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Members of congress. you see those numbers there. if somebody votes for action in syria. 11% say they're more likely to vote for that person. essentially almost six if ten say it wouldn't affect their vote either way. most congressional elections are about health care, maybe about education policy, but they're about domestic issues here at home. about jobs and the economy. i will give you one cautionary note. on the one hand, that helps the president. he can swai say this won't sway the vote. cast a tough vote. they're not going to punish you in the next election. the president could make that...

For crying out loud. >> i think everybody said that you know what? this is a big rollout and you will have to have changes made along the way, including the president, that he understands they're going to have to be moments when you have to readjust to meet the realities of the moment. i think what rich trumka said was most important, beyond the political impact of, you know part of the president's base, objecting to the law as it stand is that he is continuing to work on this. that he understands, that if you continue to work on it, you can continue to improve it. but he is not asking for the...

Diatribe where i think gun shows should be i'll show what you said monday. >> think about every bank you have been in to. tell me a time you have seen a bank which is not guarded with someone a professional with or without a gun or knows what he is doing. show me a bank that doesn't have a guard i'll show you a bank that will be robbed. why is not time to put trained professionals, i'm not saying arming administrators, putting someone who knows how to handle themselves and a weapon at the door of every school in america. if we do it for banks we can do it. >> eric: there may be a whole host of...

>> manuel is a washington post reporter and author of a new book "the rise of marco rubio." joan walsh is editor at large of salon. read the tea leaves. what just transpired? >> first of all, mitt romney had to come out and say that marco rubio is being vetted. he had to say that. i have no inside information on whether it was true or not. but it would be devastating to any latino voters who may have some prayer of maybe taking a look at his candidacy. i mean, michael, you know that the president put mitt romney in a box with what he did on immigration last week. romney has not responded, has ...

Salon. read the tea leaves. what transpired? >> mitt romney had to come out and say marco rubio is being vetted. he had to say that. i have no inside information on whether it is true or not. but it would be devastating to any latino voters that may possibly have some prayer of maybe taking a look at his candidacy. i mean, michael, you know that the president put mitt romney in a box on with what he did on immigration last week. romney has not responded. he has not said whether he would repeal that decision. it has been a terrible week for mitt romney on immigration and so to have that come ou...