occasional issues as well. you are taking a live look at where more than 40 million americans voted early, and as always, it s the turnout today that will make all of the difference. steve kornacki will look at the early clues with how this vote could go. our reporters are spread out across the country talking with folks at the polls as well with control of congress and the leadership of several states on the line, it could be weeks before we know the final results, supporters, candidates and allies all dialing up the urgency of this election with quite the range of closing messages. take a listen. they will be shaped by what happens in the next year to three years. if the people of georgia show up, i win. runoff? are you talking about a runoff? no, we re winning this. i believe in democracy, and i believe in a fair election. we are going to take back america, and in 2024, most importantly, we are going to take back our magnificent white house. quite a day we have a
will democrats win the house? i think it will be tough, and i think we can. what will you do if it s a republican what do i think what? what is your new reality going to be like in washington if republicans win? difficult. that s putting it light. when i was negotiating obama health care passage it s a different time. it s a very different time. i think it steers into what he s good at. also, let s be honest, if the republicans were to take control of the house or senate, it would help biden s re-election prospects in 2012, and it s what you do in a presidential election. that said, you have a white house that desperately doesn t want to have those problems and
kelly, you said that the president is in bed minister for the weekend. are we expected to hear from him at all this weekend. is there anything scheduled for him to be speaking? well he has a home on his d bedminister property so it s part golf course, part family home on the property and we re told by advisers not to expect him to leave the grounds there this weekend. but tomorrow he is hosting a, a fundraiser for a republican congressman from new jersey named tom mcarthur. and if that name rings a bell, he was one of the key players in the health care passage on the house side, trying to get republicans to come together, more moderate republican, who had not necessarily had a national reputation. but was instrumental in trying to help bring house republicans together, to pass that first piece of a health care overhaul or reform. so the president is in a way saying thank you by hosting a fundraiser for tom mcarthur
remains adamantly opposed to it. yes, the media s coverage often emphasizes what s not working rather than what is. here s the pr reality for the obama white house. since health care passage in 2010, one side has been lobbing grenades on a daily basis while the other side has been mostly quiet. chris, that s what our first read team says. do you agree? no, i think they re right. what the president did today was a long time coming, tamron. this is something that supporters of this law wanted to see three years ago, which was a strong president getting out there, getting out there often talking about the benefits of this law. and part of the reason republicans have been so effective in driving down the poll numbers on obama care is because they have been the ones emphasizing the problems. and that s going to be the president s problem going forward into the mid-term elections. remember, obama care starts to be implemented in 2014 at the end of 2014 are those elections and republicans a
i do not agree members of america should pay for social activities. my choice of words were not the best, and he attempted to be humorous. i sincere yes apologize for the insulting word choices. today limbaugh suggested the point he was making was right even though he used the wrong words to make it. the apology to her over the weekend was sincere. it was simply for using inappropriate words in a way i never do. and in so doing i became, like the people we oppose. i ended up descending to their level. it s important not to be like them, ever. particularly in fighting them. the old saw, you never descend to the level of your opponent or they win. that was my error. last week. but the apology was heartfelt. the apology was sincere. that s of course up to you to decide. keeping hip honest, in his apology limbaugh mischaracterized what the student was saying in her testimony. she wasn t calling on taxpayers to pay for social activities. she was calling on the federal governme