cross talking why democrats keep losing i'm joined by my guest david polk in new york he is a democratic strategist and former co-chair of the new york state democratic party in washington we have michael flanagan he is president of flanagan consulting and a former congressman and in montgomery we cross to deice he is president of mrs institute are gentlemen cross-talk rules and effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated david i suppose on this panel you are the democrat so can you answer why democrats keep losing elections i mean we can look at the georgia election and we can look at the other special elections a lot of expectations are a lot of money being spent a lot of kollywood names and they still don't come through i know that you know like in georgia it's a red state and they the republican should win there but i think you know where i'm going there needs to be some soul searching i think now after the election after the inauguration he's in the white house ok deal with it go ahead david. well first of all i mean so you're absolutely right there needs

if he passes it and trump vetoes it, it will be overridden by democrats and republicans. >> democrats lost another special election this week. that's four in a row. led to a lot of second-guessing by democrats. including congressman tim ryan. congressman tim ryan said, our brand is worse than trump. >> okay, here's the number one lesson from georgia six. democrats need a strong, bold, sharp-edged, and common sense economic agenda. policy, platform, message. that appeal to the middle class. that resonate with the middle class. and show, and unite democrats. that's what i've been working on for months. i've been talking to democrats house and senate all across the country. i have been talking to trump voters. i was at a yankee game on saturday night. i sat next to, you know -- we sit in the grand stand wearing an i'm proud to be a deplorable voter. a truck driver. this economic message, platform, is going to resonate. it's not going to be baby steps. it's going to be bold. we're coming out with in this summer. within a month. democrats will try to pass it for a year and campaign on it i

democrats performed better than they could but the democratic party should be commended for their efforts of trying to get a ground game out and i think that's what we saw in south carolina. but as we close out this night, don, republicans went 4 for 4 in protecting their four republican seats. >> kirsten powers, let's bring you into this. what does this mean for how republicans and democrats are going to run their races in the 2018? >> actually one of the big questions is did jon ossoff run a good campaign? and there was a lot of criticism from people who wanted him to be a warrior. he made a decision to run a positive campaign, whereas the other side was not positive. they made a refer rendm on nancy pelosi and the bad, bad liberals in washington d.c. and one ad that got very ugly about the shooting. it got pretty ugly on the inside. so with all the money, the question is had he been willing to be tougher on trump, would it have made a difference? does this civility thing work? and especially in south carolina where you have none of the funding and yet had a closer margin than this race

so you think that's good for the democrats.how you the 2016 popular vote house race total and how it translated into house seats and as you can see republicans won the popular vote by a point but that allows them, that one point allowed them a ten point spread among house seats. the point is that you do your math and i know math isn't your favorite subject but if you do your math there it means an 8 point democratic lead still wouldn't be enough to win control of the house as a democrat. they have work to do. >> correct. it doesn't work in equations either. they do. and i think it might be a little bit misguided to talk about the message. these are very specific and pointed and every congressional district has to do. i do think that one perhaps benefit of health care if republicans pass it is it would give democrats a message. it would give democrats something to run on in addition to trump and the economic populism is as close to that. >> and i think that one of the most important words is we don't want a leadership fight now

minority voters among democrats are the base of democrats. for democrats will succeed they have a of a race problem and they need to get more white people they don't need to win white people were white suburban people but they need to get a little more support among whites. republican party is the exact inverse. they need to get more support among high income, white voters who used to vote for them and they need to get a little bit better among latino and african-american voters in particular. >> i agree with a lot of what steve said but two things. first, i don't think will the direction of france. the structural obstacles are just too much in favor of having two parties. it's just really hard for an independent candidate to win. i do think racine party restructuring. i think it's a lot more in the public party than the democrat. if you think about the struggles the democrat party is going to right now are really not that surprising or different than what we've seen over the past 30 years. in this case, it's cultural verse economic or howeve

