. >> joining me now, the "washington post" dan balz, and rah mitch pa knew are you.n joyfully for president? he's used that line before. nothing that jen said yesterday was news if you've been following closely. he has said he wants to make the end of his year his mark. i think what's different, number one, we view him differently. there is no chris christie. so i think there is a media vacuum he fills. second, his aggressive -- bring it on. i want to talk about immigration and education reform and if it's -- ticks off the republican primary base, so be it. i want to see how bad it really is. >> well, it may also be a trial balloon to see what that kind of posturing creates in terms of a backlash. or if there is a backlash. so i mean, i think he put his cards on the table yesterday. as you say, he said nothing new about the timing of a run or conditions under which he would run. but in laying out those issues, he addressed some things he will have to deal with if he is a candidate and a way for him to begin to address them now. >> ramesh, what's interesting, he made

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"the washington post" dan balz put it this way. warped a system for financing election has become. the scene at vegas at times seemed to take on an air of the ridiculous. and was all focused on one man, sheldon adelson. ken vogel was there. he wrote, as adelson whizzed around his venetian king doll on a motorized scooter he was often trailed by gop operatives, politicians and fellow donors eager to assess his state of mind, advise him on what he should do, or just lavish him with praise and gratitude. ken vogel joins me right now and joshua green, senior national correspondent for bloomberg and business week. made a comeback with all this choose me action. >> this is very emblematic of the new politics where sheldon adelson can and did in 2012 totally up-end the republican party. >> because he kept people in the race who wouldn't be in the race like newt? >> absolutely. so republican elites are nervous that that's going to happen again. so they're pleased to see him inviting out vegas to schmooze with him. >> if you need any remind

host: you are writing about health care -- dan balz writing about health care -- we are seeing that play out in key senate races. guest: that typifies the republican group and republican campaigns. they are running very personal ads, specific things that show voters this is how the law is affecting you. this is how the law is affecting voters like you and other americans like you. they want to keep this issue front and center. millions of dollars already are being spent running ads all over the country. when you look at polling, attitudes are pretty firm. you have part of the country that is in support of the law and a big chunk of the country that is against the law and not many persuadable's on one side or the other. heading into november it is about who can get its voters to turn out. host: this tweet was sent to us -- this weekend in "the wall street journal," peggy newman writes -- peggy noonan writes -- it gets to the narrative where democrats see minimum wage and single women as key to their election vote in november. [video clip] >> i'm courtney. i'm not very lyrical but i have b