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Economy. talking about big government and the taxes is talking about the economy. i think it supercharges their message in a way that is politically helpful to them. >> and john heilemann, how does the president reframe the issue as he tries to resell health care? >> andrea, the president is going to try to talk about the thing he's wanted to talk about for a long time which is the constituent parts of this bill that have always been popular. i think you noted earlier, probably more than once in this show, that the sales job, the political -- the act of public persuasion that the white house h...

What he can do, mitt romney, to reverse this trend. when you look at the number, it's a wide gulf of 47%, 40%, defending which poll you look at. the consensus this morning seems to be voter suppression, to hopes the latino voters don't come out to vote for president obama this time. can he do anything else beyond that? >> beyond voter suppression, i'm not quite sure. this would have been a gesture if he could have come out for something like the rubio dream act but he can't at this point or he won't and so it could be down to voter suppression, negative ads, just essentially saying that the pr...

I don't know, i -- >> don't shrink from my question, why is trump throughout selling birtherism if he is going to deal with other smart business guys who make deals with him? >> look, i think he is off the reservation with that. he makes sense when he comes on on tuesday mornings, but the academictives i talk to are far more concerned -- >> you're dodging -- you're concerned with not mentioning this guys name, right? i'll gi you a freebie, let me go to heilemann on this. the biggest story was trump going nuts on the president's birther again. >> i know a lot of businessmen i report on. i know ...

Going nuts on the president's birther again. >> i know a lot of businessmen i report on. i know republicans, i know democrats, liberals, and conservatives, i don't know any that buy the birther thing. >> why is he selling it? >> it gets him air time. how else will he be part of the conversation. it was the biggest story last week, we're all talking about donald trump. he likes attention and this gets him attention. >> i think he is smart and crammer knows more than he says. you're so smart but you're holding back on me. thank you john heilemann the phillys, winning record again, a possible rom...

Want to encounselrage you to ge the game. >> that was president obama last year speaking to leaders here in washington. employ imploring them to invest in the american economy. they did not take his advice at all. the amount of cash -- $it 2 trillion that companies have horded has risen dramatically and spiked sharply in the last few years. my question about businesses is are they sitting about that cash through a mission to hurt the president? a regulatory environment which is easy on them and a low corporate tax structure. john heilmann. i'm talking about this and trying to think about this ...