next, and when on the democrat line. -- edwin on the democrat line. caller: the current bill that is being put together will be dead on arrival. what representative schumer said when i was watching your program this afternoon, they need to get both democrats and republicans in one room and craft a bill that is beneficial across the board. iss bill in the current form a tax break for the rich. warren buffett -- he will be able to get over a $600 million tax break because of this bill. it is possible to get the democrats and republicans to work together in one room, as you say, and ban something out? caller: of course it is. listen, as a born and raised new yorker, i believe that representative schumer hit it on the head. get a room, get everybody together, and craft out a bill that is fair and reasonable. ok? that is what needs to happen. we do not want to rush this thing and have mr. president either be ashamed of signing it or signing a bill that is all ut and zero' inp democrats. that is not the way our democracy has been put together. >> grant and

that's got to strike fear in the hearts of a lot of democrats. >> well, unlike republicans, democrats aren't going to run away from nancy pelosi. she is the leader. i would note that karen handel actually ran away from donald trump. that's how she won this election very narrowly. so i don't think that that really portends well for republicans in really close districts going around the country. but clearly, the republicans feel like they've found a road map and a playbook but they're not going to be able to run away from this president in every single congressional district. they're certainly not going to be able to target the failed health care and economic strategy with nancy pelosi going forward and so i think democrats are going to regroup. we've got democrats certainly have great candidates that they're identifying all across the country. and this is going to be a fight for 201 but it's a fight for america and for the soul of our democracy. i think democrats are going to put up a good show. >> congressman jolly, we should hold all the analysts to account who were insisting all wee

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look at the moderate democrats.y were saying that and he poisoned the wealth and made it hard for democrats. >> a lot of questions all around. >> bill crystal, it is megan murphy and jason johnson, that does it for us. hi chuck. >> you know what i hope? >> i hope that there is no taping of this conversation. >> i love you chuck. >> again, you better hope there is no tapes. >> if it is thursday, the weight is over on the senate trump's care plan. tonight the now republican healthcare prescription and doubts within the gop. >> i think it looks a lot like obamacare actually. >> can anything cure questions within the party of the gop bill. >> i think it could take longer than a week. >> senat

the democrats need to deliver. a district they have poured an incredible amount of money into. for democrats this is already a win. this is evidence that coming 2018 election even for state republican districts trump is such a factor that republicans are going to have to fight tooth and nail and spend tens of millions of dollars to hang on what previously had been safe republican seats. >> in a race like this, the margin matters. turn-out matters. >> reporter: and one big picture question stays the same. what kind of strategy will work best in 2018? will republicans run with trump or away from him? how do they handle things like healthcare? at least one republican says the strategy won't change. >> republicans have share the policy agenda of the president and will continue to advocate, advance that agenda regardless of what happens in georgia today. >> reporter: as so many morning republicans held the house with 238 seats. democrats had 193. montana's greg gianforte takes office wednesday. >> bret: thank you. let's

are the base for democrats. for democrats to succeed they need to get more white people, they don't need to win white rural people or white suburban but they need a little bit more support among whites. the republican party is the adverse. they need to get better among latino and asian voters in particular. >> do you have aview on -- a vow on this? >> i do. the obstacles are in favor of having two parties. it's really hard for independent candidate to win. but i think we are seeing party restructuring, a lot more in the republican party and democratic party. the struggles the democratic party are going on right now are not surprising and different from what we have seen over the past 30 years which is cultural versus economics. i think the restructuring is more intense on the republican side. basically trump has taken over the republican party. trump, i think, i'm not being snidey, varies from week to week but i never considered trump a genuine republican. i think you see a lot of republican leaders in congress

