alex bratty and margie omera are terrific pollsters. i have gotten to know them over the last few years. alex works with public opinion strategies, which is a large and extremely high quality, the biggest of the republican polling firms. she is a partner there. they do the enormous work. i enjoyed meeting and working with alex. not working with, i just get to watch her and watch the light streamed video for some of the work that they do for the walmart moms. margie is a boutique. she is a high end both it. she got her start -- she is a high end boutique. both of them do great, great work. we have done a couple of panels together and it has been a lot of fun. i am going to sit down. am i interviewing? >> you are our fearless leader, charlie. >> sarcasm. i am asking the questions. margie, where were you last night? [laughter] >> i was with my husband. my firm and his firm -- he was a democratic media consulting firm. we had a joint election night party. >> you are watching the early things coming in. what were your impressions? what were

margie, you first? >> you know, certainly look like she might. >> okay. joe? >> yeah, i think she has a good chance to be nominated. a lot depends how she handles this little dust-up here. but i think she has a great chance to be nominated. >> okay. you guys have a great thanksgiving holiday. thank you. >> you, too. >> join david gregory for a special "meet the press," the president's second term and challenge his faces at home and abroad. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." check local listings. >>> macy's thanksgiving day parade starts in an hour. 50 million of us watching at home. no pressure. the woman in charge of it all. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i

let's be nice. >> margie can go first. >> i hope so. i certainly hope that we can have an open conversation where both sides can come to the table. it's important for democrats to not make it seem like any kind of immigration policy is somehow anti-latino. i think that is a reasonable critique that ultimately we need to come to the table and have a dialogue that sounds inclusive and open yet ultimately voters want some kind of law passed. >> i will give you a 52nd rest. but coalescing force for compromise from the two sides. >> i think you are right. there is a way to bridge that gap in terms of having government come together on this but i would agree with margie on this. again like we are saying, the composition of the electorate, our country is changing and so we all have to change to meet that and to recognize it. i do think that both sides are going to have to come together. together. is it going to be is a? absolutely not. is there going to be a lot of back-and-forth? [inaudible] it can get messy at times. >> i think one of the th

alex bratty and margie omera are terrific pollsters. i have gotten to know them over the last few years. alex bratty works with public opinion strategies, which is a large and extremely high quality, the biggest of the republican polling firms. she is a partner there. they do the enormous work. i enjoyed meeting and working with alex. not working with. i just get to watch her and watch the streamed video for some of the work that they do for the walmart moms. margie omero is a boutique. she she is a high end boutique. both of them do great, great work. we have done a couple of panels together and it has been a lot of fun. i am going to sit down. am i interviewing? >> you are our fearless leader, charlie. >> sarcasm. i am asking the questions. margie, where were you last night? [laughter] >> i was with my husband. my firm and his firm -- he has a democratic media consulting firm. we had a joint election night party. >> you are watching the early things coming in. what were your impressions? what were your first, second, and third impress

so margie, chris christie, always being talked about for this.ace of the president during hurricane sandy, do you think that hurts or helps him, in tells of both getting a nomination, and then being elected? because that can be two different things. >> i'm a new jersey native. and my stepfather has the same sort of new jersey attitude that chris christie has. i think that attitude, sometimes can be hurtful for chris christie in the case of hurricane sandy, it was really helpful to show he was going to say it like it is. which is, i'm here to help the people in new jersey, rather than play politics. i don't think it cost mitt romney the election at all. i think it's foolish for republicans to banish him simply for being nonpartisan during a hurricane. there's nothing more nonpartisan than disaster relief. and so it would be a mistake for republicans to have that purity test. it's exactly the wrong lesson fo for them to learn from this election, saying you want to reach out to minorities and women, it's actually to have the policies to reach out to

joining me now is melina, contributor to "the grio" and margie omaro. has a real rush problem. how do you see this ending? >> i don't mow. in 2009 james carville did a poll and found that rush limbaugh -- many people find that rush limbaugh is the leader of the republican party and that has not changed over the course of four years. rush doesn't need to run for any office. he's beholden to no one except for advertisers and viewers. so republican officials need to stand up to limbaugh first before they can really go out and get more votes in the broader sector of the electorate. >> but margie, is it risky for a republican to stand up to limbaugh when he's popular in the vote unless the chris stooer example of standing up on the president and doing his job becomes a new model for our republicans to say, you know, maybe this is not as risky as i thought? >> i don't think it's risky. you're trying to reach more voters. you have to love the voter in order to be able to talk to the voter and if you are, as an elected official, beholden to rush limbaugh, who r

