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In a midterm but its been going democratic in presidential years. these are folks who really have to present themselves as moderates in order to be successful politically in their states. and this vote really is not consistent with being moderate at all. it puts you to the right of 75% of your constituents. >> that to me is what i think is significant. i think i underestimated, the policy indications and people do support background checks. i dont think thats really controversial. but the questi...

Three, in states where they won in a midterm but its been going democratic in presidential years. these are folks who really have to present themselves as moderates in order to be successful politically in their states. and this vote really is not consistent with being moderate at all. it puts you to the right of 75% of your constituents. >> that to me is what i think is significant. i think i underestimated, the policy indications and people do support background checks. i dont think thats real...

State voted against it. >> bottom line it. >> i am going against the grain. i dont think it is a huge 2014 issue because i think that the politics are what they are, and it has to be a big 2014 issue if people want it to stand out. the other thing, for it to change, talked to somebody very smart on this today, president has to do what he did on health care. bring in the gun manufacturers, say lets make a deal. im going to protect you. >> will he do it? >> gun manufacturers in to make a deal sick...

His messaging. >> i would just add as a postscript, i well remember appearances by barack obama on sunday talk shows in 2006 and even earlier in 2007 when he said that, no, of course im not going to run for president. so i wouldnt -- i dont personally assign a lot of doubt to the idea that marco rubio whether in 2016, or in the 2020 election after that is going to run for president at some point. >> even before that, though, john, can i take a look at your argue article in the "new york times" e...

Direction like that. look, on one level, the president doesnt have to worry about approval ratings, he never has to run again, but his agenda is run by the ability to show others hell be a popular figure through the midterm elections and the remainder of his term. it is that. he has a sweet spot when hes re-elected to influence members of congress to go along. other than that, youre a lame duck, as soon as youre reinaugurated. >> greta: will he drag down the democrats in the midterm? >> i think ...

Theres so much riding on the upcoming vote, but there will be future votes. and even though the nra has a lot of money, if there are enough people who support an issue, you still have to get elected and you still have to be voted for. at some point our senators and our congressmen are going to have to recognize that. we delivered 30,000 petitions that we collected in a week last week to our two senators offices and were prepared to continue to do that. >> the second part of this battle, i think,...

Because im not terribly optimistic that significant legislation will pass this congress. but we have to come back at them then and get them out of office. >> emily, are you prepared to sustain the kind of attention and hold accountable in the future if this battle isnt won, to make sure that youre still around and still going at legislators months and years into the future? >> yes, i am. and i think its important to understand that its not all about this upcoming vote. theres so much riding on t...

Former deputy assistant tore george w. bush. good day to both of you. ta tara, chelsea, what do you think? going to happen? >> well, you know, i think were really way out ahead on a lot of this. its 2013. theres a lot of speculation about 2016. but i think at the core of it is the idea that many americans are really excited about the idea of our first female president. and i think thats whats driving a lot of this conversation. >> it certainly is. matt, listen to this. ill get your reaction on t...

Two people with a-rating. >> pat toomey faces re-election. >> right. >> not an even special but midterm. a real one. hes got to face them around philadelphia who are moderate politically, some of the more conserved politicians, hes thinking about the central part of the state, hes trying to calculate it. maybe allen town next and then oklahoma. its toomey and then the guy down in oklahoma and hes going to get a lot of no votes at all. i have a list of rand paul, marco rubio, they are big shots

Her time in arkansas. im not surprised that thats the kind of thing that you hear her talking about. whether or not she runs for president, these are the kinds of issues that shell continue to be out in front on. >> james carville appeared with chris jansing and recently al e alikened himself in favor of hillary clinton. lets listen. >> shes the most compelling and interesting person on the political scene right now. were going to continue to talk about it and she is not going to make up her min...