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And its marginal whether it helps the year 2012. bill: in your view is this throwing something -- throwing something against the wall 60 days before the midterm or is this a chance to pass something with congress? >> we clearly have invested in infrastructure. it would help if we didnt have davis makon laws. clearly we have been spending money on transfer payments, welfare, corporate an otherwise and weve neglected our nations basic needs. bill: here are the specifics from the white house, that ...

The midterm. republican senator john mccain and the d.n.c. chairman tim kaine. i sat down with the anchor of "fox news sunday" for a preview. chris, you talked with senator john mccain today, fresh off a primary win over the last couple of weeks. but you talked about the fact that a lot of people felt like he shifted some of his positions to get that win that he needed to get the party nomination. >> well, as you will expect, he says he didnt. and you can get awfully far in the weeds. it seems t...

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In democrats and republicans alike. >> it allows for both parties to point blame and point the finger and try to energize their base against the other side. >> some pollsters say obama abandoned politics of hope to energize the base this fall. >> it could minimize some of the losses in the midterm, but the long term risk to the ability to govern is substantial. >> continued home sales and consumer spending suggests that the economy is more than a political problem. >> what we have to worry about...

Unemployment. what happens then? >> probably knew is going to be true. bill: what happens then? >> unless they are willing to have some game changing moment -- bill: what happens to the country if president obama is sitting along -- >> we continue to limp along. what is really sad you have people on unemployment benefits now for 99 weeks. at 99 weeks you start losing your benefits. 181,000 people just stopped looking. the intensity on the republican side for midterm is 44% compared to democrats ...

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This country, the separation of church and state. and basically upholding the rights, the constitutional rights of all americans. not just muslim americans. so i think president obamas comments were right on and i fully support his comments. and again, what president obama was protecting are the constitution of all americans, not speaking specifically about muslim americans. >> amen, rudi odeh-ramadan, thanks so much for your time tonight. lets turn to alex wagner, whos here in the studio with m...

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Its been for the last couple of years -- leaderless and from time to time a little rudderless but very, very much out of power. a few months after the presidential election, a grand total of 20% of americans identified themselves as republicans. thats it. lowest in a generation. now, if youre a republican, if youre a conservative-minded person, if you find yourself frequently on the right side of the fence, how do you feel at that point? you could feel demoralized or beaten down or hopeless or, ...

Here with reaction. -- rick perry is here with reaction. >> sean: another new york politician ignores his constituents and defends the ground zero mosque. plus, dick more here with his midterm election predictions. much more hannity, straight ahead. a few questions. the biggest thing was that its effortless. you stick it and forget it. by not putting in the dryer sheet, its one less thing that i have to do.