middle american voters who had heretofore been the rank and file of the democrat party, they turned against their own party, and they leave their party because their party took on a different tone towards their country and towards them. jimmy carter is, you know, look, who doesn't laud and admire jimmy carter? he's the greatest ex-president in american history, period. jimmy carter came into office, i would argue, wholly unprepared -- [laughter] one-term governor of georgia for the extraordinary burleds of the presidency -- burdens of the presidency. but probably even more important than that is the civil war that's going on in the democratic party. and jimmy carter, i think you could argue, was a new democrat before there was an institutional structure. and it just goes to show that one person, right, cannot change a party. you need institutions. you need to have allies. and the democratic party was at war in the late 1970s. it was the old-style true believers who would claim we lose elections because we're not liberal enough versus jimmy carter and a scattering of, you know, maybe hubert

middle american voters who have heretofore been the rank-and-file of the democratic party, they turn against their own party and leave their party because their party took on a different tone toward their country and toward jimmy carter, you know, look, who does not plug and admire. the greatest ex-president in american history. jimmy carter came into office, would argue wholly unprepared. one-term governor of georgia for the extraordinary burdens of the presidency. probably even more important than that, the civil war going on the democratic party. and jimmy carter, i think you can argue, a new democrat meaning of bill clinton sort of democrat before there was an institutional structure. and it just goes to show the one person cannot change a party. you need institutions. you need to have allies. the democratic party was the war in the late 1970's. it was the old style true believers who were claim we lose elections because we are not liberal enough verses jimmy carter and a scattering. they understood somehow that the democratic party had lost its finger on the pulse of the american

democratic party is the party of deblaze yo in new york.mocratic party is united on one ideological idea. that's why we need more washington, we need to grow washington's economy and maybe it will trickle down to the rest. [ overlapping speakers ] >> united on this point. the democratic part wants to keep the republican party out of women's health care. they want to give gay people the rights to marry. the democratic party is -- >> that would be less government. >> the democratic party is united on the idea people shouldn't starve to death. democratic party is united on those basic principles. >> have you ever seen washington like this? >> well, i live far away from washington now in new mexico. but it's like every american, and in europe they're absolutely looking at us like we have completely lost it. what you were talking about gerrymandered on both sides, there is no incentive to compromise and to govern. and i think most americans want to shake washington and go, govern. >> do something. it's great to have you here, valerie plane, a pl

party. i think the country would be better for it. however, right now it would help the democratsf that happened. >> bill, can we nominate nelly for the fed chairman and get rid of nelly? >> i want to hang with nelly in the upper echelon. i'm not in that. i am, but i'm not. but i like nelly. >> i like the way he said that. >> if he wants to come on this program, we'd be happy to have him. laura, thank you very much. >>> on the other side, bernstein. >>> and a house segment featuring you sounding off. that will please dennis miller because he's going to sound off as well. those reports are straight ahead. >> announcer: this program is brought to you by american ir lines. the new american is arriving. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. ♪ [ male announcer ] united is rolling out global, satellite-fed wi-fi to connect you even 35,000 feet over the ocean. ♪ that's...wifi friendly. ♪ >>> continuing now with our l

party. i think the country would be better for it. however, right now it would help the democrats if that happened. >> bill, can we nominate nelly for the fed chairman and get rid of nelly? >> i want to hang with nelly in the upper echelon. i'm not in that. i am, but i'm not. but i like nelly. >> i like the way he said that. >> if he wants to come on this program, we'd be happy to have him. laura, thank you very much. >>> on the other side, bernstein. >>> and a house segment featuring you sounding off. that will please dennis miller >>> continuing now with our lead story, winners and losers in the government shutdown debacle. yesterday carl bernstein said this. >> the republican party today has become a rabid organization from the top down. the leadership, it's cancerous. we have to go back to the party -- to the democratic party of segregation to find this kind of scorched earth politics putting the national interests nowhere and putting ideology and ideology above all else. >> mr. bernstein joins us now. i think that was a little bit unfair because the republican party is so all

