also, shelby steele on how group and identity politics is shaping this presidential election. turning back to the president's so-called new economic patriotism, the polls and what we can expect over the final 40 days now until election day. clinton adviser, fox news political analyst, doug schoen. also, ed rollins, former reagan political director, it's good to have you with us weather thank you very much for having me. lou: let me start with this new theme. we can all agree that the president has a thing called forward i want to understand, if you will, the motto or mitt romney. this is a man ready to sell himself. you don't get to be president simply because you have a combination of democratic election. he has 30 days at this point in time. i would not mention the present. everyone knows this president has failed and nobody's going to google for this president thinking that he has been a great president. lou: i have never seen so many people, including democrats, so willing to offer a candidate, in this case, governor romney, about how to quickly turn your campaign around i

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. >> well, we interviewed a source, shelby steele of the hoover institution, and he makes the point thatf a secret weapon, a secret sauce. and what was that? the promise of racial redemption. there's a deep desire in america to get beyond our racial history. so it's almost like by voting for obama, we all get to feel really good about ourselves, and obama benefited from that politically. >> do you think the american people, though, are that shallow, that we would vote for someone to feel good about ourselves? i mean, this is the future of the country. >> but randi, that's not shallow at all. it's the deepest american aspiration to live up to our country's high ideals, and our country is based on the idea that we're all created equal, we're moral equals in the eyes of god. so, the idea of trying to find a president who embodies that aspiration, far from being shallow, actually reflects the best of the american character. >> dinesh d'souza, nice to chat with you. a lot more i wish we could chat about, but we don't have the time this morning. but thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >>> for

shelby, whatever. >> stephanie: i love you in steel magnolias. >> the best random facebook quote of the day. a swing state gets its wings. >> stephanie: oh, wait a minute. who's that that just slipped in. >> stephy. >> stephanie: what's all of the heavy breathing i hear? ♪ the humpty dance ♪ ♪ do the hump ♪ >> hump days with hal sparks. >> yes, yes! >> somebody had time to stop at starbucks. >> coffee bean, thank you very much. it is the west coast. >> stephanie: somebody's recovering from their birthday yesterday. happy birthday. >> thanks. yeah, we were actually shooting. ♪ you say it's your birthday ♪ ♪ it's my birthday, too ♪ >> stephanie: my little libra soul mate. there will be group spanking for us at sexy liberal. >> how is that different than the last time we were in seattle for sexy liberal? >> stephanie: it wasn't my birthday last time. >> i should have gotten spankings. >> stephanie: if you loved me, you would get that robo spank machine we had at the old studio. >> i'm not familiar. >> stephanie: sure you are. >> like you've never done playboy radio. >> uh -- actually i have don