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Thing. jimmy, how is the economy? >> amazing, sir. in the word of our new national anthem, its huge! i have no idea how you did it, sir. >> well, you know what? i dont have to get specific. with me, it just works, you know? its just magic. >> obviously, trump in on the joke here but he says its just magic, doesnt have to get to specifics. that has been a knock on him throughout this campaign, though. no specifics. >> thats exactly right. look. look. we are still in the shopping phase of this pre...

Been talking about this for a couple of decades now. every couple of years theres some reform and then a supreme court decision comes along or a new way to skirt the rules and were back to the races with money having outside influence. it seems to me that until theres enough of a scandal or enough of a persistent wheel of corruption that is accepted by 60%, 7 0% 80% of the public and they care about it things wont change. because, you know, you can poll this again and again and again and everyon...

It seems to me that until theres enough of a scandal or enough of a persistent wheel of corruption that is accepted by 60%, 7 0%, 80% of the public and they care about it, things wont change. because, you know, you can poll this again and again and again and everyone thinks the system is corrupt. but they dont make voting decisions based on this. they dont give money to public interest groups and so on to fight the stuff. the public kind of accepts this. you know, unfortunately, and there can be...

He says i know his beliefs when he ran one of his commercials he said i need your prayers. i asked, when did you get religious? he said when i needed votes. he broke out the religious card. he is about the most nonreligious person i know. e.j., another component of this. running on religion. itch voters are going to make voting decisions based on religious claims by guys like this, they are simply begging to be lied to. you know, talking. i think both of us have known politicians who are genuine...

University of virginia center for politics. all right, larry, we didnt hear directly from gingrich about the perry endorsement there. obviously he is pleased. obviously he has at a preplan the event that came before this perry endorsement came through but what does it do for gingrichs campaign? >> well, this is of course just a couple of days before the voting saturday and im sure he is very pleased because this adds to what was already occurring. some key indicators were moving in his direction...

Numbers. three-quarters of the republican voters that are surveyed say theyre very open to voting for somebody besides their first choice. its a very, very open primary. >> karen, at what point do you think we start to see this thing settle down? not just in iowa, but all over, when we start looking at all of the polls? >> i think it will be mid to late december and obviously early january. i think by december, voters will have -- they will certainly be paying attention. hopefully the candidates...

Hispanic americans are the fastest growing voting bloc in the country, and they are largely against arizonas stiff gram of cocainedown on illegals. but a research fellow at a conserve tim the administration is on something of a losing side on this. theres a real possibility that they will motivate more voters who are worried about immigration than they are likely to get a huge turnout of the hispanic vote. but a democratic organizer argued recently that the battle will turn hispanic voters away ...

Administration won in court will backfire at the ballot box. the administration is on something of a losing side of this. theres a real possibility that they will motivate more voters who are worried about immigration than they are likely to get a huge turnout of the hispanic vote. but a democratic organizer argued recently that the battle will turn hispanic voters away from the republican party for years to come. the position a candidate takes on the arizona lawsuit appears to affect the voting...

November. hispanic voting americans are the fastest-growing voting block in the country and are largely against arizonas stiff crackdown on illegals. but a research fellow at a think tank thinks what the administration won in court will back fire at the ballot box. the administration is on something of a losing side of this. theres a real possibility that they will motivate more voters who are worried about immigration than they are likely to get a huge turnout of the hispanic vote. but a democr...

Republican party for years to come. the lawsuit appears to have affect the voting decisions of one group, the latino voters. we will talk about the politics of the immigration with peter baker of the new york times when we come back.