first of all, in places like ohio, you've got ralph reed in there. mean, anybody who thinks ohio is in the bag for obama, you have ralph reed in there not heard from the evangelicals in there ralph reed tells you you are going to wake up in a body bag, you wake up in a body bag. you can see these people come in. at the same time there maybe undersampling of younger, browner voters. when i am nee ohio, they say nobody called me for a poll nobody asked my opinion, i have friends coming out. x-factors we don't know b. >> standing by for new results on our poll how the economy is influencing voters and tom foreman taking us inside his virtual u.s. senate. tell us how our live does change if the balance of power shifts in the senate. both presidential candidates holding battleground rallies tonight. our reporters are there to reveal the campaigns' last-minute strategies. we will be right back. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ..

ralph reed is coming in. delighted to be on the panel with him and to share our mood and observations this morning. a moment of silence. [laughter] no. i will proceed. [no audio [inaudible] i am impressed. the scorecard is done. jennifer cost may dr. greenberg. when i first became a poster, i was advised by my first client that i won with to get rid of the doctor because no one thinks a doctor knows anything practical about the world. the world, but senator -- jennifer always reminds me of that. i am going to summarize fairly quickly some of the things i saw in the demographics of this and the attitudes and the politics. i am doing this based on the same kind of observation you did. i was doing bbc throughout the night. i was processing in real time. i also have four surveys in the field and i have impartial data from those surveys in terms of what people were thinking and why they voted the way they did. i am happy to get some of that on the table. let me start with the obvious and then go to the less obviou

organized by the faith and freedom coalition evangelical group by ralph reed. paul ryan told thousands on the call that president obama's policies threatened judeo-christian values. put on a path that restricts freedom and liberty and compromises those values. those judeo-christian western civilization values that made us such a great nation in the first place. i think this paul ryan guy has gotten off the crazy end here. when you talk about obama, they call him the colonial kenyan or whatever nonsense. who is this barbarian? and the fact that ralph reed with his record, who's he to talk about this moral issue? what's going on here? >> that's right. i mean, you saw some of this rhetoric in the primary with rick perry saying that obama was a threat to christian values. you've seen this from newt gingrich going back to when he was up against bill clinton. somehow they're in with god and democrats aren't. i think what obama has done to counter this idea that he is somehow other is he's out there all the time. he's in our living rooms, out there with his family and

in a place like ohio you have ralph reed in there. anybody that thinks ohio is in the bag for obama, you have ralph reed there. you wake up in a body bag and you can see the people coming in. at the same time, there may be real under sample of younger browner voters. when i am in ohio i am seeing people, nobody ever called me for a poll, asked my opinion and i have all of my friends coming out. there is x factors here we don't know about. >> we're going to stand by for more result from the new poll on how the economy is influencing voters and also tom foreman is taking us inside his virtual u.s. senate and how our lives can change if the balance of power shifts in the senate and both presidential candidates holding battleground state rallies and the reporters are there and the last minute strategies. we'll be right back. >>> a live picture from we'rwith questions fromtump sombing elections.kies do you know where your polling place is? maybe somewhere around my house. mine's just, right over that way. well you can find out exactly wher

karl rove, ralph reed, mike h k huckabee, they earn a lot of money off pushing this agenda and sayingns, millionaires or 25 bucks a pop and we'll deliver the vote. they have failed misserably and they'll take the republican party down with them. which is not good for the country. i'm overvoied one of the best presidents that's ever been elected in this country was just re-elected. still in the long term we need two vibrant political parties. these ivevangelicals are like cancer. they'll take down republicans with them. they may even peel off into a third party if they can't get their way. then that will be -- our system will teeter for a while until we readjust. >> frank, thanks for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on. >> a week ago millions of americans celebrated president obama's victory. since then, thousands of right-wingers are threatening to secede from the usa. you bet they're serious. my commentary next. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constip

ralph reed is a republican strategist that comes from the state community.coalition and was a senior adviser to the bush-cheney campaign in 2000, 2004, and ralph, i saw you in action in the primary for your organization hosting these major events that every single one of the republican presidential candidates came to. every single one of them met with you and spend a lot of time with you. this has been a big election for the community. what did you see and what does it mean for the future of america? >> let me try to be brief if i can to allow for more interplay but i want to address two things. the first is a narrow because the vineyard that i work is the face community specifically catholic and evangelical and then i want to talk a little bit about some of the things stand touched on which is the republican brand, some of these demographic changes which have been going on for frankly a long time. but i will start with the faith community. my organization faith and freedom coalition build a file of pre-qualified 17.1 million, evangelicals and the 6.3 millio

ralph reed has just come in.elighted to be on a panel with him and to share our observations this morning. a moment of silence -- no. i will proceed. [laughter] i'm impressed. 695% of the dio. so the scorecard is done. so jennifer does call me dr. greenberg. when i first became a pollster and have been academic,, i was advised by my first client i wanted to get rid of the juncture because no one with a doctor really knows anything pratt all about the world. the jennifer always reminds me of that. -- at the heritage. i'm delighted to work with jennifer on sunday subjects. the election was i think a quiet big election. i'm going to summarize very quickly some of the things i saw in the demographics of the anti-attitudes and the politics. i am doing this based on the observation you did. i was doing bbc throughout the night. so is processing in real time. i also didn't get back to bed until 4:00 in the morning. i also have surveys in fields and partial data from those surveys in terms of what people explore and what

