utilizing every resource we can for all votesers to make sure that every eligible voter has the information they need, printing up materials. we are issues new i.d.s and soon be issuing new i.d. to the public employees because municipal employees have to put an expiration date on city employee i.d.s and getting people the information they need lou the clergy community, civic community, civil rights community, through activists in the neighborhoods and elect officials, geared up and ready to go to make sure everyone can vote and that no one is disenfranchised in this election. that s our focus now. i covered katrina. may the mayor said before katrina, we are going try to get 09% of the people out of the city before the flood comes. that sounded like a good effort. 50,000 were left behind to drown basically. my concern is i m sure yours is, too, we are going find ourselves in a morning-after situation where pennsylvania may
and it would be hard to imagine a world where it could change dramatically between now and november. only four more reports are left to come. it was pretty good in the beginning of the year, it started to slow down obviously in the last couple of months. the white house line has been, there s been some improvement, we re not there yoet. romney is seizing on these. the question is, the votesers already know the economy is bad or whether this is a potent reminder to shift numbers. i do think both campaigns are aware as you see that pretty much by labor day people s feelings about the economy are going to be set. after labor day it s very hard to dramatically change people s minds. perry, what do you think is the best political approach for the president as we move forward? also, does the transcription bill hold potentir potential fo on jobs? it probably won t
and may have big-footed congress. kate bolduan is on the case. we heard it moments ago. the white house asserting executive privilege. reporter: it is the latest twist in this ongoing battle that is coming to his leading up to this showdown vote, this contempt vote, that the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, congressman darrell issa, has been threatening. he says he had a subpoena for documents relating you of the department of justice relating to this botched gun-running operation known as fast and furious. he wants these documents and the department of justice there has been a lot of back and forth, how they will get the documents if they could give over the documents, put all those details aside and the background. today what we are watching right here, you are see thing video of the live hearing going on right now. it is the chairman is moving forward with this vote to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress on this would be very bi
here in florida. with us on set, national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst, john heilemann and msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele, along with willie, joe and me. wasn t that a beautiful addition. the people of my home state, florida, have been waiting toor this campaign to start talking about the real issues, right? uh-huh. and so you got mitt romney deciding to sing america the beautiful in his closing pitch. that was nice. and you ve got newt gingrich in retirement home, saying when mitt romney ran bain capital, he took away kosher food from grandmas. yeah. i think this is exactly where barack obama wants our party to be. it s absolutely is. we re playing into his hands. it s what the votesers want to hear and i ll put that in quotes and say that with deep,