when you interviewed ken martin and secretary buttigieg and ken martin had similar constructs.de these comments, but when you talked to ken martin, we'll put it on the screen, for first time in history he said, for the first time in modern history, the perceptions americans have of the two major political parties has switched. the majority of americans believe the republican party is the party of the working class and the poor. that is the deep challenge to our brand. what do democrats need to do to become competitive? you have have the dnc chairs ra mo, and it is not just the dnc chairs, it is the vice chairs. some people will say, oh, this is inside baseball, but these are the people that are going to help shepherd the primary process we just talked about in 2027 and 2028. these are the folks that are going to raise the money. a strong chair is important, but i'm wondering your thoughts of the dnc members, frankly, about the structure. are we returning to a strong ceo model? frankly, is that something members would like to see? >> look, i think members would like to see the d

and minnesota democratic party chair ken martin.atest on the dnc leadership race. also with me, basil michael. to sell us what we know about who is putting their names into this leadership race. >> it is an official race. because we had minnesota party chair ken martin enter the race today. yesterday, martin o'malley, former governor of maryland. and, former presidential candidate. he entered first so it is an official race. but there are many more races circulating. with them, wisconsin party chair ben wickler who is popular with the rank and file. but ken martin, being the leader of another group. a democratic chairs group. he is getting a lot of traction early on. so we are seeing various names come forward. i should also mention emanuel who was former chief of staff to barack obama, former chicago mayor. his name is also getting floated out there. we have sources telling us he has reached out some to some dnc members. also that his interest is tepid. he is interested but he is exploring other potential, perhaps elected positions

among the candidates is minnesota's democratic-farmer-labor party chairman ken martin, who joins us now. ken, good to see you. the new york times quotes you as saying that the next leader of the dnc has a chance to, quote, reimagine the democratic national committee and focus on some things that they haven't been doing for some time, while also really trying to get at what happened in this election, unquote. so let's take those points separately. first of all, what happened? what went wrong? >> well, look, i mean, we know a lot of things to be true at this point right? we lost with latino voters. we lost with women, white women. we lost, of course, with many demographic groups. but we don't know as to how and why. and so, look, we've got to get back to winning again. i'm not here to win the argument. i do think an important piece from last year, though was that there was some research that showed for the first time in modern history, that the perceptions of the two major political parties have actually flipped for the first time. the majority of americans believe that the republican par

. >> donie o'sullivan cnn, los angeles yeah, it's so thoughtful and important to hear that ken martining to be the next chair of the dnc. he's the current chairman of the minnesota democratic-farmer-lab or party. i really appreciate your time, ken. so, you know, you hear hasan piker, 7.5 million people watched him on an election night. he's all in as a democrat, but then he's talking to donny about how the video game and fitness space online is dominated by right wing people talking about it. right? not necessarily. everyone into fitness. right. that there's that that gap. and he says that trump speaks to male insecurities better. he speaks to the anger that people have and that democrats don't speak to that anger at all. i'm quoting hasan here he's very direct about the problem. do you agree with him well, first off, aaron, thanks for having me on tonight. >> and actually, i think hasan is right. and most of what he says there, and particularly as it relates to the fact that the republicans have been since the 2000 election, 2020 election, a constant drumbeat of misinformation disinf

so far it's former maryland governor martin o'malley and ken martin, who's the chairman of the minnesotaer-labor party that are in the running and frankly, plenty of other names being floated. let's get right to andrew yang he's the founder of the forward party and was himself a 2020 presidential candidate for the democrats. andrew, good to see you. thanks for joining. first of all, on vice president harris, do you think that if she runs for president again, she would be a viable candidate recognition and a set of donors that's the envy of many other candidates. >> but we're talking about two plus years from throwing their hat in the ring for the democratic nomination and that's an eternity in political terms. i do think that that's going to be a very crowded field you're going to have half a dozen governors, many of which that we already know are preparing for that campaign. and a lot is going to change over the next two years. but it's certainly there for her if she wants it and it is, as we all know, a deeply personal decision because it's very high commitment to run in presidential n

