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Of jobs are not going to stand for this unfairness in the taxation situation. >> senator, is this going to be a hard sell for senators who are going home? there's 16 democrats and one independent facing reelection. it would seem to me that it would be an easy sell to say to 98% of your constituents that you're not going to get touched by this and it's about time those who have had the tax breaks over the last ten years have got to step to the plate? how can that be a hard sell? why are some democrats in the senate getting cold feet on this? >> let them speak for themselves. i was on a conferen...

American workers and people out of jobs are not going to stand for this unfairness in the taxation situation. >> senator, is this going to be a hard sell for senators who are going home? there's 16 democrats and one independent facing reelection. it would seem to me that it would be an easy sell to say to 98% of your constituents that you're not going to get touched by this and it's about time those who have had the tax breaks over the last ten years have got to step to the plate? how can that be a hard sell? why are some democrats in the senate getting cold feet on this? >> let them speak for...

Almost necessary level so i suspect the two of them are going to settle that in the elections next year, but you know, what happens tonight, i don't actually expect the president to do anything as far as flake's race tonight. he has not settled on any sort of a primary opponent for flake yet. i think when the president does decide to support somebody, he's going to do so in his usual, unmistakable fashion. >> right. and he seemed to loosely support his poentd on twitter, but as you said, he hasn't formally done so. brian, you say the white house should be zeroed in on ten states. >> correct. t...

Regulations, but in some ways the attitude of the regulators has become more antagonistic. >> manufacturers that i talk to are very worried about the regulatory onslaught that's coming your way. they're very worried about the fact that after the election, there could be even more regulations coming down the pike. >> if mr. obama wins. the last time a president facing reelection confronted unemployment this high was ronald reagan in 1984. he got reelected with a peak of 10.8% unemployment, but with very different policies. >> more than what president obama did, 10%. but he deregulated, cut taxe...