host: steve on the democratic line from texas, you are on with jeffrey bell.r: i did not vote for reagan. i am 51. i have been voting since 1979. i would like to say one thing about social issues. i follow politics -- i have followed politics my entire life. the republicans have tried to cut medicare, the social programs that matter to people or help people. they have been against us from the beginning. it is a red herring for mitt romney to say something -- they will fix something they will cut. if you look at social issues with respect to religion, how can you say you are religious? if you look it jesus christ's teachings, he is a liberal. i love my lord and savior. host: i will give you a chance to respond. guest: in 1944 and 48, thomas dooley was the republican nominee for president. in those elections, the more affluent you were, the more wealth you had, the more likely you were to vote for him. he carried the northeast, the most affluent part of the country in. everything was kind of turning on economic issues. in economic status. george w. bush was the

bell. >> children were dying on the streets of atlanta in the daytime. >> among them, jeffrey mathis, only 10. like yusuf bell, he walked down the street on an errand to this gas station to buy cigarettes for his mother. she never saw him again. >> what we had here was a predator. and what he was looking for was somebody who was cut off from the herd. and if you don't realize you're in trouble until you're in trouble, then you have no way of getting out. >> it would be another year before jeffrey mathis' body was found in the woods, miles from his home. his mother would join camille bell in forming a committee to confront the city's leaders. >> the reaction of the police was that we were overreacting and that there was no serial killer. >> even though by now, six black children were dead. four others were missing. >> perhaps we were like distraught parents that really needed everyone's sympathy, but nobody needed to do anything. >> for years, it has been a dirty little secret among the press and the police. deaths of blacks draw less attention than deaths of whites. >> nobody cared. so you

bell. >> children were dying on the streets of atlanta in the daytime. >> among them, jeffrey mathis, only like yusuf bell, he walked down the street on an errand to this gas station to buy cigarettes for his mother. she never saw him again. >> what we had here was a predator. and what he was looking for was somebody who was cut off from the herd. and if you don't realize you're in trouble until you're in trouble, then you have no way of getting out. >> it would be another year before jeffrey mathis' body was found in the woods, miles from his home. his mother would join camille bell in forming a committee to confront the city's leaders. >> the reaction of the police was that we were overreacting and that there was no serial killer. >> even though by now, six black children were dead. four others were missing. >> perhaps we were like distraught parents that really needed everyone's sympathy, but nobody needed to do anything. >> for years, it has been a dirty little secret among the press and the police. deaths of blacks draw less attention than deaths of whites. >> nobody cared. so you cou