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Understand you want a hard and fast decision, but my job would be to work across the aisle and work with people of different ring values, but with the core goal of making sure we make georgia safer. i believe in common sense gun safety legislation, and we have to decide the best way to achieve this out come. >> we asked voters what the most important issue is to them, and most democrats list health care as extremely important and republicans list immigration, 64% say immigration is extremely imp...

Cover nor he issued valid state issue taxpayer funded driving certificates to 51,000 illegal aliens. he made our state a magnet for illegal aliens. and people in tennessee remember that. they did not like the policies. the general assembly had to go in and change that policy, shut it down. and people want to make certain that we secure our borders and we end sanctuary city policies. >> bill: he is a pretty popular governor. this is a really good race. i mention the issue about immigration. this ...

At the end of the day republicans do three things. cut taxes, kill terrorists and confirm judges. we do those theupbg three things, we rev up our base and appeal to independents. >> dana: meredith, do you think the gas tax is something that will turn up republican turnout? there are some close races out there. >> hey, dana. thanks for having me. voters are smart enough to distinguish between a state issue and federal issue. and whats more, its very telling that house republicans like my counter ...

I just chaired a cement on sexual assault in the military for three years. we wanted to make sure the people investigating these cases with properly trained. the fbi doesnt handle rain cases very much. thats mostly a state issue, so i dont know how well prepared they would be. not in any way to denigrate them. you need people who know how to investigate it. for example, we understand -- or i understand there may have been other people at this party. they have to be questioned. thats not going to...

Lives. he said i want to run a campaign that my daughter will be proud of. i would rather lose an honorable campaign than win a dishonorable win. >> governor bush and mccain are running neck and neck. the c both campaigns have staked out a position of calculated ambiguity. >> when you roll into a state like south carolina, youre gonna get asked every single day by state reporters who do you think about the issue of taking down the confederate flag. so we worked out some wording and we said, well...

Carolina, the confederate flag. calculated ambiguity. >> when you roll into a state like south carolina, youre going to get asked every single day by state reporters, what do you think about the issue of taking down the confederate flag? and so we worked out some wording. we said, well, its a state issue, its not what we want to get into. it was a symbol of heritage. when we sat down and talked to john mccain about it, hes like, you know, thats bull shit. >> he argued with it, was angry about it...

What have you done for political expediency? >> i went to south carolina and said the flag flying over the state capital which was a confederate flag, that i shouldnt be involved in it, it was a state issue, it was an act of cowardice. >> this will alienate a certain voting block and i lost anyway. >> ashley parker, let me ask you, there must be something recognizable about john mccain about donald trump. they spar. the patriotism that john mccain practiced is unrecognizable in donald trump in t...

I found in my life when i do what i think is right, for example the marriage amendment, it always turns out okay. when i do things for political expediency which i have from time to time, it has always turned out poorly. >> give me an example. what would you admit you did for political expediency i went down to south carolina and said the flight fine over the state capital which was a confederate flag that i should not be involved in, it was a state issue. it was an act of cowardice. >> on your ...

Amendment, it always turns out in the end okay. when i do things for political expediency, which i have from time to time, its always turned out poorly. >> give me an example. what would you admit you did for political expediency? >> i went down to south carolina and said the flag that was flying over the state capital which was a confederate flag that i shouldnt be involved in it. it was a state issue. an act of cowardice. >> on your part? >> yes. >> you did it because you thought this will hel...

Think folks in wisconsin at least are thinking about whats going on in wisconsin. through their friends and neighbors have good work? do their friends and neighbors make a family sustaining wage? is the government investing truly in education and leading on future issues like how well-prepared our workforce will be for the 21st century? and i think that is not only a state issue, thats also a federal issue thats what wisconsinites are thinking about. we know that because thats what we are talkin...