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this week supporters can text contributions under $50 for the first time. it could give a boost to obama s fund-raising. . the top of the ticket is also jabbing republicans over women s issues. first up vice president joe biden. i value women in the workforce. i don t employ anything, but i value women in the work force. and then at a manhattan fund-raisers, the president said, quote, the interesting thing here is that this is an individual who sits on the house committee on science and technology, but somehow missed science class. if you re not sure who is telling the truth on the campaign trail, there is now of course an app for that. the super pac app using politi-fact and factcheck.org to check out. and it turns out the drought that s hurting so many farmers in the midwest may turn out to
among women, the president is doing very well. the margins are very high. among hispanics, it s the same thing. among black voters, it s a joke that there s polling because the president is so strong. i want to play sound last night talking about todd akin. sorry, i ll read what the president said. he said, the interesting thing here is this, this is an individual who sits on a house committee on science and technology but somehow missed science class. speaking of akin. and it s representative of the desire to go backwards instead of forwards and fight fights we thought were settled 20 or 30 years ago. the democrats are unsurprisingly making hay out of this. how can mitt romney and his party get, close some of those margins, specifically with women at a time like this when the clock continues to this is a gift from god for the democratic ticket, because what you have is a president who needs to drive up his margins among women, especially college educated women. he has been doing t
safety takes priority. and the congressional budget office has dire warnings about the u.s. economy. is congress listening? good morning from washington. it is thursday, august 23rd, 2012, and this is the daily rundown. i m luke russert in for chuck todd this morning. let s get to the first reads of the a.m. with four days until the convention kicks off in tampa, the president is weighing into the todd akin controversy, doing his best to extend the conversation on abortion and reproductive rights. and the republican candidates, mitt romney, to the politically toxic republican. speaking at a fund-raiser in new york city last night, president obama quipped, this is an individual who sits on the house committee on science and technology, but somehow missed science class. but it s representative of the desire to go backwards instead of forwards and to fight fights that we thought were settled 20 and 30 years ago. romney and paul ryan are trying their best to change the subject back to the
stephen moore, a good friend of the show, editorial writer with the wall street journal. this week, as expected, president obama s jobs plan failed to pass the senate with an election in november 2012, just over a year away, are we looking at another major overhaul in congress and perhaps the white house? are we looking at a situation where voters might say throw all the bums out? yeah, we are. i ve been looking at these numbers. you have, too. i ve never seen incumbents in washington so unpopular, even more unpopular than in 1994 when we had a big election and threw the bums out. this is not a good time to be an incumbent, republican or democrat. some of the political pros i m talking to are thinking maybe as 100 incumbents in the house could lose, which would be a near record. for conservatives like you, fiscal conservatives like you, what is the best strategic way to achieve your goals given everybody is mad at everybody right now. look, i do think it starts with t