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This weekend with the top white house officials complained about the potentially damaging consequences of the justice department lawsuit against the arizona immigration law. tennessee democratic governor phil bredderson said the voters want to hear instead about the job creation. he was term limited called the timing of the law considering the political effect on democrats this small "toxic." colorado democratic governor bill ritter decided not to seek re-election this year expressed similar anxiety. the white house acknowledged the democratic fears and said they did not dominate private discu...

It's necessary. that is what meg whitman is saying. it does not hurt meg whitman the fact that the obama administration is suing arizona. meg whitman can take the administration that the obama administration issed be and california doesn't need this law. federal candidates people running for congress, house and senate, are they going to defend the obama administration swooping down? there are millions of state enforcement law. on the book, there were laws in arizona that had had lawsuits filed by the governor. doesn't san francisco refuse to enforce the immigration laws? where is eric holder s...

This? >> both of the governors are retiring so they are fee to say what they think. there is anxiety in the circles about, even though they don't like the arizona law they wish the federal government hadn't sued which inflames the issue. in the mountain west, this law is popular. the politics of this are more complicated than at first glance. in california, western states, big hispanic nomination. meg whitman is running spanish language billboard ads saying i'm against the arizona law and it would have been against proposition 187, the famous anti-immigrant or perceived that way law. texas, 35...

And we only mirrored the federal law. >> the justice department is trying to block arizona law taking effect on july 29. if it fails, attorney general eric holder threatens to file another lawsuit if it leads to racial profiling. >> if that was the case, we would have the tools and bring suit on that basis. >> reporter: even democrats who support the lawsuit on constitutional grounds, say political anxiety within the party is real and legitimate. >> everybody is focussed on the elnant the room, the economy -- elephant in the room, the economy. anything that seems like a distraction from the ec...

This weekend with the top white house officials complained about the potentially damaging consequences of the justice department lawsuit against the arizona immigration law. tennessee democratic governor phil bredderson said the voters want to hear instead about the job creation. he was term limited called the timing of the law considering the political effect on democrats this small "toxic." colorado democratic governor bill ritter decided not to seek re-election this year expressed similar anxiety. the white house acknowledged the democratic fears and said they did not dominate private discu...