party is in. they're in favor of things like citizen united, and the kind of unchecked money and politics. some democratsr of this, as well. but the way it impacts the republican party is it's stratified and it's empowered and emboldened the tea party caucus. and just billionaire extremists who want to promote certain kinds of retrograde ideologies. so in this environment, you continue to see this peeling off. i caution our viewers to understand any time you have someone switch from being a republican to a democrat, you have to think with what's the democratic party looking like and why aren't our political options more broadly construed and more nuanced than that. but it seems to me that someone like this judge here is making an important decision but also a calculated decision that is just in response to what we have seen on the right. it's not just the government shutdown. it's not just the war against women. it's not just the fact that the demographics of this country are changing and at least one political party doesn't want to acknowledge it. it's also that nasty rhetoric that i think americans are

in the democratic party have the upper hand. it's going to be difficult to go into a shutdown scenario in january. these are programs that old people don't really want to see cut and old people vote a lot. we have a mid term election coming up. it's very important for the president to his his base and come out -- hit his base and vote for that. raised in taxes not at all clear that republicans will be able to go along anyway. aren't all my beltway tech notictechnocrattechnocratic frit that anyway? >> there was a pew poll out in april said 55% pg support in maintaining social security and benefits. loren is it americans not wanting to look at the coming problem? >> i think that's it but social security and medicare provides opportunity to do something. the minimum benefit for social security has completely eroded and is benefiting anyone now. has proposed increasing the minimum benefits so that anyone who works 30 years no matter what their wages were, they will at least get a benefit that's say 125% of the poverty level. so we'r

democrat. >> gee. >> north carolina republican party, everybody. can i get an amen?! that ran on thedale show last night. local press in bunkham county, north carolina, today reported that the local chapter of the bunkham county young democrats was holding a party tonight in downtown asheville to watch the rerun of that interview. and it's clear why, right? this local republican party official, he's a precinct chairman, apparently on the republican party's executive committee, which is not as big a deal as it sounds, said not only what he thinks about race, but also that the whole reason the republican party is changing voter laws in that state is not because of voter fraud or any of the other things they say it's about, it's just to kick democrats in the butt, as he put it. mr. yeltin in north carolina defended his comments to the "daily show" today. he says he stands by what he said, but he did get fired from his leadership jobs in the state party today because of that interview. the state party chairman called for his head and the county chairman party today said th

the only time we talk about the florida democratic party is when there is dysfunction or an outrageousnt made. >> thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> coming up, new developments on the top story after the break. a half dozen top senate democrats breaking with the white house tonight to dmapd changes in the health care law. what does it mean for barack obama? is harry reid letting it go to a vote on the senate floor? he hasn't so far. if he does and it goes to barack obama what is he going to do? we'll talk about it next. tonight we speak with the special investigator who worked with baby lisa irwin's partners after she vaed. why her parents believe this young girl is likely their missing daughter. >> did you kill lisa? >> no. she's alive somewhere. >> do you believe she's still alive? >> yes, absolutely. >> did you hurt your baby? >> no. >> no. >> would you ever hurt your baby? >> absolutely not. [ male announcer ] has your phone turned you into a control freak? like, scoring the perfect table? ♪ or getting a better seat? ♪ or let's say there's an accident. if you he esurance, you

with obama care descending into chaos, the president and the democratic party are in a perilous place right now. americans are starting to figure out that the government-controlled healthcare industry is likely to be a nightmare on many fronts. so why, why won't the feds fix this situation before imposing it on we, the people. the answer is that obama care is just part of a vision for the forced sharing of american assets. the strategy is largely kept quiet but there have been hints. >> the great civil rights