people have declared so far former maryland governor martin o'malley and minnesota democratic chair ken martin. the new chair is going to be in place right after trump's inauguration. santa clara based intel is set to get a big check from the biden administration. the chip maker close to finalizing a deal with the u.s. department of commerce. it's an $8 billion grant specifically from the chips and science act, from the biden administration. that money would go toward building factories to make more chips. this comes as intel has struggled to gain momentum this year. the company reported a $17 billion loss last quarter. it's also laid off 15,000 workers earlier this year. still ahead growing concer it's found in rak sold in the central valley. what you need to know to protect yourself. and moving the bay area forward. with thanksgiving just days away, the need to help families struggling to put food on the table. the numerous ways that you can help out. and i'll have a closer look at the travel forecast if you're doing course, for the restnd of it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow

you've had martin o'malley come forward saying he's running, ken martin.trying to figure out what they did wrong. >> they should do that. >> as they should. there's actually active recruitment towards rahm emanuel in japan. he's enjoying it. it's real, and he's interested in it as well. the feeling is he's like a fighter. they don't want people who have lost races before. maybe a generational shift, although he's not exactly a total generational shift. there's just a feeling that he plays dirty. democrats want to win. they're ready to do it. it's growing, and it's getting really intense. if you talk to people around it, they're very -- just the number of endorsements -- >> bakari sellers is your friend. is he going to be the dnc chair? >> you said i didn't become a source for stories. what's your underreporting? >> sha because zi and the cmas. sha boozy is almost on tap to be the number one song. >> there's not a bar in america not playing it. >> double shot of whiskey. >> so i felt kind of insulted for him at the awards last night. >> what happened? >> th

ken martin in dnc leadership and former chicago mayor rahm emmanuel's name is being floated. o'malley believes vice president harris lost because i believe the american people's eyes were taken off the ball and by the politics of fear. another prospect of emmanuel to take the dnc spot aoc said there is a disease in washington with democrats who spend more time listening to the donor class than the working people. that's the problem. musk weighed in. he said simply would be a good move with emmanuel. >> john: we have guy benson here. the democrats spent more than a billion dollars and lost in historic fashion and now there is a lot of self-reflection going on including chuck schumer. listen to what he said. >> we did a lot right and a lot of what we did right was focusing on economic issues. focusing on implementing the great things that we did in 2021 and 2022. we also did a lot of things wrong and we will look in the mirror and analyze those. >> john: like that michael jackson show. i'm looking at the man in the mirror. no message could have been any clearer, guy. >> i'm per

ken martin, dnc vice chair, once the job.ilures in an op-ed, "it is time to speak normally, directly, and concisely about the issues families and comedians care most about. many people around the country don't know what we stand for which means they don't trust us to advocate for them. even worse we too often allow republicans to falsely and negatively define us." and then there is also former chicago mayor rahm emanuel, who has worked for three presence going back to bill clinton. aoc isn't too hot on that idea, calling his bid a symptom of democrats prioritizing the donor class overworking people. she posted to x, the dnc needs an organizer who gets people, not someone who sends fish heads in the mail -- that's a not to emanuel's 1988 mobsterresque message to a political rival. elon musk wait in saying it would be a good move. there are of course still voices that say the democratic party doesn't need to do too much soul-searching. >> we lost with 47% of the vote. this is not somehow some sort of mandate where he absolutely

you may have forgotten about this guy, martin o'malley, the minnesota democratic chairman, and ken martinfollowing. let's bring stuart stevens, a veteran of the mitt romney and george w. bush presidential campaigns. he is now with the lincoln project. okay. look at you, in your obama tan suit. welcome. i'm thrilled to be here with you. let's talk about what the democratic party is looking for and who is in the running. because i think it's really important to remember, kamala harris lost. republicans took control of the senate. we saw a number of democrats win key races in the states, and still, 48% of the country said, i'm not looking for former president trump. so it's not like they necessarily need a massive regroup here. >> first of all, please don't put me in a war with barack obama. because i'm going to use that. second of all, look, if you ask all the democrats in the country who should be the dnc chair and what they should do next, you will get 75 million different answers, or whatever the number is that voted for kamala harris. i think two sort of key things for the democrats rig

