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Above that 39% that you just cited. >> john, we have a lot of viewers out that that came out of nowhere to vote for obama last time. they may not always vote. younger voters, younger white voters, minority voters may not always vote. got out for this guy. they wanted him to be president of the united states. he is president of the united states. these are troubled waters in terms of the economy. will they get out the vote this november to offset this advantage among white older voters? >> you kn...

Look at the disapproval numbers among whites. chris, just so our people at home understand why were doing this. why are we singling out white voters as opposed to minority voters and why is it significant? >> first of all, chris, white voters always make up a large majority. electorate, but small differences matter, especially in low turnout mid-terms. in 2008 white voters made up 74% of all voters. in 2006, the last mid-term before that, 79%. so white voters make up a bigger proportion of the e...

Cited. >> john, we have a lot of viewers out that that came out of nowhere to vote for obama last time. they may not always vote. younger voters, younger white voters, minority voters may not always vote. got out for this guy. they wanted him to be president of the united states. he is president of the united states. these are troubled waters in terms of the economy. will they get out the vote this november to offset this advantage among white older voteers? >> you know, we dont know the answer ...

Among whites. chris, just so our people at home understand why were doing this. why are we singling out white voters as opposed to minority voters and why is it significant? >> first of all, chris, white voters always make up a large majority. electorate, but small differences matter, especially in low turnout mid-terms. in 2008 white voters made up 74% of all voters. in 2006, the last mid-term before that, 79%. so white voters make up a bigger proportion of the electorate in mid-terms tradition...

Welcome back to "the ed show." reports of democrats demise is premature. thats according to vice president joe biden making big predictions about the mid-terms. in a new interview with politico the vice president said i dont see this grand debacle because by the time people walk into the booth theyre going to have to choose between two people. i know what the republicans are against. i have no notion of what they are for. he also put money down on two senate races saying he expects democrat jack...

Important, what should be the focus of u.s. policy on illegal immigration? 6 out of 10 sadie portiy deport and stopping more. stopping it is more important than allowing a pathway to citizenship. the president, when he was a candidate running for the white house, he promised to take action, trying to get some comprehensive immigration reform early in the first term. we are now 1 1/2 years in. it doesnt look likely congress will act before the mid-terms in november. >> some of those numbers even ...

Refrain congressman boehner uses, that they did not listen to the will of the people will be be hard to use. >> to repeal health care reform you dont just have to win the house and the senate, you have to win a veto-proof house and senate, which would mean more than a 100 swing in the house and 26 seats just in this years senate mid-terms. if youre not going to get that, why not promise them the moon of the full reform? is that why boehner is unintentionally signaling, hes not going to get it so...

Somewhat harsh terms. >> well look for the speech definitely on thursday and talk about this more. congressman, thanks for taking the time. >> thank you, chris. thank you. >> all right. lets turn to our panel for rapid response on these stories. republican senator scott brown saying hes against the wall street reform bill he helped write. why? because he doesnt want to raise taxes on the banks. the so-called macaca moment, the viral video of george allen making a racial slur at a camping in even...

That closely and pushing out to reporters that look favorably on health care. things he has been able to get done and financial reform will be signed soon. if they think they can get the agenda to be more popular, that will help. >> over four months to the mid-terms, but with the tie right now when asked about the 2010 mid-terms, they hope republicans control congress after the elections. 43% say the democrats. what do you think is behind that and how much will that change or will this be a sque...

Hes correct. the issue is joe barton stands for what the republican party stands for. theyre more concerned about standing up for joe barton than for the victims in the gulf coast. joe barton issued a cover his backside so to speak apologizing for apologizing for the government shakedown. nobody believed it and nobody thought he meant it. bartons twitter posted this yesterday. joe barton was right in reference to the shakedown comment. predictably as soon as people saw it, the tweet was deleted ...