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It will be to the benefit of the country. >> larry: stephanie, is it hopeful for the democrats from the house standpoint? >> i dont know, larry. im not sure anymore what is lowering expectations, what is syops, im not sure. i think the generics are drawing close. i think turnout is going to be everything in this race. so, you know, i dont know. i saw another poll that said if black voters turn out in the same numbers they did, this could be a totally different midterm. >> larry: they havent had ...

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Theres a double edged sword for republicans motivates people who never voted rick is absolutely correct about that. it is also starting to get democrats welcome their jobs: it is happening with the republican party. >> i wonder. >> a shift in the polls -- >> typically suchin attention for midterm obviously the press helped to bring attention to what is going on in november. i dont know. we have a big rock to push uphill. let me take a quick break and i will come back to both of you guys. if you ...

Pearlstein. thanks for joining me. >> okay, hi. >> i didnt think we had you there. there you are. we have the unemployment number staying steady. the real unemployment jumped from 16.7. that includes people who have given up working or taken part time work. how may this impact the midterm? >> well, it is impacting -- it is impacting the midterms. people are pretty grumpy about it. they dont see it getting any better any time soon. that would be a correct assessment. its not going to get any bett...

In the party, how are they feeling going into the last few weeks before midterms? >> when you talk to democratic party activists, even in private, they realize that theyre going to take some kind of a beating in these elections. thats the way its cyclical, the first midterm election of any new president, they usually lose seats in the house and senate, but they are feeling good about how the last few weeks with both the president and first lady out there, they think theyre going to cut into that...

The two great dreams of rams life is to be speaker or to be mayor of chicago. i think hes served him quite well. who could possibly, you know, who could stay in the way of him saying, mr. president, ive served you as best i can, now i want to go -- >> if rahm emanuel may leave as early as next month, you also have people leaving on the economic team. peter orszag, the budget director, gone. larry summers, leaving. rahm emanuel possibly leaving soon. donna brazile, six weeks before an election, a...

Fighting chance. >> how many like the 13 trillion worth of debt we have? >> time to get up folks, so get up! >> how many believe we need higher taxes? no. >> get up! >> the future we are planning right now may be no future at all. >> key is get out to vote. make telephone calls, we take yard signs and get everybody to the polls. >> sean: we are five days from the midterm elects. all signs suggest voters will usher in a gop tidal wave tuesday. a new gallup poll reveals americans are leaning more ...

And i think that come election night well retain control of the house and the senate. >> you believe that. >> i do believe that. >> reporter: hes optimistic. the president and the first lady are in ohio, as you said, hitting the campaign trail, together, for the first time, since the 08 white house race, and theyll try and pump up support for governor ted strickland, there, and theyll try an rally young voters tonight at ohio state university. the president heads, by the way, west, next week, fo...

Worried about their own job. even if we accept the premise that its clasws war fare, is i effective? >> will that message resonate with a part of the population that leans wildly conservative republicans? sure it will, it plays to the base. he is trying to rally the base. the point is, this legislation just passed. congress just went out for the midterm and steps are being taken, its not going to happen overnight, chris. it is going to be a slow, economic recovery and the important thing that al...