will destroy the democratic party in the south. 1968. there is no way that this is gone. saying that we hated you since lincoln, because of imposing freedom on the south. >> right. the persistence of this idea of federal government, and especially a strong federal government, equals forced equal opportunity, in a way that some constituencies don't like, is very, very lasting. and there's something that else that goes along with it. you have now conservative republican gerrymandering of districts, including house districts, on top of residential segregation. but it flows from jim crowe, white flight and the like. which means in a very diverse america, very different america than at that time, you can still have these districts in which the people they send to congress don't feel responsible to all americans. and that's a remarkable accomplishment, and a terrible accomplishment, that those districts can still -- >> and obviously, zach starts in sort of the mid-20th century. but the very fact that we have a senate where wyoming and ca

is the democratic party is as united 'we have ever southeastern it, the republican party is as dividedwe have ever seen it. >>> this was the scene earlier this afternoon inside the oval office at the white house. president obama meeting with house democrats, meeting with his vice president joe biden. joe biden sitting in that room today alongside president obama, joe biden getting plucked out of the senate in 2008 to become president obama's running mate is a move that changed the course of american history in ways that we are all living with today. i'll explain that coming up. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. >>> there are a couple of ways of thinking about the republican party dysfunction that's at the heart of all the suspension now playing out in washington. one is that it's just a phase, that the tea party uprising has temporarily paralyzed the gop. it's also scared th

you're saying she's going to have to decide whether she appeals to the liberal wing of the democratic partye like her husband did. he's the guy who signed welfare reform into law, the era of big government is over. that's not the kind of democrat we have in the office right now. >> that's precisely the trick for hillary clinton. bill clinton succeeded after the party had been years in the wilderness because he figured out a way for democrats to win the general election. the middle way, the third way. whatever you want to call it, it was how can the democratic party pose itself as a party that can win the heart of america? the democratic party is now veering leftward in a way that if hillary clinton follows, she may well guarantee herself the democratic nomination but she's going to have a much, much tougher time as a general election candidate. jon: interesting election to watch. thank you. jenna: some of the nation's biggest cases on the docket as the supreme court begins a new term today. we'll take a look at some of the most controversial issues facing them this time around. is the mains

when it comes to the two party system why are so many environmental organizations caving to the democratic party instead of throwing their full weight behind other parties that could actually do something in terms of policy changing about a two minute slot. well i think part of it has to do with the question of what their loyalty is to or to to what to what or to whom is their loyalty and a great example of this is what do all the so-called solution to global warming have in common but are prevented by the mainstream of our mentally ill what they all have in common is a conductor accomplishment a given and the natural world as something which must conform from dr topless and that's not in terms of thing out of touch as if only out of my point here is that once again once you switch your loyalty then you can make conscious decisions as to whether you want to in this case sacrifice some ideal to or sacrifice some loyalty for approx the purpose make a temporary alliance but if your primary loyalty is to maintain the system all you're going to be at the loyal opposition which is the best we can hope

>> well, i think the answer is to look at the contrast with the democratic party to the republican partyrightfully so. democratic party, i've never steen it. the democrats in the senate, in the house, and in the white house. they're hanging tough. republicans already have agreed that they are going to lift the debt ceiling. the only question is for how long. and as you indicated, there's already talk now they're going to reopen the government perhaps tomorrow, perhaps as early as monday. i think what we've seen finally is that john boehner recognized reality. republicans are going to cave and we're going to get back on track. and then start some serious negotiations about the budget deals including hogan, some of those changes in the affordable care act which are necessary. >> hogan, where is this going? how does it end. >> oh, gosh. that's the million dollar question. i'm not really sure. but bill's right to a certain degree. the democrats aren't completely clean here, okay? this obama care bill does have problems. reid said it, obama himself said there are problemings. they've got glit

