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Libya speech which you -- >> yes, he did. >> shows you how focused they are. >> all right. chris, errol, favorite new york channel i think i can say. >> thank you. >> thank you both. coming up, will police and firefighters turn on republicans in the latest republican union dispute? we'll see. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. we're with you when you're saving for your dreams. [ woman ] when you want a bank that travels with you. with you when you're ready for the next move. [ male announcer ] now that wells fargo and wachovia have come together, what's in it for you? unprecedented st...

Important, but if they start losing control of the state legislatures, they start being in danger of losing the state houses, that's a real critical problem for the gop. >> chuck? >> chris -- >> look at ohio. we have talked about this. ohio, getting the referendum to repeal the law that the ohio governor signed this november, that is going to be a marquee, the super bowl of 2011. >> you know, what's interesting about this chris, i know you have talked to the same poll steriles that i have that talk about this underlying resentment that has grown from sort of underemployed or disappointingly em...

Sure jobs are available is the first thing i think about when i wake up in the morning and last thing i think about when i go to bed each night. >> errol, something that the white house folks have been trying to pound in our heads saying, hey, we know you guys are talking about japan and libya. and these are important stories. but we also know the swing voter is talking about gas prices and jobs. >> absolutely. he knows exactly what they're thinking about or wants to get on the right side of what they're thinking about in florida, in pennsylvania, in wisconsin, in nevada. it's not that hard to...

unemployment rate developed by a tenth of a point going down a full point in the past four months. and republicans were a bit flum oxed on how to respond. how far does it have to fall before voters give the president credit for an economic recovery? it's probably the 2012 $1 million question. also, the backlash against the backlash. the assault on union rights is turning some traditional friends of the republicans into antagonists like cops and firefighters and increasingly likely that the restrictive law in ohio will be put to a vote in november 2011. have the republican governors g...

Ever on united nations workers in afghanistan. and it's demography destiny. put another way, is the minority population growing so fast that president obama simply won't need the same level of white support that he had in '08 to win in '12? finally, see if you can guess which possible presidential candidate now says president obama wants people to lose their jobs and be poor. the answer, in the "sideshow." we start with the president and the economic recovery. "the washington post" chris salis is a political analyst and chris lewis for new york 1. thank you both. >> chuck. >> we have see...