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Doors. >> talk about this in terms of your reporting. this used to be a voting issue. this was one of the things that you could count on that made the cuban american cohort in miami more republican. we are not seeing that anymore. president obama won the cuban american vote in miami-dade county. it is now not as much of a definitive voting issue that helped republicans. how might that influence the politics in practice? south practice and statewide. >> it is inwhen you had your intro and you spo...

None of the governments business and thats the type of thing that connects with people. >> i think hes unpredictable. someone who can sue the administration over the nsa surveillance one day and then go have lunch with eric holder the department to discuss the voting issue. i want to move you on to one other subject that caught everybodys attention and thats the ukraine, because it has become a republican way to, again, go at president obama saying if he hadnt been so weak in syria, if we hadnt ...

It was not ready to launch at all. and they did it anyway. >> i think she gave you a backhanded compliment? >> i think it was. listen, i keep going back to this. it reminds me that you all keep -- by implication say that what we did, we have this great health care system which wasnt. we had this great health care insurance industry, which wasnt. >> not better now. >> anything would be better than that. but i hear what youre saying, and i understand the problems, and i understand what eric is say...

Analyst and not just dump it on, allay it on you. >> i dont get it. hillary clinton was the one who viewed the video when the four caskets were at andrews air force base. >> what difference does it make. >> and she testified. >> okay for political analysts. >> general petraeus, great patriot, great hero. i dont get it. just dont get it. >> he might know a little more than you do about it. and benghazi is simply not going to be a voting issue. >> he does have something in common with bill. and sh...

Hes trying to move it forward. as long as he feels like hes moving the ball down the field, hes okay. with each passing hour, moment, day, hes running time to afeck wack crewate all thesidea. if he want to be a complete person, he should focus on why things go wrong, but he really doesnt have time for that. >> the idea for the fumbles -- >> and hes got to focus on everything else he wants to get in. >> why go back and go over it again? i think its exactly right. you look down the road. when eric...

Report among some of the recommendations adopting online voter reg station, establishing advisory groups for voters disabilities and those with limited english proficiency. also, expanding opportunities to vote before election day. while taking steps to provide more access, it largely avoids the most politically contentious voting issue. i want to bring in two states at the center of the voting debate, thomas fitzgerald and todd gillman for the dallas morning news. good to see both of you. tho...

Potentially good news for democrats. that is a nightmare scenario in 2014. >> heres another factor, chris. even though the public in virginia was split on whom to blame for the shutdown, if you were affected by the shutdown and according to this exit poll one out of three families was affected in virginia by the federal government shutdown, you voted almost two to one for terry mcauliffe. you rejected the strategy of shutdown that the republicans put forth. so even though you were divided in ter...

Right side of -- right wing side of things. >> if you want to win, you need to take popularing positions. and also the priority and tone. and for a lot of voters, women in particular, theyre thinking why are these issues a top priority? then theres also the tone. cuccinelli, hes been all over the place. but before that he was a real crusader. that tone turns a lot of women off. candidates on both parties who want to be successful need to think about are they really demonstrating they are speakin...

Balance between keeping the nation secure and having pope francis parent si a-- transpare. the general public doesnt necessarily want or need to know every single thing that goes into keeping him safe. at the same time, the question comes where is that line and i think right now were trying to figure that out. >> somebody who sort of -- i dont imagine this would be a voting issue, right? and there is this sort of tension. you feel it with some lawmakers, particularly republicans who on one hand ...

Steve, can you -- let me just put it this way, i think guns are a voting issue in a big part of the country. i think abortions a big voting issue, and it is, and its going to stay that way in a big part of the country, conservative parts of pennsylvania, for example. abortion rights are critical as a political issue. i dont know whether even three years from now marriage equalitys going to be a voting issue. what we mean by that is an issue on which people vote. plain and simple, thats how i dec...