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Shows, fox, come on this network, democrats have to show up and explain what's going on. shannon: do you think they will? the president's now working, you know, he's going to be at some car plants. >> reporter: yep. he's going to ford and gm, jobs have come back at gm, ford never took stimulus money, and hopefully the people will pick up on that. shannon: we've heard over and over from house speaker nancy pelosi who, you know, a little upset that they're predicting the dems could lose the house or at least saying it's possible -- >> reporter: it is possible. he got beaten up for it. of course ...

It is as deafening as its ever been and as we come to that will final vote, that he can cochamber is telling members of congress, think about the politics. instead of thinking about doing the right thing, that's what mitch mcconnell said this weekend. his main argument was, well, this is going to be really bad for democrats politically. first of all, i generally wouldn't take advice about what's good for democrats, but setting aside that, that's not the issue here. the issue here is not the politics of it. but that's what members of congress are hearing right now on the cable shows and in the ...

Which elected officials are operating. and you've seen all the pundits pontificating and talking over each other on the cable shows and they're yelling and shouting, and they can't help themselves. that's what they do. but out here and all across america, folks are worried about bigger things. they're worried about how to make payroll, they're worried about how to make ends meet, they're worried about what the future will hold for their families and for our country. they're not worrying about the next election. we just had an election. [ applause ] >> they're worried about the next paycheck or...

The issue here is not the politics of it. but that's what members of congress are hearing right now on the cable shows and in sort of the gossip columns in washington. it's telling congress comprehensive reforms failed before. remember what happened to clinton. it may just be too politically hard. yes, it's hard. it is hard. that's because health care is complicated. health care is a hard issue. it's easily misrepresented. it's easily misunderstood. so it's hard for some members of congress to make this vote. there's no doubt about that. do you know what else is hard? what leslie and her famil...

Numbers? is this good for the democrats or good for the republicans? who won the news cycle? that's just how washington is. they can't help it. they're obsessed with the sport of politics. and so that's the environment in which elected officials are operating. and you've seen all the pundits pontificating and talking over each other on the cable shows and they're yelling and shouting and they can't help themselves. that's what they do. but out here and all across america folks are worried about bigger things. they're worried about how to make payroll, they're worried about how to make ends mee...