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Lot of people that dont want to make things work. there are issues like immigration. the president has said he wants to make immigration work. hes going to have some executive action. we know thats really going to inflame republicans. some democrats have also said they dont want to see executive action. thats possible. but well see. >> we will see. abcs deputy director shushannah walshe. well see you again soon. our coverage of the midterm vote begins at 7:00 eastern tonight with a one-hour ab...

Well make it work, and what would those issues be? >> that takes a lot of maybes, should we, possible, because there are so many people in washington that do want to make things work but then there are a lot of people that dont want to make things work. there are issues like immigration. the president has said he wants to make immigration work. hes going to have some executive action. we know thats really going to inflame republicans. some democrats have also said they dont want to see executive...

Crimes and misdemeanors. its impeachment. its the i-word. with all the talk from bob barre to sarah palin and on and on. is it that they dont have any policies? is it that there is not a lot of agreement, or is it that they know this will fire up the base and you are dealing with narrow primaries of base voters? >> its definitely a lot of options. they worked very hard to nationalize the midterm. you know, if you can make this all about how much the base hates barack obama and how much you are g...

Fundraising effort. >> after, what,. >> that they would like some money for ads to defend themselves from the on slot from the other side. its going to be a tough midterm for the democrats. we have known that very a very long time. it probably wont hinge on obamacare and all the issues eclipsed headlines about the border crises overseas, et cetera. normally i do defend president obama and other presidents when they take vacations and their wives take different interesting trips with their childr...

Jenna: with the november midterm elections just around the corner and balance of power in the senate very much in play, more so than previously thought, at least according to article from the "new york times," entitled, midterm republican surge still hasnt materialized. this article reading in part, as july turns to august gop is on the clock. if there is to be a wave this november, signs of a shift towards the gop ought to start to show up somewhere soon. every day that goes by without a shift ...

There are two million more latinos voted in 2008 than 2004. 2 million more voted in 2008 than 2004. i dont know what they want to do if they want to simply become a -- they cant do it as long as they continue the demonization of immigrants and latinos at the same time. >> i think it surprised a lot of congressional democrats that the white house came out so early and said we need to amend the 2008 trafficking victims act to make it easier to deport these kids in a more expedient fashion. how muc...

Very unhappy with hamas. hamas has very few friends left in the world. the conditions in gaza are deteriorating. i think many residents in gaza hold hamas responsible for that, as they should. so i think that abbas position should be improved. sometime theres this perverse effect in the region where hamas gains in stature just by fighting with israel. in the near term, i dont see that happening. but hopefully in the midterm, we can see a unified government under fatah leadership in both territor...

Jobs and their wealth decreased. >> credit is the new d.n.a. if youre underwater in the house and decide to short sale or foreclose or whatever, it affects your d.n.a. for so many years that theres permanent job loss in the country. >> you are hearing a lot, particularly from the democratic side, heading into the midterm and i called this, that things are so good, look at the stock market. the dow finished at the -- >> where do they live? >> which is fact. however, the mom and pop, every day inv...

Fundraising effort. >> after, what,. >> that they would like some money for ads to defend themselves from the on slot from the other side. its going to be a tough midterm for the democrats. we have known that very a very long time. it probably wont hinge on obamacare and all the issues eclipsed headlines about the border crises overseas, et cetera. normally i do defend president obama and other presidents when they take vacations and their wives take different interesting trips with their childr...

But theres an effort to exhaust every avenue, to find the irs scandal, the benghazi scandal, and they have been unsuccessful. and they have found things they can sink their teeth into around white water and monica lewinsky and other things, but they have not found a scandal they can really use to extract serious damage to the obama presidency. so now theres the effort to do the lawsuit, which is attempting to sort of create at least a confrontation among a sort of different branch of government ...