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Policy issues frankly come up over the past two terms have been very much related to women. so i think theres a new energy. women are 60% of the women i should say even came out to vote in the 2004 elections to 56% of women, im sorry, 56% of men. you saw with president barack obama he won 12 points with women. this is going to be, i think women will be a powerful voice as they were in the last election, especially in this one. jon: one of the nuggets i remember, mercedes, from the, from the, i g...

Because that exonerates you from being wealthy. it is get out of jail free card for being rich, if youre a liberal. >> and then work against everything that your grandfathers founded. >> and being rich exempts you from the very policies that you enact on others who are not as rich as you are. so the people who are considered rich by most of america are paying more taxes. but when you make $100 million, you give $50 million away, it doesnt hurt as much. >> the best thing the kids that have the mo...

A liberal. because that exonerates you from being wealthy. it is get out of jail free card for being rich, if youre a liberal. >> and then work against everything that your grandfathers founded. >> and being rich exempts you from the very policies that you enact on others who are not as rich as you are. so the people who are considered rich by most of america are paying more taxes. but when you make $100 million, you give $50 million away, it doesnt hurt as much. >> the best thing the kids that ...

Mobilized than the supporters. you have anger, passion and really fire it up, a constituency against obamacare that would likely drive more people to the polls. >> thats right. and republicans have benefitted from that enormously since the law passed in 2010. in fact, when you look across the spectrum of policy issues, obamacare is the one where republicans tend to all agree which is really rare given the in fighting in the party right now. i think they are benefitting from that. they do want to...

Kevin mccullough, radio host. we have this political meeting, doctor, and we have the meeting of policy with faith, talking about immigration. is this a good or bad idea? >> its always a wonderful idea to be talking to people of faith. i love that. but the topic, are we talking about faith or are we sort of using faith as a guise to talk politics? and that, i think, is what really sort of divides some of the people watching this. it would be nice if we were talking about how to bring americans b...

Explanation? were less discriminatory than everybody else. >> the bigger problem is larger policy issues -- tax reform and education are the things that would help women more. >> we got an element of big time spin. the president has introduced us to fairness week. >> i call it obama doesnt pay women fair week. >> you push for an extension of unemployment benefits. you harp on the gender payment gap to divert attention for the d disaster of obamacare. >> obama is doing a great job to pave the way...

Anybody else. >> they are looking for that flexibility all businesses are looking for. bigger problem is larger policy issues, tax reform, education. >> boomerang -- >> there are lies, damn lies, statistic, hypocrisy and pure spin. what we got today was an element of hypocrisy and big time spin. the president just introduced this to fairness week, this gender pay gap. i call it obama doesnt pay women fairly. >> fairness wake where you try to raise the minimum wage, push for an extension of unemp...

Insurance? why are they so mad about the idea of folks having health insurance? many of the tall tales that have been told about this law have been debunked. there are still no death panels. armageddon has not arrived. instead, this law is helping millions of americans. and in the coming years, it will help millions more. >> armageddon has not arrived, america. we do not often see this side of the president or of this administration. taking credit for something that they have done that they are ...

Many of the tall tales that have been told about this law have been debunked. there are still no death panels. armageddon has not arrived. instead, this law is helping millions of americans. and in the coming years, it will help millions more. >> armageddon has not arrived, america. we do not often see this side of the president or of this administration. taking credit for something that they have done that they are proud of and wanting credit for it. we do not often see them do this. but on thi...

Many of the tall tales that have been told about this law have been debunked. there are still no death panels. armageddon has not arrived. instead, this law is helping millions of americans. and in the coming years, it will help millions more. >> armageddon has not arrived, america. we do not often see this side of the president or of this administration. taking credit for something that they have done that they are proud of and wanting credit for it. we do not often see them do this. but on thi...