republicans. this notion that we vote democrat in mass, because of some strange predeelection tied to our race is -- >> very little difference in the south between a white southern democrat and a white republican as it relates to -- >> that is absolutely not true. >> that is absolutely true. >> ask a family on medicaid whether that's the case. if you have a -- if you have an elected official that doesn't believe in the allocation of medicaid, significantly reduces medicaid, that significantly reduces access to education, that significantly reduces -- there's a difference. >> on the margin, vote for the obama budget. if obama votes to raise the age for medicare, medicaid or for social security, white officials will go along with obama. i'm kind of worried about the fact that they're talking about raising the retirement age to 69 when the black male life span is