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Can the president and the democrats win over these reagan independents, so to speak? these reagan democrats or these republicans that normally say they're independent but then they slide to the right when it comes time to vote. this is who the president has got to win over. your thoughts. >> it's hard to do but he's got to try. he's got to spend a lot of the campaign trying. foreign policy commander in chief is part of it. the notion that the invest ms that were made, the efforts that were made are beginning to pay off and there's tangible evidence of it, is important. i thought what was signi...

Can the president and the democrats win over these reagan independents, so to speak? these reagan democrats or these republicans that normally say they're independent but then they slide to the right when it comes time to vote. this is who the president has got to win over. your thoughts. >> it's hard to do but he's got to try. he's got to spend a lot of the campaign trying. foreign policy commander in chief is part of it. the notion that the investments that were made, the efforts that were made are beginning to pay off and there's tangible evidence of it, is important. i thought what was sig...

We have done here, there are things that help you, that help your family, that will help you and your family in the future. that we're beginning to take hold. we're beginning to get traction on. that's classic incumbent's pitch for a second term. it's an interesting fact is that the obama campaign felt there was enough of case to make that they should make it right away. i completely agree with them. if they don't brag about what there is to brag about, nobody else will do it for them. >> there's going to be an avalanche of negativity. they will have to brag a little more than normal. a column...

A populist thing, not ideological, so it kept her in this comfortable place for the general but at the same time moved on an issue halter was gaining traction on. it sort of stopped him. he didn't have a second message. >> it could have stopped his momentum. >> he needs a runoff. if he can hold her under 50, this third candidate in the race gets six, seven points and she is sitting at 48, 49, i don't think she can win a runoff. >> interestingly, they haven't yet called up that amendment, her amendment. >> it's going to die. if you talk to a lot of people. >> they're letting it sit so she can h...