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Can the president and the democrats win over these reagan independents, so to speak? these reagan democrats or these republicans that normally say they're independent but then they slide to the right when it comes time to vote. this is who the president has got to win over. your thoughts. >> it's hard to do but he's got to try. he's got to spend a lot of the campaign trying. foreign policy commander in chief is part of it. the notion that the invest ms that were made, the efforts that were made are beginning to pay off and there's tangible evidence of it, is important. i thought what was signi...

Can the president and the democrats win over these reagan independents, so to speak? these reagan democrats or these republicans that normally say they're independent but then they slide to the right when it comes time to vote. this is who the president has got to win over. your thoughts. >> it's hard to do but he's got to try. he's got to spend a lot of the campaign trying. foreign policy commander in chief is part of it. the notion that the investments that were made, the efforts that were made are beginning to pay off and there's tangible evidence of it, is important. i thought what was sig...

Democrats win over these reagan independents, so to speak? these reagan democrats or these republicans that normally say they're independent but then they slide to the right when it comes time to vote. this is who the president has got to win over. your thoughts. >> it's hard to do but he's got to try. he's got to spend a lot of the campaign trying. foreign policy commander in chief is part of it. the notion that the investments that were made, the efforts that were made are beginning to pay off and there's tangible evidence of it, is important. i thought what was significant about the seven-m...

Political gain. >> i tried to avoid personal attacks on the path. the path is getting some very bad advice from his campaign team because he's diminishing the presidency by picking fake fights, going after straw men every day. we have the buffet rule. it went on for months. even the president admitted it was a gimmick. martha: that's what john boehner had to say. monica of crowley joins me now, kirsten powers. very interesting that he deflected from going directly after the president by saying i kind of feel bad for him because his campaign advisers are leading them count wrong path. and i thi...

Politicized tax story. martha: you are basically making a moral judgment on one company and what they do and whether they should be taxed more than another company. it's the same with the buffet rule that some should be punished for how successful they are. but you don't hear anybody yelling and screaming about a platt corporate tax that would treat everybody in this country the same in the corporate world. >> reporter: oil is unpopular. we have $4 gas. they are a political tarring net this election year. apple is a cool company. the techies love their i phones and ipads. you don't go after a ...