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Women. so how much of a drag is that? >> well, youre not going to see him on the campaign trail, especially in the red states. his numbers are low. democrats are distancing themselves from the president. that is the key to victory, basically saying you independent from this white house. remember in 2010, the last midterm, president obamas party got a shellacking. that is what he called it. so these numbers, he has to get the numbers at least up to 50 and it is hard to see how he does that becaus...

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Restricting their speech. as we head into this midterm election season, think of all the other nonprofits under the irs tax code that are not going to be held under that restriction. for instance, the unions, the greatest supporters of democrats out there. the effect on this years elections. that this irs scandal will be prolonged -- not the scandal, but the suppression will be prolonged beyond those elections. >> i think the big issue in the elections is obamacare. people are working on findi...

Newsroom" >> and i am martha maccallum. this race was considered somewhat of a test of obamacare as we go toward the midterm. >> john roberts is live in clear water beach, florida. size this up. how important was this race? >> it is difficult to overstate the importance of this race. this was a huge win for the gop. even some republican strategist were doubtful he could win. this is the first test in a congressional race in how powerful a message obamacare might be. some republicans started worr...

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Its handcuffing him. its keeping him in the white house. hes not out there trying to get, theyre still trying to do their health care, still trying to rally people for health care. hes not out there fixing his own politics, which a bunch of democrats would like to see him do, because this is dominating. >> exactly and he cant ignore it. >> then it becomes a political problem for another reason. >> right, but political problem or not, you know, youve got a sovereign country. a piece of a sovereig...

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