules. theyre going to have to stop all the ...

Ideas to step forward with a fresh message? what about that, karen? >> you know, here is the problem, ed. its not just the message, right. it is the policies. think about so while bobby jindal was making those comments, we know that a majority of americans from our own nbc/wall street journal poll believe that access to legal abortion, majority agree with that that roe v. wade should be the law of the land. what is the republican agenda? to try to overturn roe v. wade and take those rights away ...

Ken blackwell is not going to stop fairness in this country. >> do these efforts violate the voting rights act the way you interpret it? >> i believe they do. and if they do make that move we will have to take it to court. and i am hopeful that the courts will rule in favor of the people. it is patently unfair for them to even try to do what theyre doing. but, ed, theyre not ashamed. were going to stay vigilant. evil never sleeps, so good can never take a vacation. >> all right. ohio state senat...

Speak to regulators, should speak to experts, because if i bring a case against institution a, and as a result of bringing that case, there is some huge economic effect, if it creates a ripple effect so that suddenly counterparties and other financial institutions or other companies that had nothing to do with this are affected badly, its a fact that we need to know and understand. >> and i am joined tonight by mike papantonio, host of "the ring of fire" radio show and former president of the na...

Interests of women and others who care about womens reproductive rights. >> can they do a face-lift, an image change between now and 2014? >> i dont think there is enough lipstick for that, ed. i think, come on. look, i actually -- in all seriousness, think about regard to latinos. i think they have a two-cycle problem. that is not something that they can fix right away. and again, what are they trying to do? theyre also trying to change the rules in some of the states in terms of they didnt get...

Not only in ohio, but nowhere else in the country. it is not by happenstance that they are targeting the very battleground states that they lost and had the previous plan been in place in 2012, governor romney would have received 12 of our electoral college votes, even though the president won ohio by over 166,000 votes. so were going to keep fighting, ed. theyre trying to steal the one woman, one man, one vote democratic idea in this democracy. but were not going to relent. >> i really think th...