democrats insist the g.o.p. plan will increase premiums and take healthcare away from millions of elderly and low-income americans. complicating matters for mcconnell today are five republican senators -- ted cruz, ron johnson, dean heller, mike lee and rand paul -- four of whom immediately rejected the bill saying it does not go far enough to gut obamacare. >> we can do better than this and my hope is not to defeat the bill but to make the bill better. robert: moderate dean heller of nevada was the latest to speak out against the senate bill. at this point it seems no one seems to love it but as republican senator pat roberts of kansas said, the senate bill was not the best possible bill but the best bill possible. we're looking at a real challenge for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. what's he going to do, kelly, to close it? kelly: he's going to work all weekend and so will all the people on the team. the phone lines will be burning up. the personal meetings will be happening and they're looking for wa

so now we've got the blue dog democrats, jeff, we know, and you said this species of blue dog democrats. these are the moderate democrats. you can fit them in a phone booth, probably. i think there are 18 of them. they met with president trump's economic team to talk about tax reform; right? so, jeff, is that a positive development? >> you know, i think it's a very positive development because what everybody really wants deep down, the average american voter just wants everyone to get the policies done. to get tax reform done. really to move the country forward. that's what everybody wants deep down. they don't want the games and the partisanship. so i commend the blue dogs that are coming over now saying we've got to do something different because really, they're going to be an endangered species if they don't work to get something done. they come from districts where they want to work along with the administration as well. so you're seeing this now. you're seeing the democrat party in such disarray that they're coming over now. you know, the democrats, all they have left in their play

the democrats need to deliver. this is a district they have poured an incredible amount of money into. for democrats this is already a win. this is evidence that coming 2018 election even for state republican districts trump is such a factor that republicans are going to have to fight tooth and nail and spend tens of millions of dollars to hang on what previously had been safe republican seats. >> in a race like this, the margin matters. turn-out matters. >> reporter: and one big picture question stays the same. what kind of strategy will work best in 2018? will republicans run with trump or away from him? how do they handle things like healthcare? at least one republican says the strategy won't change. >> republicans have share the policy agenda of the president and will continue to advocate, advance that agenda regardless of what happens in georgia today. >> reporter: as so many morning republicans held the house with 238 seats. democrats had 193. montana's greg gianforte takes office wednesday. >> bret: thank yo

democrats and the republicans by. to be standing democrats i think are starting was talking earlier -- get to work in washington. putting off what we need. world andound the insult everybody. it's embarrassing and it's sad. american feel.as i know quite a few others that voted for trump. are disappointed. this kind of stuff is happening all over. this man is not bringing people together. he'll say he's going to work on then he comes up the people that work with traffic control. that might be on the list, it priority. guest: thank you so much for question. i think that you're right that this president has been a toappointment knop just those -- not just those who didn't vote but for a lot of people who did. way theyot going the thought. opportunityus an especially on working class people. he has been traditional republican int office. it's what we've seen so far. the infrastructure example that example was a perfect of that. we heard it's going to be a trillion dollars infrastructure package. some democrats were excite

democrats are over performing. yeah, that's nice, but, but why is that a silver line something. >> yeah, hand em's win is not necessarily a disaster for democrats. if you take the average for these races democrats are over performing what a generic candidate in a neutral year would get by an average of 8 points. if you apply that to the entire house, then 80 republican seats would be in play. a lot of finger point. ing about that georgia six. when you add up the results, will you see what happened in south carolina, 18th% of eligible voters showed up compared to 66% in georgia. it turns out you ends up wake up the other side's base up. >> in some rates, democrats overperformed came up short. so what is our strategy? do they want to not tell republicans when the election is or do they want to not quite fire at their base so much? >> look everyone thought ossoff could win. no one thought rg parnell would come this close in south carolina. it's because the race flew under the radar t. good news for democrats going for

but one texas democrat made this counterargument.ten. >> there's no question she is a prolific fund raiser. she raised millions of millions of dollars. but what has that money gotten us in the last four election cycles? >> maria, has that fund-raising advantage ultimately benefited democrats if they have continuously suffered losses? >> look, let's be very clear. everybody likes to talk about these last four special elections and the fact that democrats lost and try to equate that to the death of the democratic party. that is absolutely ridiculous, boris. these districts were ruby red districts. the fact that democrats were even in contention means that we were in a very good position and will be in a very good position to continue to make gains going into 2018. look, jon ossoff, sure, he might have made some mistakes, but from everything that i understand, he ran a very good campaign. he came within less than four points of karen handel when tom price, who ran just last november, won that seat by 23 points. those are huge gains, bor

