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Tax system,ç fair tax or what have you. so that in the near term. the longer-range goal really is to continue to educate and advocate. we need to educate the voting population so that they know what kind of government were supposed to have. were a nation that has amnesia. weve forgotten who we are. after we educate them, basically get incumbents out that dont buy into the form of government that the founding fathers created, and also hold people accountable once theyre in office, and they get ...

Tax system,ç fair tax or what have you. so that in the near term. the longer-range goal really is to continue to educate and advocate. we need to educate the voting population so that they know what kind of government were supposed to have. were a nation that has amnesia. weve forgotten who we are. after we educate them, basically get incumbents out that dont buy into the form of government that the founding fathers created, and also hold people accountable once theyre in office, and they get ...

In office and who isnt. because there are more women in the population, theres more women in the voting population. and though that the married mother number is a little republican there, its not by a huge margin. you see that huge growth. and then you go into the single, without children and women, and they far vote for the democrats. >> is there something about marriage, though? does it make women more republicans or does the institution of marriage attract women who are more likely to be -- >...

Martha: that will be interesting to see the library opening and sort of go back to some of those words and revisit that history as i know were going to do on thursday. but you know, one of the constituencies that helped propel president bush into office was the hispanic vote. he had one of the strongest showings of that part of the voting population of recent presidents. that has changed in many ways for republicans and theres a story this morning in "politico" says if this immigration reform bi...

For some maybe in a safe district that wont be touched but those not in the safest district this is key. you dont ignore 90% of what the voting population wants when youre talking about the safety of americans. the safety of our families. the safety of our communities. the safety of our schools. the safety that we feel when we send our kids to malls and churches and college. this is, mike allen, i had said before, you picked it up in the playbook. i just want to be clear. i said this party is he...

Be out there, no matter how forgiving the white, theres a large segment of the voting population that simply will not vote for him and thats who they will play to. that is who they will actually play to. >> joe, i think thats a lot more true in the south even though the south does believe -- >> thats in the bible belt. look whats happened to republicans. >> and look at louisiana. >> but i have to go. in fairness to mrs. madison, she would forgive him. she probably wouldnt vote for him but -- >> ...

Because, you know, there are a lot of guys out there in the senate and they are going out because its a free shot. this is free. im going to filibuster gun control and you automatically win unconditional support from a segment of your voting population. it doesnt cost anything. its not like making a tough choice on medicare or medicaid. it costs you nothing. but it does cost the republican party, overall. and i think john mccain understand that. we got an issue that is a 29-7 issue and i cant be...

They are denying womens rights? i mean, when you look at the results of the last election, a few months ago in november and the vote of women, this is -- and im talking nationally here. this is state by state like they are either in denial or so hostile that they dont care how women politically respond to be denied their rights. >> well, this is an issue that cuts across boundaries as far as political parties. we had at that rally not only democratic women and republican women as well speaking o...

>> weve also seen, democratic primaries, when you would expect and youd have an hispanic candidate, and weve seen this in texas, there are a lot of times when an anglo candidate will defeat a hispanic candidate. its not just the population not matching the voter number. voter engagement seems to be an issue. >> right. theres six congressional districts that have at least 30% of the voting population age being hispanic and black. and in five out of six the black candidate prevailed usually not de...

Do they protect freedom and privacy in letting women make the decision, or do they want politicians to make it? and thats the million dollar question. who gets to decide? politician or women and her family. >> weve talked a number of time, you and i, nancy, on this show about overall strategy, about the connection of this, the issue politics of this as an issue and how it relates to electoral politics between the two parties. i know you are stepping down from naral very soon. your successor has ...