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And weve seen this. i mean, you know, a for effort rick santorum. hes really trying to appeal to african americans. i dont think you appeal to african americans by calling africa, you know, african countries s-hole countries and calling neighborhoods where african americans live and like elijah cummings assure their problems but instead of saying listen, baltimore is set by some of the same problems you see in pittsburgh, the downtown in manufacturing for instance, thats not how hes phrasing it....

Pittsburgh, the downtown in manufacturing for instance, thats not how hes phrasing it. hes going for another thing, this sort of emotional play for folks who feel left behind by a lot of the demographic changes in just the divisions, the sort of urban world divide, the racial divide. so thats what hes doing. >> how does this play out on the debate stage? to vans point, there is a danger for democrats in focussing on every tweet the president is sending and not focussing on -- >> let him dictate ...

An interesting way hes phrasing it. >> but i was surprised by the phrase shot across the bow. when you shoot across the bow of an enemy ship, you say stop or we will sink you with the next round. when obama says were doing a shot across the bow, then were going to go home, this will stop, it will be limited. three days, we dont want an iraq war. so has none of the effect of a shot across the bow. it is simply a way to he is swaj the president and people through the west without doing anything. t...