i will never vote democrat again. and i voted democrat. never again, just from the way they are so outrageously spending money. thank you. illinois. and more of your calls coming in. republicans -- we will get to those calls in just a second, but first we want to go to joe federman with the associated press, the israel and palestine territory bureau chief joining us on skype. thanks for being here. guest: hey. host: wanted to discuss jared kushner in his middle east trip. what is his schedule? why is he heading over there? thet: in addition to being son-in-law of the president, he's the middle east peace envoy. he's making a maiden voyage here. he came briefly when the president was in town. solo visit.first he's here to listen to both sides to see if he can find a formula to get he's talks back on track. just a few minutes ago he reached prime minister bettman -- benjamin netanyahu's office in jerusalem. that's know how long going to go in late this evening he's going to be meeting with the palestinian president. mahmoud abbas. what sort

but you are not a democrat. i'm still at democrat. many democrats regard you as an traitor.airly. in 2006, because i stuck with the iraq war longer than others. this is part of the toxic atmosphere. even though my voting record was good on domestic issues. i was challenged in the democratic primary and lost. the old ronald reagan line, not so much i left the democratic party, but the democratic party left me. 0n the other hand i didn't become republican. that perspective depends on the size of your ego. what i'm saying is democratic rejected may rejected my candidacy for the us senate. one of my consultant said, you should run as an independent. i am afraid the iraq war will do you win. i said, what? i am a democrat. they will have to push me out of they don't think i'm capable of running. of course they did, i was lucky enough to get elected. i want to come back to the extent america may still be open to a different brand of politics, getting away from the binary republican and democrat thing. i want to stick with trump. what intrigues me now, within the last month or two,

and do democrats need a new game plan? plus, former homeland security chief jay johnson on capitol hill to testify on the russia investigation. and tropical storm cindy is expected to hit the u.s. mainland in a matter of hours. it's all happening now. we begin with a fox news alert, president trump holding a rally later today in iowa the day after republicans swept the special election to fill two vacant congressional seats, welcome to "happening now," our second hour. i'm jon scott. >> julie: i am julie banderas. republicans now celebrating two victories as we mentioned. the fight for georgia was the most expensive house campaign in u.s. history. president trump offering his congratulations and a series of tweets. the president will be leaving for cedar rapids in just a few hours where he will be touring a community college before tonight's big rally. >> iowa is an important part of not just this process but of our country, it's one of the big agricultural producers in the country and its huge industry there. today he is

and a demoralizing employee to the democrats. is all costing a fortune more than $50 million according to "the atlanta journal constitution," the most expensive house race ever. joining me is the expert when it comes to the house race, david wasserman at the cook political report so, david, you are the expert. what are you hearing down on the ground? what's your since of things? where is this going to go? not only the most expensive house race but you'll see a h historic turnout. we're looking at probably 250,000 votes being cast in the district by tomorrow night when recall is said and done and that would be a higher turnout than we're likely to see in the 2018 midterm elections and high turnout may be keeping karen handel in the ball game because republicans are the ones who are less angry with what's happening in washington and the fact that they're turning out in greater numbers than in the first round when ossoff got 48% really keeps the race pretty close and i still think ossoff is the favorite by a point or two. but it's a

is really bad for democrats next year.storically speaking, trumps numbers look a lot like george w. bush. and in other midterm elections where the party has fared poorly. i think the republicans have a lot to be happy about with the results from last night. i don't think they should just think that were going to be totally fine in the midterms next year because this suggests that the presidents is >> sandra: not too happy with the democrats and we will tell you why next. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> in 2016, the russian government under the president himself orchestrated cyber attacks for the purpose

