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>> i think this point about democrats in power create this -- like cliven bundy wouldn't be a hero to the right on fox news if george w. bush was in power. that is true. i also think, christina, that basically what ends up happening, people focus a lot on obama is black and is this anti-black animus directed at barack obama. but in some ways it's broader than that, in the sense that the democratic party is identified with the interests of african-americans, in the minds of so many, that that is producing as much racial polarization and voting behavior, you don't even need the crowning achievem...

Although in 2008, you said obama would get 364 electoral votes. he got 365. i still want to hear what you have to say politically speaking about this. young people in the end did come out and sign up. apparently about 1/3 of them between 18 and 34. will they vote in the mid term? is that the issue? >> absolutely. michael, you just put your finger on it. it is all about who votes. i think democrats may try to use and should try to use these new numbers to stir their base and get some of the young people out to vote who usually don't show up in mid terms. you know, it is really tough to change v...

Marriage that's the star for why people, why their voting behavior is what it is. i mentioned that search for security is very important. >> it not surprising as the family declines, you see the growth of this state. we do not have a sex gap here in voting. we have a marriage gap and it's just easily the biggest story in politics. >> well, get ready for an enslaugt, eharmony, lot of people coming to you thanks to the republican latest pr. the right wing has a problem when it comes to the female vote. that's true. specifically single females. mitt romney won married women by seven points in 201...

Roles or not. it's clear one does not stand for that. and there's dissent whether they want to be for traditional gender roles or not. >> i agree. you're describing the positions of what i see as fairly extreme positions. and you know, they do have a big following. i don't deny that. but i think there's a mistake in assuming that there's this black and white approach to abortion. maybe not contraception. i mean abortion. let's take abortion. so if you look at the polls, i mean, women -- it's not clear that a war against women would mean -- >> but that's a really important point, i think. right...

And there's dissent whether they want to be for traditional gender roles or not. >> i agree. you're describing the positions of what i see as fairly extreme positions. and you know, they do have a big following. i don't deny that. but i think there's a mistake in assuming that there's this black and white approach to abortion. maybe not contraception. i mean abortion. let's take abortion. so if you look at the polls, i mean, women -- it's not clear that a war against women would mean -- >> but that's a really important point, i think. right? that gets to what exactly is deep here. which is tha...