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But they came a little bit back from damascus at the end of the year. >> i think its commendable that a journalist would say, i screwed up in a big way. whats the big political story were talking about in 2014? is there a surprise that looms that we cant yet predict? >> the mid-terms are the biggest story. the race to watch so far is going to be this kentucky senate race. >> do you think mitch mcconnell is in trouble? >> im not sure hes in trouble. i think he knows hes got a fight on his hands. ...

Become problematic ones the deadlines are over. we have maybe 2 million people who will have registered by the end of the enrollment on monday. 6 million people have lost their insurance in the individual plans. theyre not all clawing them back because of the waiver the president granted. what you just mentioned is one problem. we could spend many segments discussing the factors of obamacare that have not yet played out politically. >> lets talk about the political implications. we heard from se...

Month extension as opposed to a year. but they have to find some money to pay for it. >> lets talk about the political appetite, and the gop, because business interest is stepping up for the gop in the 2014 mid-terms. according to the "wall street journal," republican leaders are teaming up with corporate interest to marginalize the conservative wing of the party. u.s. chamber of commerce and karl roves group american crossroads launching efforts to launch centrist gop candidates. the strategist...

Find their talk points and attack ads. josh, you have been following this issue. im curious if theres an alternative health care plan they will put out there. rally around it or keep going with ads like this. >> they wont go with any alternative plan. any alternative plan you create creates a new set of losers. the republican party has opposed whatever has come out from the left but hasnt pushed their own plans. its been smart. when you try to reform health care and create access for people who ...

Doesnt like t. tea partys power over republican officials is psychological in many ways. it comes from the fear of every republican in washington that with just one vote, he or she could become the next mike castle. which brings us to the next round of elections. next years mid-terms. will that same message be reenforced in the republican primaries or will it be different this time? consider this your warning and youre helpful giechld heres whats on the docket. what we will be watching closely i...

It was a new day in politics, we said, a new day of that new obama coalition. then, the very next year, that coalition vanished. the generation that helped to sweep barack obama into power did not sweep up in the 2009 election, instead, virginia gave the republicans a clean sweep. the governor, the attorney general, all of them elected in 2009, all of them republicans just a year after obama carried the state. and in 2010, the same thing happened again. this time the national red tide washed ove...

Politics in this area. and back in 2008, when barack obama became the first to win the office since 1974, he won with liberal professionals and black voters, city dwellers, union workers. that coalition, that obama coalition carried him in virginia and across the nation. it was a new day in politics, we said, a new day of that new obama coalition. then, the very next year, that coalition vanished. the generation that helped to sweep barack obama into power did not sweep up in the 2009 election, ...

2010, mid-terms >> youre looking at this through a political prism. >> and republicans have overplayed this issue. >> do you think taxpayers should pay for birth control. you can get it for $9 at walmart >> taxpayers are do it through medicaid. >> why should they have to pay for that? >> they pay for all sorts of things. >> i dont think they should pay for viagra either >> if you break it down into peoples individual values you wont get anything done and people wouldnt pay for anything because p...

Cover the budget gap. you have to take care of it. thats a lousy calculus. and we should all -- you know, people can be happy or sad about, you know, at least a little bit of negotiation and agreement in congress. but nobody should be happy that this is the calculus were beginning to work on. because its saying that those who work hard have to pay more. those who enjoy, you know, dividends, you know, get an easy break. >> right. you know, kate, final point to you. it strikes me that that really ...

After you. you beat them one time they crumble. these groups need to be a little more subtle. >> up beat them that one time, you think youre lucky and you never ever mess with them again. thats the kind of political courage that i have watched. >> you western around my place. beat them one time you own them. >> all right. >> no? am i wrong? >> thats the way i would like to play it. >> play it. they dont screw with you. >> the nbc/wall street journal poll gives us a glimpse at the political impac...