lets talk about the democrats here, democrats have an 8-point lead on those who you want to control congress show you the 2016 popular vote, house race total and how it translated into house seats. you can see republicans won the popular vote by a point. one point allowed them 10 points spread. you do your math mr. leibovich. you do your math there, 10 points is still not enough to win the control. >> that's correct. >> thno, they do. i think it maybe a little bit misguided to talk about the message that democrats may lack here because these are very specific and pointed messages that every congressional district has to do. i do think that it perhaps benefitted health care is it would give democrats a message and something to run on in addition to trump. right now there is absolutely no -- the economic populism that congressman ryan was talking about is as close as you would have gone to that. >> i think one of the most important words was we don't want leadership fight now. when you talk to people that is what you hear. i talked to one who said this is not the time to get into nancy pelosi'

democrats in disarray. the democrats plushed $24 million down the toilet in the georgia special election this week. we know money can't buy you love. now we know it also can't buy you a congressional seat. president trump said we'll win so much we'll get sick of wing. but the question is, when will the democrats get sick of losing? left-wing celebrities who played a big role in the georgia special election are leading your party over the cliff. here is johnny depp delivering what he considers to be political analysis. when was the last time an actor assassinated a president? i want to clarify, i'm not an actor. i lie for a living. it's been a while, and maybe it's time. jesse: depp was forced into apologizing. democrats, do you think this is working for you? you know what else isn't working for you? the mainstream media and their fake polls setting you up time and time again. here is what nate silver said about the georgia race. you know who else looks dead? this cnn panel after the news broke their boy alw

roll out here's now what democrat you know the newly invented democratic party. if they do that and they go full bernie and i personally would put at least a fifty percent chance on the curious your thoughts on that but you know how she how well what do you think about where you want to put some real money on matt no. i am skeptical i hope they do i think that they have a credibility problem the to overcome one of the things that makes me skeptical is that nancy pelosi would quite like in general but she was quoted the other day as saying we don't have a problem with our our our policy we have a problem with our messaging the words to that effect and i think that's exactly wrong i think the democrats have a problem with both but if you look at the democratic platform the party hillary clinton ran on that nancy pelosi helped you know influence significantly it calls for single payer health care it calls for the government of the employer of last resort it calls for expanding you know social security medicare medicaid i mean it's pretty much bernie's platform so we

they overplayed their hand so greatly i embarrassed for the democrats hope they sweep the democrats ine election. the democrats voted to confirm him and now dredging up reasons to filibuster him with anybody is not a religious democrat or scratching their heads over that one. >> host: the affordable care act we have had one debate. >> but to me this is the problems with the republicans they talk like accountants republicans say your program's cost too much you will not been without argument. the problem with obamacare it would default on individual freedom if you cannot choose your plan or decide your own health care. it is so destructive to these individual survival very difficult to replace with these entitlement programs in place. >> host: california. >> caller: mr. horowitz you have knowledge they were brought up a communist. in the '50s and '60s youth knowledge you were a radical leftist a close associate of the black panther party and the close friend of peewee newton. that you seem to be unable to get along with people for very long. now at some point he became a radical right-w

the most democratic vote.s are counted. ossoff did quite well in that country, 58-42. there are no more votes for him to come back. that's why we know that karen handel will win this race. in fulton county, the atlanta suburbs out to the exurbs, 53-47. strong performance by the republican candidate. out of 2008, after 2012, a lot of talk the republicans didn't get the mechanics of the digital age of politics. donald trump's provied late and republicans have proved they can turn out voters on election day and compete in early voting. that's a painful lesson for democrats as we move from the special elections into the 2018 climate. i want to make the button up with what i said before. if you're republicans you are afraid if you lost tonight, a lot of incumbents would retire. not saying they won't. incumbents always retire but the number of republican incumbents retiring is likely to be impacted by this tonight. that's one of the reasons republicans are very, very happy with this win. >> john king for us at the m

