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Now on president obama's watch. >> and i'll tell you, going back to you, doug. homelessness in the last week on this show. saw a lot of stories of people who because the minimum wage is so low in cities where the costs of living are rising, are in shelters even though they're holding jobs. so this would be a god send to those people. they talked a lot about this minimum wage issue. it resonates with that crowd. what do you say to those people? >> it would be a god send to them. this is one of the reasons it's very popular. one thing i want to agree with is the public loves the idea of a higher...

Barack obama versus john boehner. they figured out a way to make this everybody who wants a raise versus every republican politician who says no. everywhere in the country. in new jersey, famously, the night that chris christie was re-elected this past november, new jersey voters voted on that same ballot to override governor christie's veto of a bill that would have raised the statewide minimum wage in new jersey. everybody says chris christie won by 22 points. you know what? same margin by which he was overruled by the voters of his state on that minimum wage issue. people like raising the m...

Because the white house and the democrats have figured out a way to make this fight not about barack obama versus john boehner. they figured out a way to make this everybody who wants a raise versus every republican politician who says no. everywhere in the country. in new jersey, famously, the night that chris christie was re-elected this past november, new jersey voters voted on that same ballot to override governor christie's veto of a bill that would have raised the statewide minimum wage in new jersey. everybody says chris christie won by 22 points. you know what? same margin by which he ...