what you saw was president obama taking advantage of the power of his office. mitt romney can t do something like this. whether we debate whether he would or not, seems like he wouldn t, but we would not, cannot do this. president obama can. hispanics are clearly a pillar of the base. go back to 2008. hispanics. young people. those are and affluent whites are really kind of the three big pillars of the base hispanics have become a little dispirited you can see it in the polling because the dream act, the dream act didn t pass. you could argue president obama didn t focus add much on their priorities as he would have liked. i m not suggesting it was done for only political reasons, but political calculation thipd is to say to hispanics i am your guy and mitt romney is not. boxes mitt romney in. it makes it very hard for him to take a position. i think the safe assumption since june of 2012, it has something to do with politics. they quote obama s strategists see this electio
this. so this never happens again. for 15 months, in harrisburg, they have sat in the judiciary committee for getting rid of the statute of limitations. not even had one hearing. state rep mike mcgehee both yesterday said what s going on here? what else do we need to do? are these children, happens all over the country. we don t need one because these kids are 6 and 7, by the time they re 18, it s gone. back to wendy on the key point. what is the defense team up to here? are they trying to get a mistrial by finding one of the 12 jurors that s willing to believe this argument that somehow histrionic personality disorder, they was a show off, an explanation of this case? h
done the same on guys. last week, he went further than any other politician in history protecting young immigrants. in each case, he s taken action the other guy won t do because he sold himself to the right wing pressure groups. he s going where the other guy can t go and he s scored politically. let s bring in chris cillizza and maria. nailing down your base going for the reachables, taking positions that he s kept himself waway frm by the commitments he s made so far. your thoughts, chris. well, look, i think on immigration certainly, chris, what you saw was president obama taking advantage of the power of his office. mitt romney can t do something like this. whether we debate whether he would or not, seems like he wouldn t, but we would not, could not. president obama can. hispanics are clearly a pillar of the base. young people. those are and affluent whites are really kind of the three big pillars of the base. his p hispanics have become a little dispirited because th
you could argue president obama didn t focus add much on their priorities as he would have liked. i m not suggesting it was done for only political reasons, but the calculation behind this twouz say i am your guy and mitt romney it boxes mitt romney in. makes it hard for him to take a position. i think the safe assumption since june of 2012, it has something to do with politics. they quote obama s strategists see this election as a block by block knife fight to be fought in fewer than a dozen states and decided by a slim majority. this isn t 2008. a top obama campaign adviser said. we just think people are looking at the race the wrong way. the right way, the expansion of the electorate is our base. african-american, hispanics, young people and women. again, my point, you start with the people you think are going to vote for you. you make sure they do. don t let the other guy poach any by taking strong positions. they can t be pro-choice cht romney won t go for it because