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Strongest candidates possible. some electorates were raging against the machine. it didnt matter where they stood on an ideological spe spectrum. looking for candidates who are younger, younger generation coming to the fore on their own. i think republicans will be more successful if they do that. >> can i saish. >> is he defending the crazier people like mourdock and akin and those people? is he defending the ones who are the most absurd? is he or is he not? >> he did not defend akin or christi...

Republican primary season in 2008 because he was in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. he had to double back. theyre going to have to get out of that. theyre going to have to be able to say there is a different path forward, not just to citizenship, but to dealing with immigration as an issue, which is complicated, understandably. but start with more actually free market type of solutions and say, hey, look, why are we micromanaging the number of immigrants from each and every country? w...

>> karen, in ohio the big story is the states provisional ballot. the republican in charge of elections there has issued an order which appears to be contrary to state law that could throw out a lot of provisional ballots. is this what its come to? >> pretty much. their goal was since we cant expand our electorate lets see how much we can constrict the democratic electorates. its disgusting whats going on. you and i have talked about this, martin. in addition to all these shenanigans at the poll...

2004 and the 2010 off-year election then the independents are going to swing it because party identifier these days are strong partisans. you are getting 90-plus percentage of democrats for obama and 90% republicans voting for romney. weir well see something other than a 1% race in the presidential contest. megyn: if thats true why dont we see bigger numbers for mitt romney in states like ohio and iowa and these other critical states that may be required for him to win. >> we have seen in ohio r...

So like voter id laws, early vote cog become another ugly battle over the right to vote itself. and thats one rule of politics that hasnt changed here. the party trying to suppress votes is usually the one losing. craig? >> ari melber, always appreciate your insight here. let me ask you one thing before i let you get out of here or we bring some other folks in. >> sure. >> if early voting is as vital as it seems to be this year, why isnt the romney camp placing a greater emphasis on driving his ...

Folks and maybe some democrats agree hes up a little bit in virginia. florida, theres a little bit of a disagreement. the obama folks think they are doing better in florida than they are in virginia. and the bigger dispute are the poll numbers in ohio and iowa. there may be agreement on where new hampshire might be heading. massive disagreements between what the electorates are going to look like in ohio and iowa between the campaigns. its fascinating. the obama folks are worried, but they are n...

And, you know, the polls -- at least recently, show him falling behind. >> well, alicia, you know, in politico, romney campaign officials are lists this as a strategy seeing the problem. he says, quote, in a lot of current survey data, theres a desire among the electorate to know more about mitt in terms of how he would lead. over the next six weeks, the campaign is going to provide a lot more of that. i mean, really? he needed a survey to tell him that people want to know how he would lead? >> ...

Power at the ballot box and putting a greater need on the candidates focusing on some gaps in the electorate. women and latino, mitt romney either has to win big among white voters this fall or somehow cut into his lead among hispanics and african-americans. joining me now, former white house secretary and the presidents superpac, and senator blanche lincoln. my friend and national political reporter, and, of course, politicos senior political reporter. okay. jonathan, you especially will love t...

Still to be a margin of error situation? >> steve, it is very hard it get a bounce. with 6, 8, 10% of electorates decided. it is hard to get bounce we use get from conventions. i think independents are listening. i think those who havent made up their mind are listening and i think they will like what they hear this week. i would be disappointed if we didnt widen the lead. an huge margin but widen the lead. this race will never get above 4 points on each side. >> ed rendell, the straight shooter...

We all got to get out and vote like we never, ever voted before. >> you know, actually, 2008 was one of the most diverse electorates ever, so i hope we see that again in 2012. i want to switch gears, pretty dramatically here, but before i let you go, governor romney had sort of this surprise press conference today and he took a question about his taxes. again, i guess i think about this in the context of the tone on the campaign. id like you the take a listen to what he said an then get your rea...