that. they ran enough 30 second commercials in all these states that they scared people. you know, i think i don t think they are isolated. i think it s you know we got on just a little bit, heidi high camp when she was so upset about background checks and balances. they are hearing from the people that are making the most noise and it s distorting their reality. so, you know, when ted cruz started his campaign to lead everybody into this boxed canyon, put yourself in john boehner s position. he was already suspect as far as conservatives were concerned because of his caving on the fiscal cliff. he had to placate that
number of a large number of both republicans and democrats who are articulating that exact argument that mika was making earlier, which is that there s no way to predict what happens once a bomb strike occurs and members of congress who may not be as solid in their opposition as it would appear, i don t think the opposition is as unmovable as made out in the press. they want to hear that the president has a plan. you know, here s his problem, though. we talked about the left, jeremy, being against this. we ve talked about the right being against this. yesterday, you had two conservative democrats, two moderate democrats, joe manchin and heidi hide camp saying they re not supporting it either you wonder where the president goes. you can t write off the concerns of moderate democrats like joe manchin and heidi high
to gun. this is the first time the president or vice president has held a public event solely dedicated to the event. mayor michael bloomberg sent a letter to more than 2,000 democratic donors asking them not to give money to four senate democrats who voted against background checks. max baucus, mark beg vich of alaska, and heidi high camp of north dakota. bloomberg s group, mayors against illegal guns, held a bus rally. all spurred talks of a second push in the senate of background checks and of potential compromises that could win over some senators who voted no the first time. at his press conference with newtown families on thursday, harry reid seemed to draw a line. i want to be very, very clear, though. in order to be effective, the bill that passes the senate must include background checks and not a watered down version of background checks.
with heidi high camp? i m hearing she s ahead. don t know for sure. you know, we know that even in nonwave years, the toss up races don t break down the middle, two-thirds one way or one third the other. whatever is if you have a bunch of races within a point or two, that last gust of wind, one way or the other, kind of tips them over. nine out of ten, wow. at s really, really quite something. and the take away for me is that you had an election where moderate democrats like joe donnelly senate candidates like joe donnelly in indiana and hei heidi hide cam p and she pulls ahead and they were able to win, moderate republican counterparts
trouble that lies beneath that? well, this goes to the conversation you were having with martha about the bus tour. it is very interesting, if you start to see president obama struggle further with white working class voters in the rust belt states in the upper midwest, that suggests deeper problems. one thing to look for, and we saw this in 2010 to a certain extent, prominent democrats who seem to be running away from the president or don t want to be seen campaigning with him. heidi high camp running for senate in north dakota cutting a ad that distances herself from obamacare despite the fact she supported it before. remember back in 2010, joe donelley, who was running for house then, is running for senate now, said basically cut this ad saying he didn t want to be identified with the president on immigration. if you start to see more of those kinds of moves by moderate democrats, i would suggest that the president may have trouble in those areas. bill: yeah. we ll see if the list