how hard is that going to be? well, it s going to be tough. and i think the obama campaign is maybe shying away from it too much. because their polling shows similar sorts of results, like, this is a loser for us. people don t like to pay for people who are uninsured, even though they re already paying when they go to the emergency room. but here s the thing ed, i think a lot of people don t understand. if you take the number of voters, of people between the ages of 22, when they get out of college, they re no longer covered by the college health service, and 26, it s between 10 and 15 million people. now, that s obama s base. that s the heart of his base, those young people. and they have to be convinced that it is on the line for them and their parents as well, who will be having to pick up the cost of their insurance if this is invalidated or overturned on day one of a romney administration. well, on the line, that s the key phrase right here. because if the supreme court
years old. banning description against sick people, a terrible form of discrimination, against people who have pre-existing condition, of whom there are millions. so obviously there were huge messaging failures that the president has the admitted on the democratic side, but i think at this point it s just economic anxiety. people really don t want to hear about anything except for how the government might help them get a job. after the health care heavy lift in 2000 and 2010, then it was all about jobs in a big, big way. we ve just gotten away from talking about it. the obama campaign has gotten away from talking about it. maybe people are forgetting all the good things. and then, of course, it s in front of the supreme court, which is in the minds of many, i think, a negative. and now it s almost like a reintroduction about how good this is.
they can go back to all of the donors that gave during the primary campaign and get the maximize contribution from them. kerry out-raised bush by two to one in may of 2004 after he secured the nomination. so no big shakes right now? it s a few million off, but you re okay? but here s what should be a clarion call to our supporters to give now and invest in building the largest grassroots campaign in history, which are all these special interests out there, which are giving tens of millions of dollars to protect their own special interests that aren t in the national interests. things like tax breaks for oil and gas subsidies for oil and gas companies, making record profits that we absolutely don t need and taxpayers can t afford. ben labolt, great to have you on. thanks. thanks, ed. remember to answer tonight s question at the bottom of the screen, share your thoughts on twitter @edshow. we love those twitter comments. we want to know what you think, always. president oba
the pre-existing conditions. now, here s senator jeff sessions of alabama on the senate floor, part of fox news coverage today, throwing it at us. here it is. i sense, and a lot of my colleagues share this view, that the president himself, democratic colleagues in the house and the senate, their friends in the media and liberal government pro-health care advocates have stepped up, undignified, not justified attacks on the court. bullying? attacks on the court? it shouldn t even in the supreme court. this is all just part of taking down an accomplishment by the president. that s what i see. and these are the same conservatives that attacked, you know, judicial activists legislating from the bench, liberal jurists. they slammed the supreme court so much, you know, when decisions would go against them and their interests, it s just
seniors. letting your kids stay on your insurance until they re it have years old. banning description against sick people, a terrible form of discrimination, against people who have pre-existing condition, of whom there are millions. so obviously there were huge messaging failures that the president has the nadmitted on the democratic side, but i think at this point it s just economic anxiety. people really don t want to hear about anything except for how the government might help them get a job. after the health care heavy lift in 2000 and 2010, then it was all about jobs in a big, big way. we ve just gotten away from talking about it. the obama campaign has gotten away from talking about it. maybe people are forgetting all the good things. and then, of course, it s in front of the supreme court, which is in the minds of many, i think, a negative. and now it s almost like a reintroduction about how good this is. how hard is that going to be? well, it s going to be tough. and i th