me see what it says. this says, i want to seceed from the united states, 110 sth,000 people, enough to fill the cotton bowl. you say it s for real. chris, listen, like jim said, listen, it is an expression of a certain kind of racialized rhetoric driblirected at this president and directed at ways in which this country is becoming more multicultural country. it was a referendum on the fact you can no longer have a coalition of simply white men from the south directing politics in this country. the voting demographic has opened up. it will continue to open up as we become blacker and browner and all other different shades of american colors here. it s going to be it s going to be frightening to some of these folks in some of these states. i agree with michael. it s a rhetorical statement instead of actual movement. let me go to james moore on this.
trey i ll start with you. you don t have to have military service to run for president. i ve done a lot of political work in virginia it is a preference among veterans. neither of these candidates have it, no one started off with an advantage. for this voting demographic it comes down to trust in leadership. measuring stick, with mitt romney they don t have a lot to go on, other than his words and the fact that he s a leader of a party that has owned the military vote. for barack obama, there are clear examples of his ineptitude as commander in chief and certainly from recent events in the mideast. heather: kristi, your response? it is important to remember as we said that the veterans vote typically skews republicans, because veterans are typically white male, often in southern or rural areas. the real question is why
of the biggest lost and found collections in the world. it has been around for 200 years, and we don t know who lost them or where. the next hour of the cnn newsroom, don lemon starts newsroom, don lemon starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello, everyone. don lemon here, and suzanne is off today. this hour in the cnn newsroom, we are going to focus on exciting new pictures coming back from mars and new details into the investigation of the wisconsin shooter. police say now that he killed himself. right to the news right now. a couple of grainy pictures have the space guys all fired up at nasa, and they should be fired up. these are the first color images beamed back to earth from the mars rover called curiosity, and the latest earth visitor to mars. nasa says it is in great shape and working perfectly. so far. john zarrella, and the jet propulsion laboratory in california. and john, i have been watching you for days now and i stayed up and watched wh
afraid. it s great cover to your political point earlier, charles, about democrats. andrew cuomo in new york, if you re any one of these other governors and mayors, democratic mayor in l.a. scott walker and his victory, gave you tremendous cover. absolutely, at the end of the day, we do elect them to solve our problems, and this is the biggest problem states are facing. the voting demographic in new york and california and this point is much more difficult. public sector unions comprised of a lot of voters in that. absolutely, absolutely. that s going to be hard. the very fact that come on, liberal california good gracious alive, 2-1 vote in favor of making a change. i was doing hand stands, you know, clapping and very, i was very hopeful. let s see how far it goes. really, this is california we re talking about. neil: wait a minute, when the results came in you were literally doing i d like to see you doing a hand stand. he can. how about a one arm pushup? th
that is on their backs no matter what they do. reporter: with young people a key voting demographic, the cost of college has become a political football. president obama pushing to keep interest rates on those loans from jumping up. e-mail your member of congress and tell them, don t double my rates. reporter: mitt romney now says he agrees on that point, but weeks earlier, he told a prospective college student this. shop around. and to compare compare tuition in different places. reporter: this year s class started college in september 2008. the same month investment giant lehman brothers collapsed. the beginning of the recession. it s been a tough lesson for these students who say they learned what it takes to survive in this economy. now entering the workforce hungrier with even more determination. you know, it s just an investment in your future. it sounds cliche, but it s true. reporter: according to one recent study, 93% of baby boomers say they are providing