Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111026:23:05:00
Race. the republican congress is unpopular, and in fact the election is not a referendum on barack obama. the election is a choice between president obama and a republican alternative, and he's going to run a campaign that puts sharp differences between these two sides in front of the american people, and while he's vulnerable, it's certainly not a foregone conclusion that he's unelectable. a lot of republicans are dancing early on that. >> i'm looking at the example of truman. back in '48 the classic example of a -- of an upset was harry truman tying dewey. not much of a candidate from new yo...