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let me bring in our company, ryan grimm, ruth marcus is columnist for "the washington post." good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> you have what have been overwhelmingly positive headlines on health care and a huge turnaround in how much momentum the president is carrying today. look, we've got this new poll from quinnipiac that shows people are evenly split, in fact, a little bit favoring the democrats there, ryan, on who they would vote for in congressional races. has the momentum shifted? >> i think it certainly has shifted, and we'll see how deeply this penetrates and whether candidates start running towards obamacare instead of away from it with this good news here, but it's kind of a remarkable state of affairs in politics, where we're having fundamental discussions about what kind of a society do we want here. talking about health care and wages is quite a departure from what the american political system is used to. we're asking the question if you get laid off, should that be a death sentence, should, you know, do you need a job to have it tied to health care and

ryan grimm and michelle bernard. michelle, let me start with you. it seems to me that jeb is saying something very christian, very roman catholic. he is a roman catholic convert. something pope francis could say and it would be unremarkable. but as an american public official whose held public office and is a law enforcement official potentially if he becomes president, to say cross get border from some other country because you choose to do it against u.s. law and just move into the country to get a job illegally is not going to sell. what do you think? act of love. that might be a stretch for the republicans and the democrats maybe. >> well, i think it is a stretch for the most conservative part of the republican party. i love the statements that jeb bush made about immigration reform over the weekend and talking about the fact that the republican party needs to sort of get rid of this notion of idealism and sort of purity test. the difficulty for governor bush if he decides to run is that if you go and you look at what he has to do at a primary l

. >> anna marie cox and ryan grimm, thank you both for your time. that is all for now. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 4:00. "the ed show" is next. >>> welcome to "ed ed shthe ed i'm ready to go! let's get to work. >> effective immediately, i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. >> don't come to my games, don't bring black people and don't come. >> the hateful opinions, voiced by that man, are those of mr. sterling. >> you can change yourself. >> i don't want to change it. >> this has been a painful moment for all members of the nba family. >> he's got an awful lot of african-american players. >> do you know you have a whole team that's black that plays for you? >> i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. >> sentiments of this kind are contrary to the principles of inclusion and respect that form the foundation of our diverse, multicultural and multiethnic league. >> it's a slippery slope. >> whether or not these remarks were initially shared in private, they are now public. >>> goo

joining me now are karen finney and ryan grimm. thank you for being here. karen, the president says republicans are still working through their grief and anger. mouch longer till we get to acceptance? >> i don't know, rev. let's not hold our breath waiting for that one. as you said, every single prediction that they've made has been wrong. and what the president and administration predicted in terms of getting to that core group of young people, seeing that group of young people kind of come in towards the end, that's exactly how it all shook out. so i don't think you're going to see republicans accept the truth for a very long time. maybe not ever. i just don't think there's anything we can do to help them get to that final stage of acceptance. >> the president made a point of saying one thing republicans are doing about the health care law is still really frustrating to him. take a listen. >> this does frustrate me. states that chosen not to expand medicaid for no other reason than political spite. you have 5 million people who could have health insurance