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Is a fact-based problem or a policy program. the communicators take a lot of grief for a lot of things and sometimes they dont deserve it. sometimes they say they have a major communications problem. its not really the case. its actually a policy problem. however, in these three instances and particularly with the irs they have a major communications problem. and if i were those guys in the white house now, i would be rethinking everything and i would -- there are some things i would recommend. ...

Immigration reform. you cant as the rnc proposal says, you cant lay out now outreach programs, thats not going to fix it, thats a band-aid. they have more fundamental problem which is on the major issues of the day, immigration, climate change, jobs, taxes. the republican party is out of the mainstream and thats why they lost women voters by 11 points. thats why they lost youth voters you know by historic number. thats why 71% of latino voters voted for the president. and i dont think an outreac...

Still available, its a very partisan election. theres 47, 46, only 5% left undecided. conservatives have done a good job over the last three decades of demonizing the poor as unworthy and lazy. so the voters who are still available, which is really working class white voters, built up a resentment over the last generation where they feel their stuff, their money is being taken from them through taxation to give to the poor. so talking about the poor just stokes more resentment. >> but let me ask...

If a new entrant won the nomination the convention is at the end of august. this new candidate would have two months to raise money, get organized on the ground, run ads, hire staff, learn the issues, introduce themselves to voters, get on the ground in swing states, come up with a policy program, and unite the party while taking on the obama campaign, that is a suicide mission. everyone respects stevenson, but not many politicians, especially republicans, want to actually be him. ♪ round, rou...

If a new entrant won the nomination the convention is at the end of august. this new candidate would have two months to raise money, get organized on the ground, run ads, hire staff, learn the issues, introduce themselves to voters, get on the ground in swing states, come up with a policy program, and unite the party while taking on the obama campaign, that is a suicide mission. everyone respects stevenson, but not many politicians, especially republicans, want to actually be him. [ kate ] many ...

A week from now. newt is saying maybe they should take the ads off. the ones hes running. dave, what do you think? do you think this can last or will this be shut down by the donor class. >> its a good question. its hard to see how democrats can sustain this line of attack. the occupy movement has driven this to the forefront. its exposed a core vulnerability in the republican party. the core of their policy program has always been doing things for rich people, cutting taxes for rich pell. thats...

Areas count hispanics at their largest minority. william frye is a senior fellow for the metropolitan policy program at the brookings institution and joins us this morning. i want to get to the basic numbers from the census first. one in every six americans is hispanic, and the hispanic population jumped from 42% over the last decade. when is the last time we saw this growth explosion from a minority group in our nation? >> well, it certainly is very spectacular, and i think whats important abou...

Than he was a couple of months ago. the left has absorbed the body blow of the loss of the house. and i do think that while it is -- a little tasteless to think about his speech at tucson in a political context, i think that that impressed everyone. and showed that that side of his character, side of the kind of -- side of his character, a combination of huge civility, refusal to get angry, and some firmness behind it. >> again, that translated into a policy program that will appeal to both side...

Than he was a couple of months ago. the left is sort of absorbed the body blow of the loss of the house. and i do think that while its a little tasteless to think about his speech at tucson in a purely political context, i think that that impressed everyone and showed that, that that side of his character the side of the kind of -- a combination of huge civility, refusal to get angry and some firmness behind it -- >> but can that translate into a policy program that will appeal to both sides? i ...

Happened in the last year is that the fringe is blurring with the base. one thing that is going to be interesting to see in the tea party convention is whether they pivot to a positive agenda. a lot of the people that are a part of the movement are a part of the policy program, and we have not seen the pivot yet, and this is a key question, can they pivot to a new positive message or animated by the opposition of president obama. >> and to your point, gloria, can president obama pivot to his mor...