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ken martin.ounds boring, but democrats are trying to figure out what they did wrong, and they're all going on tv sort of positioning they're -- >> they should do that. >> yeah. -- no it is, it's real and he's interested as well. so the feeling is that he's like a fighter. they don't want people who have lost races before, because they tend to give this job to people who have lost in the past. maybe a generational shift, though he's not a total generational shift. there's a feeling he plays dirty. democrats want to win. they're ready to do it. and it's kind of -- it's growing. it's getting really intense. if you talk to people around it, they're very -- very -- the numf endorsements. >> mr. lemon? >> shaboozey and the cmas. i thought -- >> fill us in. >> shaboozey has a number one song, it's almost on tap to be the longest running number one song. i think like 18 weeks. tipsy. >> not a bar in america not playing it every night. >> it comes on, everyone sings it. i don't even know the words, but i'

former maryland governor martin o'mally and minnesota democratic chair ken martin.aid in a statement this week, quote, electing the chair and dnc officers is one of the most important responsibilities of the dnc membership and our staff will run an inclusive and transparent process that gives members the opportunity to get to know the candidates as they prepare to cast their votes. the co-chair of the dnc and chief of staff, laura ry is here with us. >> good morning. >> i wrote a piece that said, quote, the next dnc chair must have a grounded understanding of where the country is and what it is telling the party. the country needs to understand the middle of the country matter as much as the east owe west coast, the south as much as the north. the dnc needs a chair that understands how to win across the country. a lot of elements going into that process of understanding the country. what do you see, what are will you be looking for in the next chairperson to lead the party? because there's a lot of incoming noise. >> uh-huh. >> but i think people are going to over t

you've got martin o'malley and ken martin have thrown their hat into the ring. rahm emanuel, mitch landrieu and ben wikler are also considering who do you think should be at the helm of the dnc next? >> somebody who understands grassroots politics and is willing to invest in it? i haven't chosen a candidate, but i want somebody who is from outside washington who understands grassroots politics and is willing and understands that it's a four year proposal, not a four month proposal. >> what do you believe vice president kamala harris's future will be in the party um, well, i don't know. >> it's obviously up to her. i think she'd be a great governor of california and of course, i'm incredibly biased towards what governors can get done for their constituencies. so and that's the biggest state in the country. so i hope she runs for governor of california but how about president again well, let's see how i mean this is up to her. that's a hard race. she knows it's a hard race. she's been through it. i'm not going to handicap what she should or shouldn't do in that ca

minnesota democratic farm labor chair and current vice chair of the dnc, ken martin joined the race lastand governor martin o'malley also in the running for the committee top spot. and the former governor joins us now. governor o'malley, great to have you with us. so you have thrown your hat into the ring. >> thank you, willie, sure have. >> after kamala harris loss in the race. why do you think that you are the right person for this job and how do you see the party right now in terms of what it needs to change. >> willie, i'm the right person for this job. because what the dnc needs right now is not a caretaker chair, but a change-maker. someone that could pull this party together, who could allow us the space we need to listen not only to one another, but especially to the voters. people who spoke to us from their kitchen tables and said, look, we've lost sight of you guys. are you fighting for us, or are you doing something else. so i'm the only person in this race with the operational experience to turn things around and i've proven that at every level. i chaired a national committee

martin o'malley. now joining me is another candidate, ken motten, chair of the minnesota democratic party. welcome to the show, mr. martin, and thank you for joining us. democrats have had great success in minnesota. you had a unified state government for two years, which just ended with this last election. still, you kept the state senate and both u.s. senators remain democrats. as minnesota stayed blue, despite republicans winning every state surrounding it. but democrats are about to -- they're about to be out of the white house and in the minority in both the house and the senate next year, taking minnesota as an example, should democrats be looking for ways to resist the incoming administration or looking for where bipartisan compromise is possible? >> well, thank you so much for having me, reverend. look, we can't discount the things that push voters to trump. some of is that voters don't believe we stand for the things they care about anymore, and that's just not true. the canary in the coal mine last year -- last spring, some research came out that showed the perceptions of the two

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