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Obamacare and government overreach. the president won re-election in 2012 talking about this populous middle class, champion of these ladders of opportunity. if those are the competing narratives in 2014, obamacare on the one hand, champion being the middle class on the other, which is the stronger argument? >> well, obamacare is such a problem for so many people. and negative emotions tend to outweigh positive emotions in voting patterns. when you have a large segment of the population that has...

Obamacare and government overreach. the president won re-election in 2012 talking about this populous middle class, champion of these ladders of opportunity. if those are the competing narratives in 2014, obamacare on the one hand, champion being the middle class on the other, which is the stronger argument? >> well, obamacare is such a problem for so many people. and negative emotions tend to outweigh positive emotions in voting patterns. when you have a large segment of the population that has...

And again, young people are very disenchanted now at this point. and they were some of his most avid supporters as anna had pointed out. i think now they are really jaded because they are being left behind by this administration and expected to pick up the tab from the reckless spending going on in washington. >> yeah, they should have thought about that before they voted for him. well see if it changes voting patterns. ashley, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. next on the ...

Congress as they are supposed to. >> i get it all but the senate hasnt passed a budget in how many years? >> that is the goal. the goal is to come out with something and it is going to take president obama to lead on this. >> but it is going to take republicans to get 118 votes so that we can express the conservative voting patterns of the country. >> quickly to both of you, what you think the phone calls are going to be coming into your offices today? >> i dont know. part of the problem is the ...

Conversation like this about? who are you able to sit down and talk? can you and paul ryan talk about these kind of things or are you finding people not as shall we say conversant in some of these economic issues? >> i do speak with paul ryan and i actually consider him, people may be surprised to hear this, a friend. but the problem again is the middle in congress is gone. if you look at voting patterns in the house of representatives, its bimodal. there is no middle. so thats where deals used ...

Joy. i see you everywhere but here. now ive got you here finally. you are very smart about this stuff. and i know youre from the younger generation. i want to get myrlie on this too. i want you to react to this. a couple of things. its not just minority voters that benefit from traditional voting patterns. the easier way to vote, younger people have a harder time budgeting their time. they just do for whatever reason. the easier it is to vote, the more are going to vote. african-american voters,...

I have been chasing after you, joy. i see you everywhere but here. now ive got you here finally. you are very smart about this stuff. and i know youre from the younger generation. i want to get myrlie on this too. i want you to react to this. a couple of things. its not just minority voters that benefit from traditional voting patterns. the easier way to vote, younger people have a harder time budgeting their time. they just do for whatever reason. the easier it is to vote, the more are going to...

People go home instead of exercising the franchise. though surprise they do it in urban areas. >> very clearly we saw in the north carolina case around student voting were going to starting schools and particular schools, schools where we see particular voting patterns. ive been pushing people on the history of the march and remembering it all the doesnt just begin in 63. similarly even in this moment the history of our contemporary voting issues actually dont begin in north carolina, as appalli...

Minorities to be color of your skin or the color of your ideology, than myself. >> yes, rand paul actually said that on the npr interview last week. the great defender of minority rights is apparently not worried about the voter id rights. at an event, rand paul said the interesting thing about the voting patterns now is in this last election, african-americans voted at a higher percentage than whites in almost every one of the states that were under the professions of the federal government. i ...

Ground. if general, though, the war on women, the perry being condescending to wendy davis, the advantage is to of this n: goes pro-choice. >> the big decision of the week we want to get to is voting rights, what happens when you strike down section four of r voting rights act and leave se section five in place. the supreme court said in its decision that times have changed. juan, have they? >> i dont see how they come to that conclusion.ac it is interesting to me, they basically placed a bet. i...