i will let mike lux respond. guest: i share your frustration. i think government has not gotten much, especially federal government, not much done for working folks. book that democrats need to be far clearer on what we would do, far clear on getting things done. put in out that republicans have been in control of government, of congress, since 2011. it is hard for elizabeth warren to get a lot done when mitch mcconnell is the head of the senate and donald trump is the president. i think she is working hard but you can only get so much done. what we have to look at is, if democrats regain control within the presidency, and then start delivering, then i think they folksave the support of like yourself. they need to keep fighting folks like yourself. they need to keep fighting for working people on these issues. host: folks like yourself. they need to keep fighting for working people on these issues. host: about five minutes left with mike lux. we will keep taking your calls. republican call, go ahead. caller: you are right about the medicare issu

"mike lux is a cofounder of democracy partners, innovative full-service national consulting firm launched in 2011. mike served as senior staffer and advisor on six different presidential campaigns. mike currently serves on the boards of several important organizations and is also cofounder of the center for american progress." why should democrats trust you to be a voice for change? guest: i have been both on the inside and outside of democratic politics for a long time. i was in the clinton white house as the liaison to the progressive community. but i spent a lot of my years working to build outside progressive organizations and grassroots organizations, and i believe one of the problems the party has had is we do not pay enough attention to grassroots folks, to people on the outside that would try to preach down to people rather than listening and engaging. i think that is critical right now. host: let's listen to and engage some callers this morning on "washington journal." again, phone lines split by party as usual. we will start on the line for democrats. raymond is in silver spring

i will let mike lux respond. guest: i share your frustration. think government has not gotten much, especially federal government, not much done for working folks. book that democrats need to be far clearer on what we would do, far clear on getting things done. put in out that republicans have been in control of government, of congress, since 2011. it is hard for elizabeth warren to get a lot done when mitch mcconnell is the head of the senate and donald trump is the president. i think she is working hard but you can only get so much done. what we have to look at is, if democrats regain control within the presidency, and then start delivering, then i think they folksave the support of like yourself. they need to keep fighting folks like yourself. they need to keep fighting for working people on these issues. host: folks like yourself. they need to keep fighting for working people on these issues. host: about five minutes left with mike lux. we will keep taking your calls. republican call, go ahead. caller: you are right about the medicare issues

coming up this morning, that are in democratic consultant mike lux talks about his book on how the democratic party can regain congress and the white house. then the washington for a beacon stephen kitowski talks about the controversy over 3-d printed guns. and a retired army lieutenant colonel discusses foreign policy. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," coming up at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion. announcer: tonight on "the communicators," a look at the regulation of the new european privacy laws and how it will impact technology companies. joining us on the program, andident and ceo of bsa, the president and ceo of the center for democracy and technology. >> we have think of our data custodian responsibilities. in the data age, every company is a data company. people are using and analyzing and amalgamating data about individuals i think this law. signals of a real change in our thinking, in the private sector and the government, about the rights of the individual in his or her own data, and that person has ongoing rights even when the data is used legitimately by

host: veteran democratic consultant mike lux on his book, "how to democrat in the age of trump." but before we talk about the present and future i want to , talk about how democrats got here. you point out in your book this statistic. in the decade since 2008 peak when the future looks promising, we have lost senate seats, 63 , 903s. house seats legislative seats. we also lost the presidency in 2016 to the least prepared and most polarizing demagogue perhaps ever. what were democrats doing wrong in that decade between 2008 and today? guest:

host: democratic consultant mike lux on his book, "how to democrat in the age of trump." but before we talk about the present and future, i want to talk about how the democrats got here. you point out this statistic. in the decade since00

we will have mike lux, and author -- an author.e will talk about his book where he sees the democratic party making more gains in congress and winning the white house. stephen kotowski of the white house free begin and the future of 3-d printed guns is his story, and lieutenant colonel ralph peters will talk about trump administration's foreign policy in his perspective. all those conversations, plus those phone calls that plus your phone calls on washington journal tomorrow 7:00 in the morning. >> coming up, a look at opposition research and upcoming midterm elections thousand or smith appeared she is the executive director of out -- america rising. is followed by a senate intel hearing on social media. then, a discussion on russia's involvement in the middle east. later, secretary of state mike pompeo and commerce secretary wilbur ross talk about u.s. engagement with india in the asia-pacific region. joined us from new york on c-span's news anchor program as alexandra smith, executive director of the political action mm