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Religious conservatives, thats part of the problem for some people. relying on a shrinking portion of the voting population, older, whiter voters who long for the good old days. theyre writing off younger voters, minority voters, college educated, white women, if you will. in other words, maybe the real problem isnt mitt romney but the republican party itself. dee dee myers, joanne reed is managing editor of the grio.com. i was thinking of the old pepsi versus coke commercial. remember that? cok...

Notion of setting a date of bringing home the troops in two years. he wants to stay longer. both candidates should be forced to answer their questions about what their end game is. the president, i think two years is too long. i think more than two years is therefore even worse. >> all right. >> lets have the debate on that. >> lets get to politics. lets keep this story tight and not lather in it because i want to get to chicago before we go to break. >> youre going to chicago this morning? >> a...

Registrants -- that number will go down if they employ this rule. >> it absolutely -- in cuyahoga county, for example, 56% of african-american voters in my county voted early in person where they only make up 26% of the voting population. it is on record. we have the data in urban counties across this state, how african-americans use early voting and for the secretary of state to turn a blind eye to that data, for him to turn a blind eye to the class implications on this, that folks who work two...

That saying the findings are flawed in large part because that harvard professor is a former adviser back from president obamas 2008 campaign. alex, medicares obviously something that really resonates with voters here in florida. back in 2008, a fifth of the voting population was seniors. so this is something that they care a lot about. this is an argument that they are listening to very carefully. if you look at the polls here in florida, alex, they show a very tight race with president obama h...

Word. since we like football analogies, if that was a game, that would be a certified whipping bit other team there. what do you do to get those people out? >> this is the issue. it is fascinating, if you look at nbc wall street journal telemundo polls we have been doing on the latino community specifically, you will see in can contrast to the voting population, latinos are almost evenly divided on whether the country is going into the right direction. thats a huge statement in favor of presiden...

Have the proper state approved voter id. >> ive heard a lot of numbers about the potential for voters being affected in pennsylvania. what are you hearing about the actual number of voters in that state, in your state, who could be denied the right to vote. >> right. >> the numbers are all over the map and nobody can say exactly. the republicans coming into this debate and as they push for the legislation to be passed, said only 1% of voters may be affected. that, 99% of the voting population, w...

Ryan is untested on a national stage. and may falter when he has got 24/7 coverage on him watching every word. what do you think about that? >> well, remember, he has debated president obama casually if you will twice. and just wiped the floor with imh he has been under assault in a way that a member of congress usually isnt by the media. because he does have this bold plan to keep medicare working by changing it for younger people like me into a voucher system. this isnt going to be sarah palin...

Doing pretty well at least three of them, ohio, pennsylvania, in florida. the president has a pretty distinct advantage. if this holds, merry catherine, is there any way governor romney can win? >> if these numbers hold it is not good for him. what you have to consider also, will the numbers of democrats they surveyed in these polls hold till election day? that is nearly impossible. if you look at the question where they asked how many of you voted for obama in 08, in florida, ohio, those number...

A recent analysis found by cross-referencing the percentage of people who are registered voters with those who had existing drivers licenses, they found 9% of people would not have the requisite i.d. thats required. of course, proponents of the law say this is all about combatting voter fraud but court documents released earlier this month concede state officials say there have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in the state. >> one of the things you just pointed out...

It is ridiculous, governor. >> it is -- >> governor, i want to show you some data which youre probably familiar, coming from one report. and this has to do with the more than 9% that could be disenfranchised because they dont have photo i.d.s to, thats what the report is showing. but the question is really, is that number overblown? "the new york times" says its more than likely its really 2% or 3%. >> first of all, its a 9% figure from the secretary of states office. the secretary of state is a...