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Block an up or down vote. if you thought the battle over sonia sotomayor was ugly, keep in mind the republicans have 41 senators plus bitter resentment over health care, and midterm elections coming up in november. cue the white male hate speech. >> if he's smart, he will find a gay, handicapped black woman who's an immigrant. that's what -- because that way he could just say when -- she could be the devil. she could say, i hate america. i want to destroy america. and that way they'll only be able to say, well, why do you hate gay, immigrant, black, handicapped women? >> yeah, because we all s...

Constituency mending. here he is talking about in a very nasty way. let's listen. >> i mean, if he's smart, he will find a gay handicapped, black woman who's an immigrant. because that way he could just say when -- she could be the devil. she could say i hate america. i want to destroy america. and that way they'll only be able to say, why do you hate gay, immigrant, black, handicapped women. >> you know, senator, it's amazing how you can make a good living talking like a guy on the commuter train after three weeks. no, seriously. that's the kind of stuff i heard growing up. you know, that kin...

A pair or strategists who understand public opinion and the dynamic works into the election year. the president of bill yent corners research and strategies and republican strategyist neil new house. we should note the lead pollster for new senator scott brown. still loving that victory. >> no complaints. >> so, we are in the early hours of a big decision for the president of the united states, justice stevens decides to retire after 34 years. the president of the united states finds out on the way back over the atlantic before air force one steps down, we get one tafrts of the potential tone ...

Mending talking about in a very nasty way. let's listen. >> i mean, if he's smart, he will find a gay handicapped, black woman who's an immigrant. because that way he could just say when -- she could be the devil. she could say i hate america. i want to destroy america. and that way they'll only be able to say, why do you hate gay, immigrant, black, handicapped women. >> you know, senator, it's amazing how you can make a good living talking about a guy on a commuter train after three drinks. seriously. that's the kind of stuff i heard growing up. that kind of stuff is so uninspiring and yet i ...

Two constituencies here. there's the constituencies of the donors who are clearly infuriated. but they're not the ones who actually institutionally control his fate. the people who control his fate are the members of the republican national committee made up of the county chairs, the ones that elected him. and to get rid of him, you'd have to get two-thirds of those people to vote him out. i think michael steele understands basically he's bullet proof. from the sort of first person perspective of michael steele, if he's smart, he'll just hang on. >> but doesn't it matter who's pushing? even wi...