vote for any votes since lbj. when the tide turned against republicans and obama was in a lot of groups. obama lost ground in groups. the one that comes to mind most are white men without college education. blue collar and the economy. right. i think the economy is driving that. his numbers are way down with that group. that becomes that much more important for obama that the groups he performed with well in 2008, he performed just as well in 2012. if romney can make inroad without winning groups but cut the margin, that can go a long way given the other advantages. so strategically, if you re if the obama camp, you have to deal with the fact that economy is the problem. so you ve also got o to deal with the fact that you need to push in congress some of the votes that republicans will oppose and give romney a problem. like student loan rate extension, violence against women. paycheck fairness. legislative push to undo the
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democrat. then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. with dana dash and jeff zeleny the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. a new cnn/orc poll shows president obama s job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. it s time they got by without more help from taxpayers, who are already having a tough enough time paying the bills and filling up their gas tank. it will never get by congressional republicans. joining me now from louisville, kentucky, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. thank you for joining us. senator, i want to talk to you about gas prices. i know that you have suggested that this seems like a weird political move for the president to be making, that you don t think it will be popular. and i want to show our
moon, but that was 40 years ago. the u.s. is essentially sitting on the bench in the current space race. will that hurt it back here on earth? and is america coming apart? that s what the author of a controversial new book says. i ll ask him about it. but first, here s my take. something caught my eye the other day. pat robertson, the high priest of the religious right, had some startling things to say about drugs. i really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol, mr. robertson said recently. i have never used marijuana, and i don t intend to, he said, but it s just one of those things that, well, i think this war on drugs just hasn t succeeded. the reason robertson is for legalizing marijuana is that it has created a prison problem in america that is well beyond what most americans imagine. he s right. here are the numbers. the total number of americans under correctional supervision, prison, parole, et cetera, is 7.1 million, more than
with house intelligence chairman mike rogers and ranking democrat. then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. a new cnn orc poll shows president obama s job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. it s time they got by without more help from taxpayers, who are already having a tough enough time paying the bills and filling up their gas tank. it will never get by congressional republicans. joining me from louisville, kentucky, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. senator, i want to talk to you about gas prices. i know that you have suggested that this seems like a weird political move for the president to be making, that you don t think it will be popular. i want to show our viewers a recent cnn/orc poll,