in north carolina, kentucky, arkansas, and louisiana, all four democratic senate candidates are either in the lead or in the case of the democrat trying to unseat senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a statistical dead heat. in arkansas, the political obituary had already been written for senator mark pryor, running for re-election in a state that president obama lost by 24 points in 2011. 24 points! and senator pryor, of course, voted for the affordable care act. but he s beating his prm challenger, congressman tom cotton, by ten points. and you will recall that congressman cotton is a huge opponent of obamacare. but here s the thing about arkansas. more than 150,000 people in that state got access to health care through the private option. the state s version of the medicaid expansion ushered in by obamacare. and even tom cotton, house republican, tea party tom cotton is disassembling about whether he would get rid of the private option in arkansas when he fantasy re
office are starting to tell those stories. here s a new ad from pennsylvania s allison schwartz who is running for governor. i worked with president obama on the affordable care act and getting affordable health care to all americans. insurance companies can no longer deny coverage for kids with pre-existing conditions. as governor, i will take the medicaid expansion because 500,000 pennsylvanians need health coverage. she s going on offense. taking the governor to task for denying care to thousands of people. and he s not just in pennsylvania. in louisiana, a red state, democratic senator mary landrieu is slamming governor bobby jindhal for blocking the medicaid expansion. democratic groups and candidates from north carolina to michigan and kentucky are exposing the republican health care plan to
i don t think we should apologize for. i don t think we should be defensive about it. will we see democrats take the president s challenge? control of the senate is up for grabs. i will say this. the debate s obviously not over. they re not going to let it go. president obama s message to republicans we ve been having a political fight about this for five years. we need to move on to something else. in their relentless fight against the nation s health care law. saying obamacare, obamacare, obamacare is a very smart strategy for republicans. we need to move on to something else. this was the president saying go ahead, make my day. will they start running away from health care now? and trying to show democrats how to do it. hello. i m ari melber in for lawrence o donnell. in a developing story tonight, there are signs president obama s new call to run on the affordable care act has gotten through to democrats. we have an interview with a statewide can
the majority, saying, quote, this case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved, it s about who may resolve it. but justice sotomayor wrote a blistering dissent saying race still matters. the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race and to apply the constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate affect of semplryes of racial discrimination. we ought not sit back and wish away rather than confront the racial inequality that exists in society. she went on to write that her colleagues were, quote, out of touch with reality. at the university of michigan, we re already seeing the consequences where black enrollment has falling. and michigan isn t alone. eight states now have bans on affirmative action in higher education. today s decision clears the way for many more to join them. and it rips open disturbing questions about diversity and opportunity in america. if race can be voted out as
else. and told democrats to forcefully defend it ahead of the mid-terms. i don t think we should apologize for. i don t think we should be defensive about it. will we see democrats take the president s challenge? control of the senate is up for grabs. i will say this. the debate s obviously not over. they re not going to let it go. president obama s message to republicans we ve been having a political fight about this for five years. we need to move on to something else. in their relentless fight against the nation s health care law. saying obamacare, obamacare, obamacare is a very smart strategy for republicans. we need to move on to something else. this was the president saying go ahead, make my day. will they start running away from health care now? and trying to show democrats how to do it. hello. i m ari melber in for lawrence o donnell. in a developing story tonight, there are signs president obama s new call to run on the affordable care act