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President obama: how does that factor in, where they dont trust him on the economy and how he is handling it? >> it is interesting because the economy is the number-1 voting issue. the economy and jobs, every poll, democrat, republican, newspaper, television, number 1. you can see why. last year, we had the fewest small businesses formed in america in decades. personal income in the last 4 1/2 years has gone down $4,000 a family. sure, its the worst. how do you explain that a bunch of people tha...

Woman, you are s.o.l. when it comes to republicans. they are making it very clear that they dont care. that they are here to suppress and oppress and they dont care how they steal the vote. >> jennifer, do you agree with that? >> i think weve got some real problems with anything being partisan connected to voting. voting itself is not a partisan issue. its really what everyone needs to do is to come into the room when were talking about changing the voting laws, drop the partisan cloak, stand up...

Comes to republicans. they dont care how they steal the vote. >> jennifer, do you agree with that? >> i think weve got some real problems with anything being partisan connected to voting. voting itself is not a partisan issue. what everyone needs to do is come into the room where we talk about changing the voting laws, drop the cloak, stand up, be adults, do what they know is fair, because our future depends on it. >> where is your governor on this? he likes to present himself as a fair-minded g...

why? i will have a fascinating conversation about political beliefs. and china is infamous for stamping out any and all protests. recently they relented and gave these protesters everything they asked for. what in the world? first, heres my take -- culture makes all the difference, said mitt romney at a fundraiser in israel last week. he was comparing the countrys economic vitality with palestinian poverty. certainly there is a pedigree for this idea about culture. romney cited dav...

Membership. >> heather: kristy, you were talk being how president obama will win basically the latino vote bay landslide. but i found this interesting and id like to get your take on this. recent survey of latino voters by the pugh hispanic center asked which issues are extremely important in the 2012 election. roughly half named jobs and education. immigration actually came in last among six issues. only one third saying its extremely important. so is the issue being overblown? >> yes. this iss...

Very wide swing, much more than 8 or 6% of the recipients saying that we want the rich to be taxed at a higher rate. thats what the poll attributes to obamas success. do you believe that? >> you take a democratic -- no, you take a democratic poll and you will get a democratic conclusion. i do believe that most people would like to see the rich taxed more. i dont think they believe romney is a bad guy or in favor of the wealthy. and i dont think that thats going to be a voting issue for them. i a...

Very wide swing, much more than 8 or 6% of the recipients saying that we want the rich to be taxed at a higher rate. thats what the poll attributes to obamas success. do you believe that? >> you take a democratic -- no, you take a democratic poll and you will get a democratic conclusion. i do believe that most people would like to see the rich taxed more. i dont think they believe romney is a bad guy or in favor of the wealthy. and i dont think that thats going to be a voting issue for them. i a...

Lost by double-digits to the governor in the senate primary in may. they fell short of the 50% mark to avoid a run off. cruise has been cruising and held a slide lead, but it doesnt stop there. texas will be followed by a primary in missouri. clair mcclassic il and hawaii picks a democrat to fill akak as shoes. wisconsins republicans and the race for them and august ends with the race to fill john kyls seat. still unclear who the nominee will be in that state. we have the editor in chief and gen...

In poland you fine perhaps somewhere around 7% or 8% of american-jews make israel a voting issue. so i think that the trend that youre going to see in the upcoming election among the jewish population will fit with the last ten presidential elections when the democratic candidate more in tune with the values and principles of the jewish community is going get rough liver 70% of the vote of american jews and this effort by the jewish coalition to drive a partisan wedge into israeli and american r...

That theyre choosing to jump into foreign policy in the middle of the campaign right now. its not seen as a strong point, certainly the polls dont suggest its a voting issue. its number 14 on the list of things voters are concerned about this year. and also, i think it may tend to underscore romneys sort of inconsistent and not fully formed views as a candidate. hopefully he wont wear the beret youre talking about in the introduction. >> hopefully he will. hopefully he will. thats how you make f...