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Races, the results which could hold clues about the attitudes of voters for both parties and messaging as we head into the mid-terms of 2014. thats when congress will be at stake here. how important has the support of the president and the vice president and the clintons for terry mcauliffe been as theyre all making the rounds for him in virginia? >> well, thomas, it all helps obviously because you want to get your party base out. and of course this is an off, off year. in fact i think you were ...

Care act rollout. tea party darlings rand paul and ted cruz are duking it out for the title of most beloved tea partier. all this while president obama hits the campaign trail to raise money for democrats for the 2014 mid-terms. here is hoping that relief is on the way. here to discuss, from the "washington post," dana milbank. "usa today" columnist and nbc latino contributor, raul reyes. thank you for being here. i want to start with an interview i just did with leader pelosi. one of the things...

Support comprehensive immigration reform. we think with this team, with this coalition, its just a matter of time before we are successful. the question is how long to get folks to move forward? i agree that there are probably 100 republicans that could swing our way. were going to need a bit more than 25 or so because of the majority -- of the majority rule that is in place, the so-called hastert rule. we need to get a solid majority of that republican caucus to say, lets do something on immigr...

We tried to legislate on this subject. we had a hard time getting anything passed. we ultimately got it passed. it was a problem. if i was still in congress, id be for immigration reform. i think its the right thing to do. i think there is a lot of resistance. >> this is marco rubio. lets listen to what he explained at the start of this week. >> i also dont think its realistic to believe the house will take up and pass whatever the senates are demanding. i think there are many things on immigrat...

>> well, i have to disagree -- i think behind the scenes, theres a lot of activity that hasnt made the headlines. i do think theyre moving forward. i dont think its as quick as i would have wanteded. obviously we would have hoped to have had something passed in august. but i think we have a great chance of passing comprehensive immigration reform before the mid-terms. if it slips past that date, i think thats going to become a big issue for republicans in the mid-term elections. and i think that...

Historic. 40 years from now, the millennials who in 2008 and 2012 believed in and voted for the progressive ideal, limitless, mandated, state-led goodness, can tell their grandchildren. is this republicans poster for no more government we need less government? >> this is the case study for the philosophical argument that republicans made in the mid-terms that the philosophical divide in this country is over whether government should being a greater and bigger and more involved in our lives, or w...

Presidency, will show up a bit of weakness if he were to let her go. when you talk about the war, there is a war. and some of what you saw today in the hearing, many of the gops asking questions of kathleen sebelius asked same questions in letters to the administration on navigators. the white house thinks today many of the gops were posturing asking the same questions about the navigators that indeed the house oversight and subcommittee and oversight and investigations committee found that the ...

From charmtsville, virginia, somebody who will be on up against the clock some day we hope. larry sabato, he is the author of "the kennedy presidency" and he is the director of the university of virginia center for politics. larry, i guess ill start with you. we had that long introduction there looking back at 1912. as i say, there have been a few other instances. its never the story of the creation of a permanent third party. a third marty could be viable for one election. when you look at wate...

Its suddenly a benefit that is going to be rolling out to hundreds and thousands if not millions of people. and they are going to to like very quickly change the whole argument about obama care. if it works in january, february, march, and beyond, through 2014, its going to be a much harder sell to run in the mid-terms on repealing or defunding obama care on the idea that this is such a terrible law. then youll talk about taking a working health insurance system from hundreds of people and thats...

Generals. >> the next movie trailer that we just saw. anchorman. the cast of anchorman can run the place. chuck, the president out raising, hes working -- hes moving forward and it appears to be capitalizing on the weaknesses the republicans have created for themselves. anything wrong with that and do you agree? >> well, some of this, actually, i think there was some fundraising he was going to do in the early part. this is a natural time when you do some fundraising. i think this is a case of t...