the question is how do you navigate in that landscape and is obama capable of figuring that out and coming up with a new tactic. on that note, i think he s learned that to get legislation passed you don t take it to the republican party, you take it to the american public and sell it in the country and what he did on the payroll tax cut and perhaps if he is re-elected or gets anything done will be because he goes to the nation first. we have to leave it there. thank you to salon s joan walsh, her book what s the matter with white people is out now. coming up, vaguely defined and highly valued pollsters, pundits and the campaigns have their attention trained on the almighty undecided voter. will they be the critical force in this year s election. we will ask chris hayes when he joins the panel just up ahead. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news
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throughout this campaign about, listen, there is still there are still lots of problems out there. i ve had solutions. republicans obstructed them. this election is about delivering a message to the do nothing republican congress. you re standing with me on this and if you stay with me now, it s going to be different and they re going to have to work he didn t do that on the campaign trail. he can t do it in this debate. he can t campaign on that. he has i think that s part of it. i think it s harry truman, do nothing congress of 48. you could have run across this republican congress. the approval rating is 47% for these guys. they said they wouldn t and then they haven t done it. up next, steve kornacki s tribute to george mcgovern. for the younger guy, steve will explain why you should know this guy. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reli