also the house as we enter a formal budget negotiation, do you view lifting the sequester as a democratic partyority? >> well, absolutely, that is something we'll argue for, as gwen mentioned, democrats have not been happy with the fact we're right now at the sequester level funding. so that will be something we'll push for. >> and congressman moore mentioned something remarkably absent in the political question, which is a type of job question or attention to the fact that we tend to struggle through recovery that has massive amounts of unemployment. we're very far from full employment. do you imagine anything on the agenda in these budget negotiations that can address that? >> well, certainly i hope that republicans will work with us on the president's jobs bill. and the remarkable thing about this is that the economy was picking up steam. and it seemed that when we get to the point where we're just about to bounce back, we have another self-inflicted wound. we're all hopeful, i think all americans are, that it wouldn't be the case months from now. the best thing we can do is let the economy

i was a democratic party guy for a number of years. in a press secretary and communications director positions. in 2004, i had a mental switch from being a democrat hack to an activist builder. my year in south dakota was formative for me. in that year, a bunch of socially conservative, pro- right, pro-gun -- pro-life, pro- , he was fighting for their -- these people were willing to cross party lines to vote for him. there is an economic populism streak that isn't one party or another. it is what america needs. i had come from the blue state of new jersey. that was also strong in the red state of south dakota. it really got me thinking. after this 2004 election, i decided to turn down jobs and .ake a job with moveon then we formed the progressive change campaign committee. ashley in decatur, georgia. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i have two questions. considering the outcome of this with thedeal government shutdown and debt ceiling situation, it is unfortunate that a lot of government workers were laid off .nd felt the major effect h

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and here we have a president and a democratic party that will talk to iran. talk to russia. talk to syria. but they won't talk with fellow americans. and i think that's a huge problem in this in answering your question. >> the house speaker -- sorry to interrupt. the house speaker did go to the white house. they sat for, what, about an hour or so the other day? it's the white house that blames the republicans. >> i don't know what for. we offered four different resolutions to this. we haven't sat down at the negotiating table. there's a process in our constitution for this. it's called a conference

you're in the democratic party.ou and dan and all of the white democratic party should be ashamed of yourself. >> they didn't want an african-american. glg they didn't want a black man to be the mayor of chicago. the lights wouldn't come on, the garbage wouldn't be picked up. there would be cay use and up and down -- pandemonium in the city. they were visually booed when they visited a church an sunday. so i just want you to think of a time in which the city was really -- stood up, you know? i like -- [inaudible] i had just gotten my first house. we used to watch -- [inaudible] and watch how they sanded the floors and how they refinished the wood work. how do you do the dry walling and rerouted your bathroom. we were happy. we played dominoes with my friend, i had a job. i was happy. you know, a birthday party here. a baptism there and a wedding and your life was complete. we also planned flowers in the front yard. then they knocked on my door and said, you know, maybe i'm going have a fewless game of come knees on

party's orpheus-like descent. it's now almost universally accepted by democrats. y debate within the party, writes "washington post's" chris cillizza, is whether it is a short-term dip or long-term collapse. to the latter, argued in the new republic we could be witnessing a death throes of the republican party. previously managed to keep the party together. >> right now in the republican party, the base of the party is in the south, overwhelmingly white and very, very conservative. all they do is live in a small bubble, media bubble and talk to each other. >> if you look at republicans across many of the states, governors or state legislatures, republicans are doing good work but nationally they have taken a hit on reputation. >> that is the argument, gop may be losing bad inside the beltway but somehow, someday the governors will save them. if congressional rs keep this up they will have to pull a sister, grandma solja to stay in the game. they want to part of washington politics. >> when we see the craziness down in washington, d.c. today, people say they want to

party? >> or if you want to become a democrat. there are lots of parties out there. just wonder if you see yourself being anything other than a republican? >> no. i've always been a republican. and i'm one of those people who actually is a real lover of the history of the republican party from the days of abolition to the days of civil rights. republican party has a really rich history. in our state, i'm really proud of the fact that the ones who overturn jim crow in kentucky were republicans fighting against an entirely unified democratic party. so am proud to be republican. i can't imagine being anything else. >> the last question, a lot of people have referred to senator ted cruz as the de facto head of the republican party. do you agree? >> i think that he's done a good job drawing attention to obama care. and that obama care is something that is going to be damaging to people. and for that i think he's done a great service in bringing attention to i think something that's really going to be bad for a lot of americans. >> but you don't necessarily see him as the

