mentioned but also as one of the those factors, just one, taking race and ethnicity into account. i think it is wonderful that david agrees with me that the meaning of equality in the constitution and what it meant to those who actually wrote the equal protection clause in the constitution will be important next week because, yes, they absolutely were focused on ending race-based discrimination when they wrote and ratified the 14th amendment. but in doing so, they specifically wanted to allow measures that took race into account in a sensitive nuanced way and provided in particular educational opportunity to ensure pathways to leadership and career success for americans of all races. shannon: we are almost out of time so david a quick final word to you here. i believe that the founders intended to eradicat eradicatem through the 14th amendment
politicians. what is at stake is the integrity of churches. churches are not supposed to be political action committees am people don t go to church tow hfer hear to vote for for the city council or president. they go for spiritual solace and to learn about the holy scripture, want to be told who is the best president. reporter: this is the fifth year of public freedom sunday. the number of pastors has grown three-fold from just last year. their ultimate goal is to have the irs law declared unconstitutional and the other is to have their kong congrigants vote their values on election day. shannon: it s a bold move. thank you. reporter: sure. shannon: sarah palin, intimate debails about her life from two people who know her really, really well her father and her brother. both of those men will be here
them? we are planning on stopping them by telling the truth. mitt romney did that the beginning of this week, the tax cliff that comes off the spending, the taxes and the more government bureaucracy is exactly what the democrats are selling. this has caused a hiewmg impact on employment, we have a lack of jobs and the future that lies ahead is very bleak, economically. republicans offer a sound plan, not just to cut taxes but to get us back to work and our candidates differ with every single democrat on this issue, i think we will do just fine. shannon: we mentioned the key states where you are watching, ohio, california, massachusetts, can you give us insight maybe into the seats that are leaning one way or the other and you are dwoaing a lot of resources to make sure it falls into your column? did you mention, a race in massachusetts. one of the top republican
romney s debate performance. polls show the gap between romney and president obama is narrowing most note ably in some very important swing states. let s talk about it with ed rollins and juan williams joining us to talk with the new numbers. welcome to you both. glad to be he with you. shannon: juan, let s start with ohio. after the debate we had a poll out this was from the rasmussen report. they have barack obama 50% and mitt romney 49% and this is among likely ohio voters. seems to be a tightening in voters in ohio and everybody knows that is a crucial state. that is the whole kit and kaboodle. the path would be difficult if he does not win, ohio. rasmussen is a little bit of outliar here. more like 45.
people within the labor force are looking for jobs and cannot find them and that number is still astonishingly high that is the main point after spending $5 billion a day more than we are taking in for three and a half years that number is still incredibly high. is the real story. it is astoundingly high. shannon: the romney campaign says it is 23 million unemployed or underemployed. if mr. romney wins and the democrats are challenging him next time around they will cited the discouraged number, too. it is a meaningless number and i m sad to see my friend and idol mr. romney using that number. i don t like mr. ryan using that number either. that is a baloney number. the real number is the number actually seeking work and not the number discouraged. shannon: is there a good way to accurately measure that? there is a household is survey and employer survey and a lot of other ways of surveying in terms of how many are collecting unemployment and so forth. clearly things are improv