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A survey then, and focus groups last week. so they are really -- its really all about looking at their views politically. and their views as moms and how being a mom affects how they view the political debate. >> alicia menendez, theres one woman i want to read to you what she had to say about, shes tired of the social issues. she said, i dont want to hear about same-sex marriage and reproductive rights, only because nothings going to get done. theyve talked about it way too long. they bring it ...

A small part of the democratic base. white college-educated women. that is a small part of a larger group that democrats will need to turn out in november. this conversation about the economy expands to a much larger, much broader group. >> and alicia, these focus groups are great for showing you, i think most interestingly, what voters dont care about. you can pick several of the topics that we talk about here in the course of the week, and they wont care about them at all. theyre focused on th...

A survey then, and focus groups last week. so they are really -- its really all about looking at their views politically. and their views as moms and how being a mom affects how they view the political debate. >> alicia menendez, theres one woman i want to read to you what she had to say about, shes tired of the social issues. she said, i dont want to hear about same-sex marriage and reproductive rights, only because nothings going to get done. theyve talked about it way too long. they bring it ...

Joining me now, one of the pollsters who conducted the focus groups, margie omaro, president of momentum analysis, and lisa menendez, a host of "huff post live." mar margie omaro, why did walmart conduct focus groups with these women? >> this has been an ongoing analysis that weve been talking to these moms over the course of a couple of years, through surveys and focus groups, and really, as far as walmarts involvement, its really to see what these moms think. and weve, i think, really injected...

Are pure undecided this time. they really were all over the swing voter map. and then we did a group of latino moms in las vegas, who were also a mix as well. and it was a fascinating look at how they really grapple with the decision that theyre going to have in november. >> but margie, just so i understand walmarts position on this, is most of your research about trying -- about walmart trying to serve these people better as customers and the political stuff is just a sidebar, in effect, in the...

>> i asked the question of several white house officials, why not go big, why not go bolder, why not do something that transforms this conversation. even if you lose, you made the debate. heres the answer i got back. we know more about the way american people view this economy than anyone else running for that reelection or anyone else covering this campaign. thats the answer i got from the white house. theyre going to stand pat where they are. there is a debate going on. the consensus is stay w...

>> im an executive in ohio, i cant blame the legislature for things not getting done. i have to ak sem responsibility. >> joining me democratic strategist, margie omara and msnbc analyst michael steele. welcome to you both. >> margie, ladies first here, as governor case it case ich makes a interesting point. >> when i do focus groups and travel around the country and talk to voters, theyre pointing the finger at congress and members of congress. its congress, not the president that has record lo...

>> well, no. i was just going to say that i think that the central point here, the central danger here, is you dont want to -- you dont want to be the candidate who doesnt have a message for the future. so you dont want it to be mitt romney saying, im going to do something, and barack obama saying, you know, not saying that essentially. so i think youve got to put forward a program. i kind of like the one that ed rendell just came out with. im going to do infrastructure. were going to put people...

I dont want to know what you did throughout your political career. >> stop it, stop it. >> but i am speechless that mitt romney would be this clumsy. >> absolutely. i would never touch it. marks right. the cardinal rule you learn when you start running for office, never talk about process. you talk about ideas and substance and what you want to do. never talk about process. dont talk about polls. dont talk about focus groups. and certainly dont talk about sending protesters into another camp. >>...

Columnist and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. >> mark, im not going to ask you to like tell us what happened, you know, in shop or anything, speak out of school. but let me just ask you a question. if karl rove had sent some people from the bush team or some supporters to go out and hold signs and chant and disrupt speeches, would karl rove or well sayed rendell or anybody go out the next day and, say, well, we did that just to show how tough we were? i dont understand. mitt romney, he ...