that's where the syria club and coalition of neighbors the democratic party, affordable housing folks no vote on proposition b and c >> mr. barb any thoughts and a year and a half there's a lot of support for proposition b and c from spur and labor and planning and several other democratic clubs. there are a huge number of people who are not afraid of the scare tactics that are being used to try to compare this with the fontana towers it's on the image of downtown. the reason the planning department that suggested having higher heights is because the proximity felt buildings near by. all the properties have height limits the city plans call fooz 40 feet and the idea this is going to set any precedent is a scar tactic and i'm surprised others are fall for that. you see what you get and you see the benefits to the people of san francisco >> we're talking about a one hundred and thirty luxury condos that on the waterfront. there's a lot of money involved here and only a few people that are able to live in those condos so this is bizarre and it does set a precedent. that's why too we'll e

democratic or republican party and volunteer and say i want to be a precinct committee member those are the people who decide not only what the what the party line is going to be what the platform is going to be they also decide who gets to run in the primary and the tea party got really aggressive about this in the two thousand and ten election and you can see the these you tube line where they're telling people go. join the republican party and volunteer because usually these are not paid positions so there's there's a shortage of people and they and they got it and then and then for the next election you pick three or four people for the primary make sure every single one of the tea party are in that way you are guaranteed you're going to end up with a tea party or doesn't matter which one who's going to be the republican who's going to run against a democrat in a gerrymander district that's always going to elect a republican. democrats need to be doing the same thing democrats people who are a good mind a good faith and committed to the rest of causes need to be showing up at the de

democrats sure i do. a growing increasingly right wing republican party, there isn't much of an option. but if you ask me what i believe in, issue by issue, i don't think it's that radical. issue by issue i did get reelected in vermont with 71% of the vote. it's not like this is such crazy stuff. you ask american people should every american think health care is a right of citizenship? you think they should. you could parring about the nature of the system. >> who's going opay to pay for it. >> that's the nature of the system. what every other major country of the world has general health care. we do not. i think every kid in this country who has the ability to go to college regardless of his or her income? what do you think we would say? yes that makes sense. in the midst of the crisis we're in if we should invest heavily in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, what do you think people would say, yeah. i don't consider myself very radical. i think most of the positions i hold are consistent with what at a american people want. what has happened, the republican party is owned by bil

party. what if we're living through a bigger more fundmental turns point. we think of the democratsublicans as ageless, eternal entities and they have been the two major parties in the country for 150 years now. about the only thing that the party has kept for all those years is it's name. once upon a time there was no one more in love with the republican party than the south. harry truman integrated the military. when lbj signed the civil rights act in 1964, which through a series of eventings like that that the white house south split off from the democratic party. that series of events also marked the berth of the modern republican party. for generations after the civil war, there was basically no such thing as the republican party in the south. because the gop had been the party of northern liberals, anti-segregation. but when those white southerners came up for grabs -- together they changed -- they shaped and he defined the modern republican party. and sometimes parties don't even get to keep their names. sometimes they just disappear. mentions the whig party might get you a l

that was particularly the democratic party that came from that. t this idea that our job is to basically take over and alter a major political party, take the party of lincoln and use the name because it's out there and turn it into a right wing thing that's capable of fighting all things modern. >> well, you know, i guess what's remarkable for me is the bubble that this exists in. for rush limbaugh to call it a cave without any context to how bad they were being damaged in the polls. and to how much pain it was causing a good chunk of the country is silly. and so, yeah, i understand there are a lot of conservatives who think if they just held out a week longer or a month longer that maybe they could have achieved the impossible which was to defund obama care. >> who's he talking to? who's rush talking to if he's not talking to the governors and senators. is he talking to people in garages or traveling sales? who's he talking to? regular folk who want to hear this language of anger. that's all i'm asking about. he's making money talking like this.