both democrats, neither one a sanders democrat. a person who is mainstream will be important and that this state of the economy. if the economy is going well trump is probably going to win unless he does really off the wall things. >> what else can he say -- >> going to probably lose. >> one thing to understand about the republican party. what this boning agent that holds the republican parties together now. it's grievance. the grievance party. it's aggrieved. and some of this grievances are legitimate. parts of the country. that below the line, again, analogy, and some of those grieve vans are stokable -- grievances or stokable on race and others like donald trump. just to disagree back a little bit at adam. one of my favorite moments of any campaign is usually on the morning shows, when one of the anchors goes on safari to, like, youngstown, ohio, to report on the primitive people from ohio or wherever the swing district may be, far outside of new york. just think there's a profound level of out of touchedness that exists in the

this is not our parents democrats. it's one size fits all socialism. >> they're not left at all. >> yes, they are. politics is local. you have to consider how to get the moderate northeasterners in with the conservative southerners, you do that via tax cuts. jfk knew that and mike is right. and-- excuse me, mark. and reagan had a sign on his desk that said, there's no limit where a man can go so long as they give the other guy credit. that's what reagan knew and clinton knew. >> and america used to be the cheapest place to set up a business. and right now we have the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. and we're a tougher place to work than anyplace else and a lot of democrats understand that, don't they? >> there's a lot of gunk in the system that prevents us to 3% economic growth right now. when i think of a blue dog democrat i think of a red-haired democrat from my state heidi hi hidecamp. you can work with her because the people in north dakota want economic growth and there's a lot of pressure

and a big loss for democrats.he very beginning. are you willing to vote in people in your primary process that reflect the districts in which they run? and the answer is, we've finally got to a yes after a lot of kno, but they still have a very long way to go. if you have a young guy like that without a family, he's not been in the community, he doesn't live in the community, he doesn't teach sunday school or go to the synagogue ovevery saturday, if he doesn't coach baseball, if they don't know who he is, then it's a lot easier to stick a picture of nancy pelosi next to jon ossoff and say, oh, well, if you're voting for this guy, you're voting for nancy pelosi. if you get a guy or a woman that's from the district, that people have seen in worship services for 30 years, that know their families, they're at the pta, you know, get a guy who's a banker at a small community bank that talks, oh, come on, now, jim. you know me. i'm going to represent you. i'm not going to represent that nancy pelosi, you know, i'm not ev

the mainstream hillary democrat. somebody who is more mainstream but can talk about economic issues is going to be important. also what is the state of the economy in general? the economy is going well. unless trump says off-the-wall things. he will probably lose. think one thing to understand about the republican party is, what is the bonding the republicans party and its voters together right now? and what it is is grievance. it has become the grievance party. it is aggrieved. it has become the grievance party. it is aggrieved. and some of the grievances are legitimate. and some of those grievances are still couple by demagogue and candidates on race and others, like donald trump. adam.d disagree back with one of my favorite moments of any campaign is usually on the morning shows, when one of the anchors goes on safari to youngstown, ohio, to report on ohio,imitive people from wherever the swing district may of new york.de ad i just think there is profound level of out of touchedness that exists in the country from

wisconsin linein for democrats. caller: i am calling because i know gerrymandering has affected minority voters to the point where they have a hard time making their vote count, and with the gerrymandering it makes it hard for everyone to vote. it is also makes it difficult if you do not like the representative that is representing -- representing you in the district. because of the way they set up their line they are protected. for the next few years until it have alved, voters don't choice in the matter. because of the way they set up the line. it's out of control here in wisconsin. it andthe courts realize make sure that the voters, the people who vote, make sure their vote counts. thank you for taking my call. lawmakers right that in a sense choose their voters among other things try to make sure they will be reelected. a point you made is that racial gerrymandering are sometimes hard to tell apart because black voters in particular tend to vote and heavily dem -- democratic. lawmakers struggle to find out black

