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Specific issues kind of under laying some of these things that i think will also drive people's decisions in terms of not just the overall economic vision, but the overall sort of how do i feel about where each of these candidates stands on the issues that i care about beyond the economy. >> robert, the second topic, which plays into all of this. the republican governors, their potential impact on 2012, because we've seen backlash in states like wisconsin and ohio against the gop governors who have taken steps to try to limit public workers' rights. do you think republicans have overreached? >...

He only has to fill up about once a month. [ woman ] wow. that's amazing. time now for the big three. three topics, three talkers. today we're looking at the gathering clouds marking the moofd the country. could republican governors help president obama and swing states strategy. i'm joined by anne kornblut, white house reporter. robert train. chief of the comcast network and karen finney. msnbc political analyst. hello you three. >> good morning. >> the take away really from the newest poll, americans are pessimistic. the country is divided. people are angry with politicians in washington. ...

It is a liberal canard to say, i am personally pro life, but government should stay out of that decision. if that is your view, you are not pro life. you are pro having your cake and eating it too. >> i'm joined now by robert train, washington bureau chief, and david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, good morning. >> robert, give us the lay of the land. how important is the abortion issue to 2012, and for whom? >> i'm not sure it's important for 2012 in general but very important to the republican primary, probably one and the same. the reas...

Also with me, robert train, the d.c. bureau. we have candidates raking in the huge amounts of money, much of which comes from the corporations. is there really no candidate that fits the movement? >> well, the problem is to be a legitimate candidate, the fact of the matter is you have to participate in the system as it works now which is raising massive amounts of money, and comparing the report to mitt romney, he is raising not very much money from wall street right now. the president is not. the last time around in 2008, he raised $1 million from goldman sachs employees, and right now, the w...

There's a poll showing 68% of independents have negative opinions of those institutions. >> i think we have seen before occupy wall street we saw the president moving towards a more economic populist message, and i think that, you know, that will benefit him. right now occupy wall street is popular. certainly their policy to the extent that they articulated policy positions, and the focus on income inequality, those are very important parts of the conversation, that quite frankly have been missing. this is a great way by embracing not only the movement, but what the movement is about. it's the...