you are a political strategist, margie.l me the political cost of all of this denial because in the middle of this, i mean, at one level it's sad. another level it's humorous. but in the midst of all of this, if they don't come to terms with the reality that america has changed, will they not marginalize themself and eventually not be a major party? >> i think the denial piece, look, having a tough time the first couple weeks after the election, i think that's understandable. i don't know if there's a long-term effect. but people expect politicians to argue amongst themselves and call each other names. they really don't want to see elected officials really speak so divisively and derisively about the electorate and say these voters who cares about them, they only wants gifts and they only want that. when you see people say, this was really about minorities, obama won because minorities turned out in record numbers and all voted for obama for whatever rainy, it's almost as if they're trying to invalidate the results. that's

i can't believe that margie is suggesting we haven't.ap before the first debate and now down to 2 and 25%. a shift -- 2 and 5%. the new york times reported yesterday we are seeing a shift from obama to romney because of this sort of direct approach that romney has taken with women acknowledgeing that their concerns are the economy, the debt and jobs. people are expecting them and carrying on -- >> two smart women in politics and then we got to go. it is not a partisan question in general. in recent h history women have become more politically active than men and i'm curious what you think that means? why and is that something new you in american politics here to stay? quickly margie, you first and then kate. >> i think it is fantastic to see women engage and run aring for office and working in politics, women involved in their communities. they vote at higher rates than men and i think it is important to remember that women really are a majority of the elector ate and have a huge voice and i like to see women run for office whether they

. >> i want to bring in margie omaro and joe watkins, republican strategist. both of you. happy thanksgiving. >> good morning. >> this is time of peace and tranquility among the family. let's ask you this. with her having come out now, she's saying what in her own defense what she was given, her talking points, what she was told to say, intelligence given at the time. does this put any of this to rest, joe? >> i think that this is a good start for ambassador rice. she's somebody that has an impeccable background, phi beta kappa rhodes scholar, somebody well regarded in the international community and the united states. she could be very well our next nominee for secretary of state. i think that it's okay to explain what happened. i think it's a good thing to explain that you've got information that led you to say what you said. and i think her real battle right now lies with convincing senator mccain. she's got to reach out to senator mccain, some of the others who have to confirm her in her bid to be the next secretary of state. i think she can do that. but s

margi says, "what do you wann them to do? step it up, step it up. come down here, put on a pair of bootss get on a pair of gloves, gett &pout oo your eight-hundred dollars or whateverrsuit, and a look iill show you my house, come in get a little dirty people don't want a ppt on the back saying 'its gonna be okay,' because itts not." not." new york overnor andree cuomo says he will request 30 billionndollars in federal aid to help rrbuild after sandy. 70-year-old love letters washed ashore by supers storm sandy spaak a search... for owner.a new jersey woman ouu walking a trail following the storm stumbled across the stack of letters.the were wwitten between 19-42 and 19-47... by aawoman and her husband... who was serving in world war two..he woman ho made the discovery quickly got online and traaked down the couple's family... to tell them about what she found. "it's liie a genealogical gold mine. it's like there's that moment that's lost forevee, and here s something, it's aa gift.""it kind of sends the message that love conquers all, in such devast

but i hope so. >> eric: margie, how about you? >> viheard some republicans sound like they want to come to the table. not everyone. not matt, with all due respect. but i do think that we -- i feel more optimistic when i am watching the postr post poll. >> eric: we have $16 trillion in debt. it's just only getting bigger. thargs for joining us. >> thank you. >> eric: jamie? >> jamie: the fiscal cliff. how does it affect you, your kid, your family and tuition rates? a lot. we are going to tell what you you need to know and how you can protect yourself. that's next in the take-charge consumer protection segment. >> eric: violence continues to escalate between israel and homas. 24 hours to go. what is the role of the united states of america? the president has been speaking out, saying he backs israel. it has the right to defend itself. we will ask the former u.s. ambassador to israel, ned walker, coming up. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets hear

joining us is executive director margie weingrow. i love what you do.s in college. if they don't have resources or support and your program provides that? >> it does. scholars program works with very low income students, students in poverty. they get berkeley u.c. berkeleye over 34,000 students. as you can imagine, fish out of the water there. not only the academic load but the fact this that they have to work while going to school, there is so much going on with them academically dealing with financial aid and all of that not focused on where they need to be when they leave school which is very short period of time. this is real problem at universities now. students are coming into the university and prepared for their academics but not for the professional world. >> there is a lot of stuff, it's more than just staying in school. it's about professional development and personal skills. >> it's much more than that. that is why we see, when we students identify with career that academics go up naturally. what we provide is a professional development skil

. >> host: next call comes from margie in san diego. hi, margie. margie? >> caller: good to be here and listen to kenneth davis. i have brought my first book in an airport in nashville, 1994, on my way to santiago, chile. i love geography as a child, and i just want to think this -- i have five of his books since then and i want to thank you, totally, for writing these wonderful books. i've always loved learning. i'm an elderly lady now but i still want to always learn. thank you, thank you, mr. davis. >> guest: well, don't know if you can see the blushing here. it's not visibly blushing, then audibly blushing. thank you very much. i want to speak the last comment she made about being an older person and learning. one of the things i have written about many times, and feel strongly about, is this idea that we go through high school and or college and that's it. that that's our learning. i believe in life-long learning. i believe we learn for the rest of our lives and i think you're seeing this play out in the technology age that we're in, with the explosio

