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The rich and of the 1%. so i think in that way he was able to really, you know, paint a real big picture, a real contrast between himself, the democrats and what the republicans might want to do. >> well, we had debbie wasserman schultz on last night, and it looks like they're beginning to work together. former speaker pelosi and the democratic national chair are all working with the president coordinating, they're beginning to act like they're in the same political party which is a good sign for them and perhaps the country. president obama emphasized that the stakes couldn't be higher for th...

Right now gop voters are saying they can see newt gingrich in that role. >> he's winning on that question of who's the better bet to win, which i think is a critical question. if electability becomes the strength of newt gingrich, i don't know what to say anymore about politics. anyway, thank you. i'm out of words anyway. thank you. up next, president obama tried to channel teddy roosevelt in his speech out in kansas. we've got an expert here. roosevelt is a favor of republicans but he also called for bigger government in many ways, taxes on the rich, graduated income tax, graduated tax on i...

8% now. >> we have 20% of blacks and latinos who don't like what's going on in congress. that number nationally is 13% who don't like -- >> who controls the senate? who controls the senate? >> and the perception is the republicans are obstructionist. >> karen, democrats control the senate. democrats control the white house. the administration -- and then for a time for a long time they controlled the house, too. they controlled all three branches. >> and a lot got done in 18 months. >> karen, the record is clear, came in with under 8% unemployment. it's been over 8% for two years now. >> you c...

Strongly by israel, who has an incredible record of support for israel, and the only thing the republicans have left because they're wrong on every issue that matters to the jewish community is lying about the president's record, and we are not going to give them an inch. >> i want to ask you one more question. we've got to keep it tight because we've gone a little bit, but you are in the middle of trying to educate voters about a lot of new laws expected to take effect before the 2012 elections and they're very tough voter i.d. laws. >> yes. >> republicans say this is to prevent fraud. what d...

Was really a republican at that time. but, you know, this is something that we've seen from this president before. he will please his base in a lot of ways but in some ways we're past the point of big speeches and it's time for this president to do something. i thought he was great out on the stump when he was able to do something and talk about these executive actions that he was making around student loans and around mortgages. but i think one of the most positive things that he did for democrats in this is really lay out a contrast between his party, the democrats, versus the republicans. r...