grassroots people across all geographic, racial gender lines to come together and mobilize and do it, as you said, outside of the beltway but do it in mainstream america. that s exactly right. look, there is real consensus across this country on how to create jobs, on how to reduce gun violence, on why immigration reform is so important to our economy. people across this court have decided. we have just decided this if a presidential election, yet there s only one place that there s not consensus and that s the ten-mile square logic-free zone called washington, d.c. logic-free? logic-free. 90% of the country support a background check and yet people in washington are working hard to kill this every single day. it just doesn t make sense. and that s why, you know, the way barack obama won two elections was person to person
underneath it you a line graph. there are buttons on the bottom and you vote thumbs up or down. you can vote every five seconds. it s very simple. you just jump right on and push the button. there is also the bing beat. portion of the website you can track a number of social media platforms to see what others who are watching had to say. a new 2013 way to watch. truly interactive state of the union. check it out at bing.com/politics. starting at 8:30 eastern. you can get logged in and ready to sound off. we will be tracking all the peaks and valleys live. and after the president s address is finished, we will give you the inside scoop on how his remarks played along party an gender lines. bret? bret: okay, shannon. thank you. we ll track it again throughout the state of the union tonight. so definitely make sure you check it out. now, we are looking live again in the san bernadino mountains. this is the big bear area. seven oaks off of highway 38. you can see the traffic ther
your body has been ravaged by lack of hygiene. in the reverse, it would be painful to witness a member of the opposite sex in such an uncomfortable and awkward position. combat effectiveness is based in large part on unit cohesion. the relationships among members of a unit can be irreparably harmed by forcing them to violate societal norms. can we have an honest conversation about this? is there a point to be made there? first of all, when you re a serviceman like him, his opinion is meaningful whether you agree or disagree. we ve got to show him that respect. i m assuming that once that uniform goes on, the gender lines change. obviously, i ve never been in combat. so, look. this is not a black-and-white issue. and one could also take it to the next level and say women, as long as there s a physical threshold level, and men or women. yes, we all feel the same way emotionally, but i have a feeling if you did talk to a lot of people that have done tours, they might have some differ
just looking along gender lines, how important is that going to be in determining who wins in 13 days? i mean, i think it i think you re referring the gallup numbers out this morning. you know, he s down among nonwhite voters i m sorry. among white voters, among both men and women since 2008 and it s the bigger an i agree gath trend that i think matters more than the gender gap. clearly, the obama campaign s put great emphasis thematically to appealing to women on the issues in the ads and you see him repeating on the stump and that has been part of i think their effort to hold back against the unfavorable economic numbers that might have hurt them more. all right. mark, huff post pollster, all around numbers guru, thank you for checking in. we appreciate it. thanks for having me. guys, i want to pick up i guess on the last point of the
controversy dogging president obama. did top aides, including the vice president joe biden warn him about it beforehand? new information coming in. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our national political correspondent jim acosta is following it for us. reporter: it sounded like he was referring to mitt romney as mr. burns, the villain from the simpsons who once said release the hounds. that s because in the race for the alpha dog, the fangs are out. rick santorum doesn t need anybody to tell him who let the dogs out. i think it s interesting you re asking that question about governor romney and his attack dogs.connect 1200 he has an opportunity tomorrow at this convention ironically he spoke to them four years ago this week, wolf, when he was pulling out of the presidential race. let s listen to what he says. i stand for conservative prim pes, i ll fight alongside you for all the things we believe it in, and one of the things we believe is we ca