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Wood and a couple of other federal judges who are in the mix. oftentimes a dark horse kind of comes up towards the end, so i think its a little early to say for sure who is on the short list, but this time it will include men as well as women. the last time to -- >> a lot of pressure. >> when judge sotomayor was selected, it was all women. >> yeah. >> you can expect that the judge is going to be pretty liberal, alex, because justice stevens who is retiring is one of the most liberal members of t...

On the attack, could the presidents new strategy work, or backfire in the mid-terms? pat buchanan and peter fenn coming up next. [ male announcer ] this is your canvas.

To the polls. in the gallup survey, among independent voters the generic ballot, you ready for this, 47 percent republicans, 29 percent democrats -- im sorry, 47-39. so its an amazing lead right now among republicans, among the independents. juliet: richard, when does the president start to get active in the campaign -- in the campaigning and do you agree with adam that maybe theyre backing off of them? >> theyre going to be strategic, as they should, as presidents always are in midterms and all...

York times." president obama can see the mid-terms can be tough for democrats, but does the president and his party have time to regroup and minimize losses. they cant lose 41 seats or 10 seats in the senate. lets talk about it when the pros talk about the numbers in one minute. you are watching "hardball" on msnbc. ♪ (announcer) right now, all over the country, discover card customers are getting five percent cashback bonus at home improvement stores. it pays to get more, it pays to discover....

This will occupy his officials for many years. this is the change as its happening. not back room discussions, but going into the mid-terms. there have been reforms. this is how small businesses will benefit. youve got to show something for the record of being in washington for two years. this is it. >> msnbc analyst richard wolffe. thanks for your time. >> thank you. as promised, the discussion of the repealers with david weigel. what do you make of senator burrs new battle cry? nothings goin...

>> its easy to ridicule people in this down if they talk about a dictatorship and takeover. the media is overblown too. this is a lawyers trick but something very characteristic for him. where he goes outs and says, im the only reasonable person here. im the great hope that this country can find any kind of common sense middle ground here. whether or not it works, whether he can cut through the media on the one side and the onslaught from republicans on the other remains to be seen. didnt work s...

Polls. but i think i would say overall, seven months away, the democrats in the last two elections really reached the high water mark. in terms of offices held, we know these mid-terms are always tough for the party in power, but dont count bin laden and the democrats out. we know what a great campaigner the president is, theyre going to now focus the democrats and the president are going to focus on regulatory reform, which is much more popular with some of the voters in the middle. so i think ...

On an unpopular congress and an unpopular administration that controls the levers of power. to the extent that youre proposing alternatives, you drive off constituency bases that may be unhappy with the status quo, but would be maybe be more unhappy with your solutions. so the safe thing is it to just be critical of whats going on, and say, look, the mid-terms are an opportunity to correct this, give us a seat at the table. obama is still president, but you can balance things out. ands that seem...

They ought to have raised in this environment. hes coming up on a mid-term election. he was in charge of the decision to have their winter meetings in hawaii, of all places, in the middle of one of the worst storms -- the worst storm of the century. so what do they do? wait till after the mid-terms? we were talking about this the other day. >> i think so. congresswoman waters probably knows a lot about whats happening inside of the democratic politics. shes probably not privy to whats happening ...

A rasmussen poll last week said 53% of iowaps disapprove of this legislation. he won the iowa caucuses hear and that propelled him to the democratic nomination and the presidency. and in may 2007 he was near the same city to announce his healthcare reform plan as a candidate for president. he promised then that he would sign universal healthcare coverage into law by the end of his first term if he became president. this bill doesnt do that but he will be here to tout what the bill does do. megyn...