victories that they said could not happen because they said forget the pundits. for lunch moderators on this one. we do have msnbc to some extent, which we had -- which we did not have 10 years ago, but it is not enough. i would point to how net roots nation began. the liberal blogosphere is vibrant and important. we all have trouble in the off years, our -- but there is also a social media and twitter is part of why paula deen was quickly out of a job for outrageous comments. we saw it with defending planned parenthood, when susan g coleman came after them and at the end, she's suffered and planned parenthood thrived. our people are nimble come a quick and smart about the stuff

smart about the stuff. fox is a pox. we have so many resources, i would not leave this on a down note. people to people and organizing in our schools is crucially important. thank you. you're such a great audience. thanks to tom udall who couldn't be here. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] http://twitter.com/cspanwj

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