. >> e.j. dion, for those of us there, in 1983, 1984. watching president clinton fail to get any legislation brought to a vote in either the house chamber or in the senate. managed to get some forms through committee. but in the clinton bill, none of the people in question, that we are talking about tonight would have been allowed to keep their substandard insurance. >> it didn't work out so well. because of that because there were no warnings. you really have a choice this week of bad policy versus dangerous politics. because to disrupt the markets now, would just be to throw in the towel. that's why -- the upton bill is so clever. because the it sound very reasonable. but it would actually undercut the whole structure of obama care. but you can't let the democrats in vulnerable districts go out there without the cover of some fix that would help at least some people. >> e.j. dion, jonathan river. >> go ahead, jonathan. if i could jump in. one last point. the election is not until november. we didn't have to react. if by march things ar

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joining me now is e.j. dion of "the washington post." thanks for coming on the show. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> e.j., republicans are adamantly opposing an increase in the minimum wage while taking big money. >> in fact, when you think about the balance of forces in the congress, minimum wage workers do not have a lot of people out there giving big money on their behalf. and i think it's important to realize that while the labor movement, the union movement, does a lot with the money it has, its influence is now being dwarfed by this big money, this dark money, on the right. and i think one way to look at what's happening to our political system, and the great journalist elizabeth drew wrote about this awhile back, is you really have got to kind of pincher movement here because the people have always been able, through their numbers, to outvote big money. and, in fact, crossroads lost a lot of those races and put money in in 2012. but if you've got the money on the one side, and then efforts to disenfranchise people on the other

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. >>> we're back with nbc's chuck todd and e.j. dion of the "washington post."r. chuck, do you see the beginnings of a headline tomorrow with the total picture we're getting right now? >> reporter: i think the total -- cuccineli versus christie. nothing is over here in virginia. you never know, you got to wait until all the votes are counted, but if the exit poll is headed in that direction, i think you're going to have the establishment wing of the republican party, because this happened in their backyard in virginia and see the results, particularly in northern virginia and they're going to say it's time to push back on the tea party wing of the party that's doing damage, because when you look at --. >>> the tea party is over, the republican party has a hangover and the people that didn't drink the tea like chris christie are okay tonight. >> i think virginia is the new ohio. it's the indication of where american politics is headed. if it rejects the tea party, as it looks like they're going to do, that's something that john boehner and mitch mcconnell need to