. >> ralph reed of the faith and freedom coalition admitted that a massive mobilization among religious conservatives wasn't enough to offset the number of women, young people and minorities who voted democratic. >> i think we need to do a better job of not looking like, you know, your daddy's religious right. you know we have to be as a movement younger. we have to be more diverse ethnically. >> voters also decided several key ballot initiatives. for the first time ever, measures to approve same-sex marriage passed by referendum in maine, maryland and washington state. and voters in minnesota rejected a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage. in massachusetts, a measure to legalize physician-assisted suicide was narrowly defeated. in california, voters decided not to abolish the death penalty. with all the acrimony around the election, many religious leaders called for a new spirit of civility. more than 700 churches held special election day communion services. organizers said they wanted to refocus allegiance to god and work for justice beyond the ballot box. our assessment of t

he'll be accompanied by senator schumer, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg and ralph reed.he time right now 16:54 -- is 6:54. >>> one final check of weather and traffic right after this. keep it here for 9news. (bell rings) hi. yes? you know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats? i love those. we've added more to every box. really? wow! honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better. >>> one more thing before we go. promises of bipartisanship. we heard them recently, sort of. were they hollow? more and more we're hearing the vitriol come out. the latest comments from mitt romney saying the. won the election because he gave financial and legislative gifts to minorities in obama care and some of the other things. the latest thing with mr. mccain and lindsay graham saying they were going to do anything to block ambassador rice from becoming secretary of state. and we're headed toward the fiscal cliff. how do you feel about that? >> nothing has changed from the election. you have the same players and same breakdown of the government. if anybody thought w

ralph reed is a republican strategist who comes from the faith community. he is the head of the founder and chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. he was a senior adviser to bush/cheney campaigns in 2000-2004, and, ralph, i saw you in action in the primaries with your organization hosting these major events that every single one of the republican presidential candidates came to, every single one of them met with you, spent a lot of time with you. this has been a big, big election for the faith community. >> uh-huh. >> what did you see, and what does that mean for the future of america? >> well, let me, let me try to be brief if i can to allow for more interplay, but i want to address two things. the first is more narrowly because it was kind of, you know, the vineyard that i work is the faith community, specifically faithful catholics and evangelicals. and then i want to talk a little bit about some of the things that stan touched on which is the republican brand, some of these demographic changes which have been going on, frankly, for a long time. um

ralph reed and jim pinkerton will be talking about a lot of republican issues. >> i would as they don't forget the majority in the car burst. but the american people did speak. there still remained the gop majority in the congress. what they do not want to confuse radio talk-show hosts with the country at large. radio talk-show hosts get and maintain their audience by being extreme. the louder you are, the more people listen. they do not necessarily speak for the country. i do not think they speak for the congressional leadership which is looking at what the best interest of other members are and what they can do in the next two years to go in as a response will members of congress. yes, the washington boys wilkes -- will whoop it up, but part of that is the free enterprise system at work, not necessarily a electoral politics. >> there truly is a demographic tidal wave and republicans ignore this at their rome peril. and did not think the first and republicans should do is change course. blaise as explained they lost the pregnancy but they still have some power. to meet family needs to

ralph reed organized tens of thousands of people to ascend e- mails on the other side, from the faith. and does the capacity to organize duluth the inherent polarization in any way? or does it provide another battlefield in which it plays out? >> there are so many battles that are not partisan debates, but are not, underlying things that are not cultural battles. there is actually a bill about to pass in congress. it used to be the case that it is legal for rental car companies to not return recalled cars. the can have cars that are dangerous. enterprise and hurts got a loophole -- hertz got a loophole in a transportation bill. in 2004, two girls who rented a pt cruiser, it flames out and they both died. their mom and of having a civil lawsuit for the next eight years, and winds. but the law did not change, still had not changed. it is only after she starts a petition on the site and embarrasses enterprise, and is going to be on the today show, that enterprise changes the policy. that is not controversial. , the order of magnitude more than you see. >> as you say, you have evolved fro

it is not unlike ralph reed who steered the republican party too far right on social issues in the '90srd from anymore. >> is he, rick, spiking the football, maybe on the 5 yard line? is this a little too premature to be writing off the grover norquist here and the no new tax movement in the republican party? >> yes, i think it is too premature. grover norquist has become a convenient boogie man, merely because we have maybe hit a tipping point on tax increases and voters are starting to accept the idea that taxes have to go up a little bit on some people. we have got a long way to go, though. we still are going to have to start talking about tax increases on the middle class at some point. that is going to be an entirely different battle. the nmagnitude of the problem will require increases on the middle class or tax cuts that are really deep. the tax increases is going to solve this problem, this is step one out of 100 steps. this is a long way to go and this is going to be a long battle. >> the president is talking about shrinking the size of government. $4 trillion over the next dec

