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peaceful outcome on this front appears weak, not even remotely foreseeable. the reason is that republican members of congress are not responding to the national election of last fall but to the election of their own districts. a strong majority of the districts voted against barack obama in november even as the overall population voted for him. this i believe is the cruel arithmetic that divides american politics. while the big cities have given the majority of the mandate the district by district vote in the suburbs and rural areas given the republicans their mandate to vote against obama and the health care act that will join him in the history books. i make one prediction tonight and even this is based on a hypothetical. if president obama agrees to any cut in the affordable care act, he will be rebuked as no president has before. the irony is that those on the right are asking him to end this political life by his own hand. i don t believe they ve figured out the en ....
here are the numbers to call host: you can also find as online. look for us on twitter, journal@c-span.org twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. we have a special hash tag set up. we are also on facebook, look for c-span. you can also reach us by e- mail, journal@c-span.org. what would you like to see the candidates asked tonight in the last debate of campaign 2012? final debate, particularly big. host: looking at the washington the washington times, obama leads as romney loses ground, but gop voters are more enthusiastic. if the presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote ? this poll shows obama at 49.7%, romney at 47.3%. the mitt romney first debate bounce has disappeared, though the survey shows that the mitt romney backers are far more energy energized about him. in the washington post they write it all comes down to foreign policy ? he writes that the seat of the presidential base could well focus on this. president obama and mitt rom ....
legislative vaned. dusting off his boxing gloves, reid singled out senate minority leader mitch mcconnell for leaving him no other options than to go nuclear air. the republican leader has failed to live up to his commitments. he has failed to do what he said he would do, move nominations by regular order except in extraordinary circumstances. i refuse to unilaterally surrender my right to respond to this breach of faith. michael: of course, mcconnell struck back claiming that reid was manufacturing a crisis to replace the senate mandate of advice and consent with quote sit down and shut up. it appears as if they ve convinced the majority leader to do their bidding and hijack the senate. they re not interested in advise and consent. they re not even interested in what this would mean down the road when republicans are the ones making the nominations. they want the power and they want it now. they don t care about the consequences. michael: the consequences? se ....
peaceful outcome on this front appears weak, not even remotely foreseeable. the reason is that republican members of congress are not responding to the national election of last fall but to the election of their own districts. a strong majority of the districts voted against barack obama in november even as the overall population voted for him. this i believe is the cruel arithmetic that divides american politics. while the big cities have given the majority of the mandate the district by district vote in the suburbs and rural areas given the republicans their mandate to vote against obama and the health care act that will join him in the history books. i make one prediction tonight and even this is based on a hypothetical. if president obama agrees to any cut in the affordable care act, he will be rebuked as no president has before. the irony is that those on the right are asking him to end this political life by his own hand. i don t believe they ve figured out the en ....
washington. and i m laura engle, thanks for being with us today. with just three days to go until the midterms, president trump has a packed weekend of campaign rallies for republicans in tight races. he ll be on the ground for a rally in montana just over two hours from now. our ellison barber is there where all the action is about to take place. hi, ellison. good morning to you, laura. so president trump won this state in 2016 by 20 points. his approval rating tends to come in the polls by above 50%. he s hoping to capitalize on that in montana and get voters to support the candidates he wants to see in washington d.c. the senate race here is very competitive. real clear politics puts tester above his republican challenger. and republicans want to capitalize on the trump factor and they re focusing on big picture national issues. tester is trying to keep it local. we are seeing a dramatic expansion of our economy and jobs being created because as a direct result ....