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Wait until the midterm. they have got to get that election into the barn before they can start handing out the goodies. >> bill: detroit will never come back. it is out as a major city and will never come back. all right, we just saw you and victoria jackson in the mid 80s, the little hair deal w. was a little differently. >> yeah. >> bill: what do you remember about that time? i mean, i like victoria jackson. i dont think the communists are going to start executing the christians any time soon,...

Into a midterm congressional election? >> part of it is that 150 or more republicans in the house really can get away with not being for something. as long as theyre against something and that something is president obama, theyre going to do well in their republican primaries and then theyre going to win the general election. part of it, though, is that they genuinely misread the electorate. they saw the tea party and then saw polls that said a majority of people were unhappy with obama care. an...

His facts, quote, wrong. now in 2013 alone mr. mcconnell says lawmakers confirmed the secretaries of energy, the interior, the treasury, the secretary of state, commerce, transportation, the director of the office of management and budget, the administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, and the chair of the securities and exchange commission. lets talk about all of this, joe trippy is a former campaign manager for howard dean. ed rollins is a formal national campaign directo...

In the democratic party up for re-election in midterms and its to get past that midterm election in 2015? >> i think the political considerations are definitely a dominant force here. i also think the sheer complexity of the law has made it impossible for the president to get this thing together. it is so complex, its a 2,700 page bill. >> thats before the regulations, thats just for starters. >> at the end of the day, i think it may be some of both. the important thing to remember, if hes not r...

Re-election in midterms and its to get past that midterm election in 2015? >> i think the political considerations are definitely a dominant force here. i also think the sheer complexity of the law has made it impossible for the president to get this thing together. it is so complex, its a 2,700 page bill. >> thats before the regulations, thats just for starters. >> at the end of the day, i think it may be some of both. the important thing to remember, if hes not ready to implement it, he should...

Incentive for any house member to be thinking about latino voters and worried about these largely white districts. does that become or has that already become self-reinforcing where you get 2014, we talked in the show about the disparity between presidential turn out and midterm turn out. if all these republican congressmen ignoring latino voters get re-elected in 2014 and a foo more get in there does this reinforce the thinking theyve been embarking on? >> look, if people are looking at just th...

Employer mandate wasnt really going to have much effect. when it is in position, because companies that employ over 50 people in the united states already provide health care it really is about the reporting and the red tape that was built into the system to record it and make sure they were doing it that caused the problem. the administration -- >> wait a minute. >> lets be honest -- >> this pass -- >> its about dropping people. >> this law passed years ago. theyve been mindsful of the politica...

>> they dont want to as if i will exactly. not only next n the midterm but going forward. democrats would love to be able to paint republicans as anti-hispanic. a lot of democrats are indifferent as to whether this goes forward. >> yours would be to pass it but how you would improve it? ? one way to improve it would be to expand the -- legal ways to come. particularly for low-skilled workers. think think thats a big deal. visas are not adequate for agriculture and thats -- becomes an incentive f...

Republican. it was redrawn after 2010 to get him. republicans nominated an african-american mayor in saratoga springs, utah. she lost that race. shes looking to run again. if matheson hasnt lost yet, why does he lose now? >> barack obama. the best effort we have for candidate recruiting is this president and this presidents policies. theyve seen what a liberal president will do and how that will matter in a midterm is that gym matheson has to defend the president of his party. and the fact is th...

Whether or not the electorate that showed up in 2008 and 2012 to elect barack obama will be a durable, sustainable electoral coalition in future elections. or whether it was the product of an exceptional man who is an exceptional politician with an exceptional campaign. republican party knows that if you get the electorate that came out, voted for obama in 2008, and again in 2012, the country and its future looks one way and not a way that looks very good for the grand old party. but if you get ...