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Her support, that she's still getting a lot of support -- >> it doesn't matter. nah. >> if anything, they say, it's energizing that democratic base, more people are going to go out and vote for her. >> that's their spin, and they're sticking to it. wolf, i think it's a little early for us to say. we see a race generally tightening. whether it would have tightened or not. otherwise, we don't know. i was talking to some folks involved in senate campaigns who see their races tightening but they're not sure what the cause of it is. i think the more likely result on this is really on turnout and de...

True. we are talking about 5% or 6% of the voters are undecided in swing voters. the other 90 to 9 a% already know for whom they are going to voight. the question is, are they going to turn out? you have to have a base enthused to get it out to the polls, to get the volunteers to spend those extra hours during the weekends, during the evenings, working for a ticket. i think that's what ryan ads. he doesn't add extra votes, he adds enthusiasm. >> does he further polarize the situation to your point? i know in 2008 they said there was about twice as many undecides, does he push both sides in thi...

Automobile industry because they thought it was going to save jobs. and it did. >> it did. that worked. >> not one republican was in favor of it. >> the fine line the president has to walk in his re-election effort is that he needs to do things that get his base enthused while still being the candidate who appeals to a broad swath of the public. basically, everybody in ideological way. the situation with the economy and the country is very bad. so, whether or not it is good politics, the only responsible thing right now is to work on jobs. >> it's the haves and have nots. >> right now we actua...

Field and i also asked rachel about the recent frustration about president obama's liberal base and whether there are any parallels to when jimmy carter faced tough competition against ted kennedy. >> jimmy carter getting the primary challenge from ted kennedy, there's nothing like that happening with president obama. and from the obama campaign, that's a blessing. now, what is means, essentially in the broad orientation of americans politics is that it's sort of obama and a unified left and center fighting against the right and the right is very, very enthusiastic. and so i think the fine lin...

President obama is in nevada helping raise money for the senate majority leader, harry reid. who is in a battle with republican challenger sharon angle. that's one topic we will talk over with our chief political correspondents of "state of the union" host, candy crowley. coming to us from washington. the president is turning into the fund-raiser in chief for democrats. and harry reid is hoping for a major boost by this president. can it happen? >> we'll see. right now he is behind in the poll. remember the senator reid is up against two opponents that makes it somewhat easier. also, what the ...