ralph reed will be here as will jim pinkerton. they will be talking about a lot of the republican issues. that panel have more republicans and democrats. the majority in the congress. the american people did speak. there still remains a gop majority in the congress. >> i will take one more to add to that. i want to confuse radio talk- show host with the country at large. radio talk-show hosts get and maintain their audience by being extreme. angrier, louder, the further out you are, the more you get people to listen. you have to say something different. they do not necessarily speak to the country and i think today, they don't speak for the congressional republican leadership, which really is looking at what are the best interests of their members and what is it they're going to do in the next two years so they can go back in 2014 as responsible members of congress. rush and the boys are going to whip up because that is there's schtick and as with they do. part of that is the great free enterprise system at work, not necessarily a

ralph reed organized tens of thousands of people to send e- mails on the other side, from the faith and freedom coalition. and does the capacity to organize dilute the inherent polarization in any way? or does it provide another battlefield in which it plays out? >> there are so many battles that are not partisan debates, that are not 50/50, underlying things that are not cultural battles. there is actually a bill about to pass in congress. it used to be the case that it is legal for rental car companies to not return recalled cars. they can have cars that are dangerous. enterprise and hertz got a loophole in a transportation bill. in 2004, two girls who rented a pt cruiser, it flames out and they both died. their mom ends up having a civil lawsuit for the next eight years, and wins. but the law did not change, still had not changed. it is only after she starts a petition on the site and embarrasses enterprise, and is going to be on "the today show," that enterprise changes the policy. that is not controversial. there are orders of magnitude more than you see. >> as you say, you have ev

it is not unlike what happened to his longtime friend ralph reed to steered the republican party too far right on social issues and is hardly heard from anymore. mr. norquist will likely not be departing the scene any time soon but perhaps key switch his focus to immigration. he makes a lot of sense on the need for a comprehensive immigration reform bill and i'd be the first to work with him on that. but as the events of the last week show on taxes, grover norquist is out on an island. i salute my colleagues, in conclusion, mr. president, on the other side of the aisle who have disavowed his group's pledge. i will encourage others to do the same. the more who do, the closer welcome to a bipartisan -- the closer we willcome to a bipartisan -- the closer we will come to a bipartisan agreement. mr. reid: i move to the -- i ask that unanimous consent to prior the clerk reporting the motion, senator mccain being recognized. when he finishes, i -- the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: i thank my colleagues -- i think my colleagues and i who have been here for a

>> ralph reed said in direct contrast, we did not leave any voters on the table. we had the best turnout operation we ever had. we contacted them. we did everything. i think if they do not make that case, they become increasingly irrelevant. there is no evidence, no exit poll, supporting for safe, legal abortion, contraception. women said contract exception -- contraception was considered in the presidential race. it was on the radar of this many people. it is a protected territory kind of argument within the party. there is not be there really is an impetus for change. -- there is really an impetus for change. >> the republican party, i think everybody realizes this year that in their platform, the national platform, there is a line that says there would be no abortions even in cases of rape or, these extreme positions. that has been there. we just all of the sudden realized what is going on. they are trying to energize their very core base, probably their funding base. the truth is, they do not have a winning coalition with this issue. this country is moving for

someone to thank the first panel he was with us today, but also want to thank ralph reed who left earlier, but jim pinkerton and jonathan salant and stan greenberg, thank you for what you did not only on the panel but for your series thinking that you on these topics day in and day out. so on behalf of laszlo strategies, thanks for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> as we leave this discussion, "the associated press" is reporting montana senator jon tester has won reelection beating his republican challenger. also, the ap says wisconsin congressman paul ryan is returning to congress. he said he is looking for to spending some time with his family and then will return to his responsibilities as house and budget committee chair. we will have more postcampaign coverage coming up for you today on c-span networks. in just a moment on c-span, harry reid will hold a news conference discussing election results. democrats maintain control of us in holding onto seats in virginia and missouri, and picking up seats in indiana and massachusetts. senator reid's remarks will be on our compa

he's the ralph reed of this business. in two years people are still hiring that jerk? that's really how it's going to work out. >> stephanie: he'll go to whine country with laura ingram. [ whining ] >> i'm not drinking any more. >> shut down the party. >> it was never a party. it was a group of nut cases. >> the cabernet is so tanny i don't like it. >> stephanie: i'm not drinking any merlot. >> yes i'll be at the melrose improve here in los angeles. yes, one night only, saturday night. melrose improve. my band is playing september 5th at the viper room 11:00 show late night. lots of fun. one of the lab rats may be joining us on stage to play a song. one of them is playing the guitar. >> you taught him well. >> i did. >> stephanie: yay. yay. >> and then saturday. >> stephanie: yay for happy clapies. hal sparks right about everything and he's like--you know what, they have dick morris, we have hal sparks. >> i have my own show. >> stephanie: love you hal. sea you tomorrow on "the stephanie miller show"." enttv