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Filibuster goes only so far in race to be governor for texas. a year after her filibuster pumped her up into the galvanizing candidate texas democrats have not had for decades, she seems very much dragged down to earth, dwarfed by the perception the democrats chances of ending the republican domination of texas remains slim. those are the national expectations. we have the poll which has her down 12 points. midterm is expected to favor the republicans this fall. with all those factors at work, w...

Critics a golden opportunity to score some political points back home? >> sure, no doubt about it, youre going to see a midterm about it. theres not a lot of democrats jumping out there and looking to have the president come in and get on stage with him and put their arm around him, they know hes a liability. and so when you do feel -- and people feel the countrys not heading in the right direction, they cant trust the administration, theyen cat trust the irs, its very hard to turn that around a...

>> theyve decided theyre going to sue me for doing my job. you know, i mean, i might have said in the heat of the moment during one of these debates, i want to raise the minimum wage so sue me when i do, but i didnt think they were going to take it literally. >> this was a fired up barack obama. the speech he just gave. we aired some of it in the last hour. he was saying, im listening. ive got your back. and he was going after the republicans. this is all about the midterm. >> you are hearing in...

He went for a starbucks run and stopped to chat with a little league team. what is he doing here? theyre saying to get to knowered americans. >> the president has done it ever summer its usually with a theme. hes talked about obamacare, economy, jobs, infrastructure last summer. we are heading to the midterm. youre right about the presidents poll numbers. hes right that washington is not talking about anything that is at all relevant, i think, to americans today. you know, americans are not sitt...

Voice you upset the very underpinnings of our great democracy. >> it seems to me that the mission has been pretty much accomplished by the conservatives and theyve got the supreme court ruling that they wanted that they said did not affect ohio but there are 22 states that have gone to the fire wall when it comes to restricting the vote. so how can you, running for office, have any trust that the congress is going to work out a solution on this between now and the midterm which is so crucial in ...

Warming which is where we find him today. >> so many people fought and died for iraq, that will hurt him. i do think iraq could come back and bite him in a real way. >> he said in 2009 it was peaceful iraq, 2011 said that is one of president obamas greatest achievements. >> we are going to shift over to the midterm, beauty and braun creating quite buzz for one politician. stuart mills, who some are calling the brad pitt of the g.o.p., is getting more attention for his looks than his platform. he...

Politician thing. mitt romney had a similar problem over the course of the campaign relating to people. whats extraordinary about hillary clinton strategically as we look at the race is a couple months ago she had absolute control of the race, everything was frozen in place. nobody was going to make a move. if you watch this unfold over the last couple weeks, is it more likely to insent challengers to get in the race to say, hey, maybe lightning could strike, maybe we could take her in a campaig...

Me. and i think its personal for a lot of people. this is not just a womens issue. this is a middle class issue and an american issue. >> and the proof is in the pudding. theyve really pulled out the star power for this event today. the president speaking. the first lady will speak. as well as vice president biden and jill biden. theyre really bringing out the big guns, if you will, to show this is an important issue for them. the politics of this also doesnt hurt the white house. the democrats ...

Coming up in the mid-term. >> you would see problem if the republicans would not stand in the way. their own job approval is so low that people know they are not worth talking about. the truth is, candy, is that it is tough. it is tough to bring washington together. it is tough to get things done. i guess candy would agree with me, if i stop talking. it is rather tough to try to move an agenda forward when the other side just want to obstruct. >> thats why they pay presidents the big bucks. >> c...

Spectrum of issues that fall on his plate. with this lack of confidence voters dont seem poised to give him a more favorable congress coming up in the mid-term. >> you would see problem if the republicans would not stand in the way. their own job approval is so low that people know they are not worth talking about. the truth is, candy, is that it is tough. it is tough to bring washington together. it is tough to get things done. i guess candy would agree with me, if i stop talking. it is rather ...