it's like now we know all democrats are black and we're not going back to the democrat crap no more. say -- how they host: we will stop you there, we don't use that type of language. this is from nbc news, congressman steve scalise's condition improves, he's been upgraded to serious condition. no further updates expected this weekend as he continues to recover from the gunshot wound that cause damage to the abdomen and chandler -- and shattered part of his palace. the make trump tweeted america great again agenda is doing pretty well, in spite of the distraction of the witchhunt. many new jobs, high business enthusiasm, great new supreme court justice and infrastructure, health care, and tax cuts in the works. realdonaldtrump. new rasmussen poll, one of the most accurate in the 26 election, just out with a trump 50% approval rating, that's higher than obama's. thoughts and prayers to the sailors, seven confirmed dead, in the accident that took place off the coast of japan. us, goodjoining morning from south carolina, republican line. go ahead. caller: good morning, happy father's day

democrats and he began shooting. but i do think that should be addressed by law enforcement if we are going to have big group of elected officials handling it from a security stand point. god bless you and thanks. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> that was roger williams who was hurt during wednesday's attack during alexandria virginia. his staff member was wounded. steve scalise, the house majority was critically wounded in that attack. that is in which steve scalise and four others were shot at a congressional baseball practice in nearby alexandria virginia. he saw congressional reaction or the last hour. some of the events of that day. for unity, calls working together, touching down the rhetoric and we would like to hear from you now on if you think that is possible and will that lead to renewed efforts at bipartisanship in congress? the numbers are on yo

call out the democrats. put me on camera. democrats are obstructionists. would ever vote for a single health care bill that i put forward. a lot of democrats don't force nancy pelosi out. that would be very bad for republican party. please let crying chuck stay. lawrence that is red meat teasing. >> he is right. he wants them to stay in power, he realizing they're leading resistance right now. if they continue down this road he will be reelected. this whole russia stuff, after comey came to the capitol, he made himself look bad i would say, he said the president was never investigated. was never under investigation. essentially all the president wanted him to do was tell the american people he was not under investigation. stuart: jeh johnson backed him up on that yesterday. >> exactly. we now know this was all a plan from the left to destroy the president, if they can continue this, they will just push them all the way to reelection. stuart: what do you think about the president's tweet, hopes nancy pelosi stays? ashley: crying chuck. he is absolutely righ

i don't think the democrats have people to look up to. when you look at gillibrand and felicity and maxine waters, they are mean people and i don't think anybody wants to look at that word deal with people like that. not only on top of that, when you look at that rally in the presidential election, they wouldn't even allow republicansn' to come up there if they didn't agree with abortion. to talk about money, they have i tons of money. they get it from the education the unions. money is not an excuse. it is because they are meangues spirited. >> host: where do you want to pick up? >> guest: plenty of meanness to go around. you get a really important point which is role models. the more women that are in politics holding his office says, the more diversity of dead g and backgrounds, the more youngd women growing up will find someone they identify with. if only one woman is held that there is a model of leadership and you don't happen to agree or like her, perhaps that's uninspiring if you are from the other party. that is where electing mo

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going back to the liberal democratic legacy of fdr i think is the only way forward for the democrats. the demographics of this country will meet them there if they move in that direction with the browning of this country. what we see through the current situation, the democrats don't have a strategy. they don't know what to do in terms of dealing with cultural issues that most people don't want to talk about but it's culture that has driven the trump moment. it's culture that has driven the politics we're dealing with. it's culture that plays around health care policy, et cetera. so for the democrats to not get that is i think a real issue that they're missing on. they want to just continue on as usual. take their constituent groups for granted and think that's going to be enough. but they have to do politics. >> did you want to add something? >> they've got a great candidate running against paul ryan, the democrats. these four districts were republican districts, there was no doubt really the republicans had a majority. but they've got a guy running against paul ryan right now, a dem