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President. how is the right wing go to sell that to voters? >> from a messaging standpoint, this trust mantra which has emerged from focus groups at the wing ding, this is the new drinking game. as a consultant, im green with envy. i wish i could get my clients to fall in line and recite as clearly. the message itself can be problematic. your choice of words can invite mockery. look how the right has trivialized global warming. well, so much for global warming. theres more to climate change than...

Juan williams, columnist with the hill. nina easton, and charles krauthammer. charles? >> well, listening to that excerpt from ed henry, you would think thats the campaign speech of someone running against barack obama. obama is indicting the four years, the five years hes been president. he said the rich have done well. everybody else has stalled. inequality has increased. the four years, the five years are his years. essentially, hes saying my job now is to undo what i have done in the five ye...

While we are talking about the obama family today, also, this morning, sad news. david axelrods mother passed this morning at newton mass. an amazing woman. muriel axelrod bennett was in the 1940s, a newspaper reporter for the new york city newspaper "p.m." a time when very few reporters and then in 1960s, the madmen era and one of the first vice presidents at young and reubencamp. known to us as mrs. axelrod and a pioneer in journalism and advertising. one of the first people to use focus group...

Strain in the country right now. for the job i do, it is pretty painful when people in these focus groups burst out in tears because they dont have enough money at the end of the week. whether were democrats or americans bill, its -- >> there should be a word for being upset about a situation you caused. that word is orwellian. a key to controlling people is controlling language. you people at american political life wielded the power of emotional language better than a conservative man. his rep...

Well.. >> i look at the focus groups its alarming to see just how people have tuned off to politics how recentful they are to a government that cherishes democracy and freedom the public thinks the entire government, congress, president, republicans, democrats alike, conservatives and liberals failed them. that is why independent number is high. its not that they embrace independence. its that they reject republicans and democrats that is a trend to reject all of politics as we know it. >> frank...

They dont see them as a solution for the country. >> your language about solutions is what the american people want. the problem is this unnecessary viciousness. and in these focus groups, that i do for you, there are times i cant get to a commercial break because theyre locked in such yelling that you cant separate them. you cant keep them quiet. it is not an -- not a feeling we cant solve the problems. theyre looking for things that you raise and others raise they dont understand why washingto...

Well.. >> i look at the focus groups its alarming to see just how people have tuned off to politics how recentful they are to a government that cherishes democracy and freedom the public thinks the entire government, congress, president, republicans, democrats alike, conservatives and liberals failed them. that is why independent number is high. its not that they embrace independence. its that they reject republicans and democrats that is a trend to reject all of politics as we know it. >> frank...

Number 30 million, 40 million people are uninsured as we were debating obamacare. and now what were hearing is that at the end of the day when all is said and done, there is still going to be about 30 million people who are uninsured. how that translates out, im not sure. but what it does say is that that crowd of young folks that cokie was talking about are not excited about this. theyre not jumping on board. and not willing to shell out $300, $400, $500 bucks that they havent been used to payi...

That outweighs so much else. even though the anger towards washington persists. >> brad and fred, you are big consumers of focus groups. anything in that group surprise you some. >> not at all. we see that everywhere whether its a fly over country or the coast. i predict the voters will figure out how to take out anger on washington next year. it hurts republicans a lot less when voters are angry. they know republicans hate government. when government is disfunctional, they punish the people who...

Grownup. i this i in this case, these weighing the political can you lus just going further to the right as he did on immigration where he put a book out saying that we should have immigration reform then as soon as it was out he was already backtracking. i think in shins it was purely a political move. >> i think with jeb he is breaking with the party on certain issues, he is for the core curriculum for education. some thits an evil plot to take over the state systems. he has been all over if m...