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Doesn't get as much media coverage, doesn't get covered nationally, you won't have the outcry from congress and the statewide voter i.d. laws are getting passed. this is how republicans have been so much better than democrats although at getting people in on the ground level and city council, school board and gradually having them rise up to congress, senate and so forth, the evangelical movement, for example, was really good at this. so i think the voting rights act dismantling it could certainly do this on the local level. it could be again because it's not going t get attention. >> that's r...

You've got majority control in both houses and you've got the governorship with a governor who is eager to sign reforms and he said what he wanted. where did you end up after talking with the republicans through the process, where you might not have been otherwise? >> you know, initially, people thought we would not even be able to address a ban on high-capacity magazines or a ban on assault weapons. and all the background checks and universal checks, whether it's for ammunition or the purchase of fire arms, but we held meeting after meeting of our task force of democrats and republicans. we h...

Points, but i think what really kind of breaks the mold, if not breaks the gridlock here is the idea that we as democrats actually worked with republicans, and you saw today the republican senate leader and house leader in the state legislature stand with us to support this bill. if we can do it in connecticut, this ought to move across the country and they ought to hear that loud and clear in washington, d.c. >> i don't want to ask for the secret details of your negotiations if it's going to screw anything up, but i am curious as to what changed in this over time as you talked to republicans ...

We believe now that is the toughest in the country. you certainly hit on the other points, but i think what really kind of breaks the mold, if not breaks the gridlock here is the idea that we as democrats actually worked with republicans, and you saw today the republican senate leader and house leader in the state legislature stand with us to support this bill. if we can do it in connecticut, this ought to move across the country and they ought to hear that loud and clear in washington, d.c. >> i don't want to ask for the secret details of your negotiations if it's going to screw anything up, ...

1% thankful gross margins have been almost cut in half, down to 6.7%, their pretax profit has gone from a profit of 6 billion to a loss after all goodwill right down to $30 billion. that hardly a sign the company is roaring back to life. so people need to look hard at the annual report which is coming out in two weeks or so, and that will give us the kind of granular detail that we need to make a far more informed decision. but from what see so far, it is definitely not on the right track. >> neil: if gm were to fall on hard times, would we rescue it again? >> it doesn't make sense to rescue a...