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End of the year when the president goes there. the presidents got that mixed message. hes out on the campaign trail saying yes, were changing financial regulation, yes we are calling out some of the financial practices that got us into the mess. a lot of people got us into the mess including average american homeowners but theyre making the point new rules of the road, a sounder financial system and sounder auto industry are all things that can be seen as pro business and we are in a recovery ri...

To hurt the democrats in 2010. >> greta: in terms of the midterms coming up, campaigning, president obama is out campaigning for some. is president obama in general, an asset or a liability in terms of politicking and campaigning? >> increasingly the president is a liability. i think you are going to see a lot of democrats, especially in swing congressional districts have scheduling issues. theres only one but, it is an important but, the president is an unmatched, unrivalled fundraiser. a lot o...

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To hurt the democrats in 2010. >> greta: in terms of the midterms coming up, campaigning, president obama is out campaigning for some. is president obama in general, an asset or a liability in terms of politicking and campaigning? >> increasingly the president is a liability. i think you are going to see a lot of democrats, especially in swing congressional districts have scheduling issues. theres only one but, it is an important but, the president is an unmatched, unrivalled fundraiser. a lot o...

In niece -- these numbers. >> they want to say obamas best days are behind him and his numbers are going down and whatever he accomplished already is going to be as much as he gets done and they want to put the exclamation point on that in the mid terms. poll numbers energize republican strategists. they say obama is not this big person who is a big danger to us in the midterm. scary for the democrats. >> it is scary for the democrats and troubling for the president but i also think some history...

President of the united states, as tends to happen in a midterm, so hes going out there, hes going to talk about the economy. on the other side is nevada. and that, of course, is the home state of senate majority leader harry reid. this is something, a payback, if nothing else. harry reid has pretty much delivered for barack obama in the senate every single time hes asked for it. whether it was economic recovery bills. the health care bill. whatever. harry reids done the dirty work. now the pres...

Of his scheduled term, right? >> thats correct. >> six months or something. >> they get him out potentially after the midterm. when you go into the presidents, they would have a clearing and a new person and what any party wants, republican or democrat, you want someone who is seen as fair and calm, you know, leading the party into your presidential race. >> speaking of partisan politics there is an uproar about jenny thomas, she is the wife of clarence thomas and shes making headlines over her ...

Among whites so people at home understand why were doing this, why are we singling out the white voters? >> white voters always make up a large majority of the electorate. but small differences matter, especially in low turnout m midterms. in 2008 white voters made up 74% of all voters. in 2006, the last midterm before that, 79%. so white voters make up a bigger proportion of the electors in midterm. if you move that out, 3 million more white voters, if its like 2006 than 2008. with president ob...

See what washington will do for them. theyre reluctant to hire because theyre afraid of what washington will do to them. >> i smell and hear a midterm election them dont you? let me ask you first, the number of people that are long-term unemployed. how do they make this balance? >> its a real tightrope because, as you say, the unemployed, half of them are long-term unemployed, a lot of them were in high-paying jobs that will not come back no matter what you do. you can sit there and promise a lo...

Have more votes than republicans do for the philosophical clash? you have had the clash four times and you will not win and resolve it and doesnt it seem there are innocent americans trapped in the middle of the philosophical debate that will not be resolved and they are this ones betwethe ones between now and midterm elections who will suffer. >> democrats are losing democrat votes on this, too, they are hearing what im hearing all over the country, america is tired of the spending and the proi...