joining us now, cornell belcher, of brilliant research and strategies.he is the author of the new book "a black man in the white house." as the votes keep coming in and being count, and you see the three states that donald trump just mentioned, he won in each one of those states by less than 1% of the vote, and margins that are getting narrower in these final counts every day. so it seems like at best there were some very tiny chips in the top of the blue wall that needed to be repaired, and maybe the only repair you need is a candidate who's not subject to fbi investigation in the last couple of weeks of a campaign where you get hit with two different fbi public statements about that candidate. >> well, a couple things. one is, and thanks for having me on, lawrence. i love your show. one is, the outcome of the, of the race was catastrophic for a lot of, for a lot of people. but if you get inside and look internally, this is not a sea change election. quite frankly, if you look at where he is right now, he doesn't even have the vote that mitt romney got,

joining us now, cornell belcher, of brilliant research and strategies.is the author of the new book "a black man in the white house." as the votes keep coming in and being count, and you see the three states that donald trump just mentioned, he won in each one of those states by less than 1% of the vote, and margins that are getting narrower in these final counts every day. so it seems like at best there were some very tiny chips in the top of the blue wall that needed to be repaired, and maybe the only repair you need is a candidate who's not subject to fbi investigation in the last couple of weeks of a campaign where you get hit with two different fbi public statements about that candidate. >> well, a couple things. one is, and thanks for having me on, lawrence. i love your show. one is, the outcome of the, of the race was catastrophic for a lot of, for a lot of people. but if you get inside and look internally, this is not a sea change election. quite frankly, if you look at where he is right now, he doesn't even have the vote that mitt romney got, ri

podcast and maria teresa kumar and cornell belcher.was the new deal, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. if you go to john f. kennedy, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. let me play you lyndon johnson's branding of the democratic party in 1964 at the university of michigan. >> we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful siety but upward to the great society. the great society rests on abundance and liberty for all. it demands an end to poverty and racial injustice to which we are totally committed to in our time. >> let's fast forward to january 8th, 2008, when barack obama, then senator, after losing in new hampshire to hillary clinton. >> when we have faced down impossible lies, when we have been told that we are not ready or we shouldn't try or that we can't, generations of americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of the people, yes, we can. yes, we can. yes, we can. >> i want to go around the panel and start with you,

>> i just want to say, very quickly, i can't wait to read cornell belcher's book, first of all, because i really respect him a lot. but let us not forget how many people tout there voted for obama twice and then voted for donald trump in several hundred accounts. and this shows you, as david axelrod has said, that you can reach these voters. and that's what any politician is supposed to do, reach all those voters. hillary clinton fell short. she didn't campaign enough, if at all in wisconsin and michigan. those are states that they could have won. you can go on and on about this. nothing is permanent. both parties have better listen to the public. >> clarence, i'll pick up this conversation the next time i see you. i appreciate all your time. clarence, robert, yamiche, thank you all very much. >>> up next, what happens after a senate septajarian goads after another in the senate. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette and her new mobile wedding business. at first, getting paid was tough... until she got quickbooks. now she sends invoices, sees when they've been viewed and ta-da, paid twice

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