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joining us is executive director margie weingrow. i love what you do.ep kids in college. if they don't have resources or support and your program provides that? >> it does. scholars program works with very low income students, students in poverty. they get to u.c. berkeley where there is over 34,000 students. as you can imagine, fish out of the water there. not only the academic load but the fact this that they have to work while going to school, there is so much going on with them academically dealing with financial aid and all of that not focused on where they need to be when they leave school which is very short period of time. this is real problem at universities now. students are coming into the university and prepared for their academics but not for the professional world. >> there is a lot of stuff, it's more than just staying in school. it's about professional development and personal skills. >> it's much more than that. that is why we see, when we students identify with career that academics go up naturally. what we provide is a professional de

margie from wells fargo funds management joins us, so does michael from destination wealth management and joe greco will be with us in a few moments here. rick santelli is staying late as well with this rally here. >> ready to go, joe? >> yes. >> what do you make of the rally? >> i guess when republicans want to peek past what is involved besides a tax increase, that signals a compromise. so, the markets say, hey, maybe they'll work things out in washington. the unfortunate thing is this lift today will be met with more selling as we get closer to the holiday and the long weekend. >> this is not a new phase here -- >> you can look at volume, behavior of the trading and it looks like we'll have a little more of a lift. we've broken through a level that held nicely. started to lift onto the tail end of the day. i think if we can get a little closer to the tail end, but toward the end of the year, we'll test higher. >> do you believe this is a rise above rally? do you believe it won't hold? >> it's going to be very choppy. what bill mentioned about the 200-moving day rally, there's a sen

margie, jump in here. tell us how you see this election impacting stocks. >> i think it's going to be muted growth. i'm particularly concerned about higher tax rates, especially on stocks from capital ganins and dif dent tax return. i think returns will be rather muted reflecting a muted economic outlook. i think the balance between equities and high-yield bonds will be equal over the next year. in other words, mid single digit is the sort of return i'm looking for. >> because we know that rates are going to stay where they are until 2015, the fed has told us. >> that's right. they have. the thumb on the scale and you really can't fight that. so, that says interest rate securities, especially the riskier ones are not that risky because we'll have plenty of liquidity to float corporation's balance sheets so i think they'll continue to be competitive returns with most common stocks. >> chris, how worried are you about the fiscal cliff impacting economic growth in 2013, knowing that you are a long-term thi th

. >> as all this is going on, margie, i want to ask you about the benghazi probe and the recent report that it was intelligence officials who changed susan rice's talking points, not the white house. senator john mccain has come out now to issue this statement on the heels of that saying this latest episode another reason why many of rus so frustrated with and suspicious of the actions of this administration when it comes to the benghazi attack. yet again it goes back to the administration. why do you think the president's team has been successful in efforts to stop the controversy the despite this very strong defense of rice that's coming out -- that's coming from the president himself? have they done enough? >> have they done enough to defend susan rice? certainly, i think the president's been very clear about how he feels about susan rice. i think -- and he's been right to defend her. i think some of the attacks that have come from senator mccain and others have been very political in their tone and really not thinking about her job and the talking points she received and also the s

. >> 46 years ago margie met merra and bob macnamara who was in the cabinet, she went to a meeting with jacqueline kennedy called at the white house of all cabinet spouses and mrs. kennedy had told each spouse, we are each going to do something to make washington a better place for the people who live and work here every day. and mrs. macnamara had a great reputation as a reading tutor. she tutored the wealthier children in town and she tutored children from very poor economic graph -- backgrounds. she had found how much it meant to the three boys she was tutoring at a public school, to be given up look she had brought that her children had years before and had been left at home of course. she wanted them to take a book home. one of the mothers came to the school the next day and returned the stolen book. i said no, we want the child to have a book and that started a tradition where we might present a book to a child and helping the child write the name. we do not pretend to be the teacher of reading. we are here to help children, particularly those most at risk and not learning to read

let's bring in our political panel, matt is a consultant and margie is principal at clifton consultingident actually had huge majorities in the house but he failed to act immigration prior to this last election. why should we expect progress on immigration this time around with a divided house and senate? >> the difference is now we have got a political will needed by the republican party. it was very different environment. this is really going to require energy by both democrats and republicans to make it happen. what has happened in the second election cycle we've seen the rising tide of latino voters that is going to get greater. republicans have realized if they don't get latino voters in the coming election they won't have any hope. what we do know the latino voters, immigration reform is number one on the list. >> heather: matt, what do you think? >> i agree with marjorie. i hope the president shows presidential leadership. it will be up to him to move to democrats to actually bring a vote up to in the senate. i believe that john boehner is ready to work with them. address the hi