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Not. we have got all of the questions that are raised -- >> affirmative action, as well. >> yeah. >> sorry, bob. i was going to add is affirmative action is a big case. we have a black president now. folks thinking we've all overcome and we are all equal. it's concerning. >> we're running out of time. we spend time here talking about the nsa and talking about privacy and surveillance. and of course there's decision yesterday that contradicted the decision from a few weeks but i do wonder whether we're -- that is going to be a galvanizing issue. is privacy one of those issues that's going to ge...

Immigration reform has unified our community. there's no bigger champion than puerto rican congress. they understand what's unjust and unfair. we came together as a community because we didn't like other people treating whether we were affected directly by it or not, we didn't like one segment of our community being treated differently. that gave us political strength. >> gay rights is not something that only gay people have to care about. this is a galvanizing issue. >> i think what happens oftentimes, when folk go off the latino community, we have millions of loved one that are not la titino...

Romney needs to get at least 40% of latino vote in order to prevail. right now the president is actually above where he was when he was elected in terms of his support with latinos which is very high. more importantly, florida appears to be positioned as the swing state and this is a galvanizing issue in that state. so the best thing that could happen would be for him to lose. that could very well swing florida and swing the election which would be ironic. this is almost at the anniversary of bush v. gore. this case could have the same effect of selecting the next president. >> wow. remarkable...

Republican party is they are saying thank you so much, barack obama we could not get people coming together for us so far, but a lot of people at the romney event said they were only there because of this debate. it got them off the couches to get engaged. they stepped in it and created a problem where it would not have been necessary. and by the president with a core conviction attached to it, so i think he tried to do it today. but i was confused. >> i think you have walked into exactly -- >> you've stepped on it. >> the republican party does not have a positive message why thereç should b...

The tea party people like, like medicare. >> you are right. in fact the polling that came out of new york 26 showed us that independent voters and conservative voters were drawn to kathy hochul and driven to vote for democrats based on the one issue of medicare and that is why medicare has become such a galvanizing issue. it cuts across party lines and inuring to the benefit of democrats. >> tea parties say come out and cut government spending what are they talking about errol? seems they are not talking about government spending that affects them. like medicare. >> that's universal, chris. ev...