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Is going to commit fraud or that you just want to stop from getting to the polls. these laws are selective. they are being proposed only by republicans, and i really believe they are being proposed to address a demographic reality. barack obama lost the white vote by 11.5 million votes in 2008, but he won the minority vote by 22 million. >> you get to respond to that, matt. >> i appreciate that. let's talk about it fundamental rights. we have a right to bare arms, but we have to go through a background check and show i.d. there. in terms of going after a specific demographic, i can tell you in...

Who does not have photo i.d.s? according to a study done in 2006, six years ago, 11% of eligible voters. 25% of african-americans don't have photo i.d.s. 18% of senior citizens do not possess an i.d. jo ann reed and matt shultz join us. the senate refused to take it up, but it could still be tacked on to other legislation. let me a ask mr. secretary of state. is there evidence of significant voter fraud? i mean significant. we outlaw murder because there's a murder problem. but we pass laws when we need them. that's a conservative view. why do we need to pass a law unless there's a need? what'...

Take a picture of them. no problem by them. no burden. as you walk up, you say my name is mary jones. you take the picture. if there's any problem, anybody is voting for mary jones, you can nail them. that means they are going after somebody for doing something wrong. your thought about that, matt? >> i'm willing to work. if the democratic legislature would bring that idea forward, let's work on it. the idea is let's make sure that people can't cheat. i'm willing to sit down with anybody to work at that. >> you're not seeing instances of it. i voted in the same precinct for 12 years. you have ...

hesitate to talk again and again giving credit to ronald reagan for creating job growth in the 1980s. the better the economy, the worse it is for republicans this november. plus giving newt the boot. rick santorum has been saying it all week. he said it again today. it's quitting time for newt gingrich. what santorum needs is what mitt romney fears. an unobstructed race between the two. also republican legislatures are passing voter i.d. laws to stop voter fraud. but are those rules really to make voting honestly democratic harder? now for tonight's off the waller. sarah palin ha...

In the state legislature have been trying to change the rules. to ensure that when there are democratic candidates on the ballot and democratic voters turning out to vote for them, well, then they'd like to get a little bit stricter about who's allowed to vote. >> that was the main issue of my campaign. you have to show an i.d. before you get on an airplane, open a checking account, even to buy a beer. why not when you vote? >> the right to buy a beer is not enshrined in the constitution. i haven't founded my own country yet. voting is enshrined in the constitution. coming up with a new rule a...