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Americans actually do want the federal minimum wage to be raised. 52% of republicans in fact say they want it raised, but from all indications and people of your ilk and people who are doing a lot of political reporting are saying nothing major will get done. they are in cruise control or neutral right now coasting into the mid-terms. why won't congress act if it seems this is something the american people want? >> well, of course, you're going see more attention there. this has become one of the centerpieces of the democratic agenda pushing forward into 2014. definitely a highlight of their m...

>> no matter how many times you say pro-choice, the fact remains that mitt romney is pro-life. what ann romney said doesn't sound like anything that paul ryan was saying during the presidential debate. mitt romney has been all over the place on abortion all over his career. he's inconsistent and on the wrong side of public opinion. national polls show that women favor the president over mitt romney on the issue of abortion and even if abortion is not the biggest vote driver for most women -- and i don't think it is -- on all the other issues mitt romney is also on the wrong side of opinion for...

Are really unpopular with the average american voter? margie? >> yes. and people compared that to a gore sigh but we had a ryan sigh. he gets this sort of -- he gets a little testy. he want to show that he has some spear yor tea. and republicans were on the wrong side of the opinion, even for voters who wear abortion is not necessarily there number one vote driver. it's the biggest gender gap in terms of importance of the vote. on top of that, for an all-time high, a couple polls show an all-time high of voters who say it's a certain set of values. that's new. we didn't used to have that. when...

Analysis, joining us from charlottesville larry sabato. director for virginia center politics. pollster. marge i didn't. many traditional swing states favor traditional marriage. i can't imagine the president winning north carolina now, what say you? >> three important things to look at when you are looking at polling and swing states and anything else. the first is when is the data point from. >> bill: how about yesterday in north carolina? it's 61%. >> i will jump to the third thing. the third thing is it a vote driver for the presidential election? that's where i think there is a -- you wil...

Charlottesville larry sabato. director for virginia center politics. pollster. marge i didn't. many traditional swing states favor traditional marriage. i can't imagine the president winning north carolina now, what say you? >> three important things to look at when you are looking at polling and swing states and anything else. the first is when is the data point from. >> bill: how about yesterday in north carolina? it's 61%. >> i will jump to the third thing. the third thing is it a vote driver for the presidential election? that's where i think there is a -- you will see the folks on either ...