eric: santita, is angela being too optimistic? >> i tell you what. would like to see democrats march for and vote for and work with the working class. that is a natural constituency. that is most of america. the fact is this. most of america works hard every day but they're not getting the bang for their buck. they're not getting paid their value. the federal poverty line is $23,200. more than 600 cities and counties in america, takes more than twice that in order to be above poverty. >> santita? >> wait, wait, angela. 615 cities and counties where democrats should win but they need to engage in retail politics for that to happen. eric: middle class, working class, they're getting hammered. that is on the ballot, isn't it, angela? >> yes, president obama says he is clearly not on the ballot this time but his policies are. santita, if you look at communities, you have more people on food stamps on the government dole today than before barack obama took office. >> stop this government dole talk. >> you've had more people lost jobs. not that many people

so angela, it goes beyond what just santita cited. how does this get changed? can it be changed to engage the young people? >> well, democrats control the white house and the house and the senate the first two years of the presidential term for obama. so it's not the republicans who are the party of no. the bottom line is, eric, we are the party of yes, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, not the government. but we don't have that message out there for young folks. so they're not going to the polls to vote. they're going to stay home because they're upset with the democratic party but republicans haven't -- >> how do you get to resonate with the young people? >> we need to make politics cool again. president obama and some people even called him the "gq" candidate. he made politics cool. have younger candidates and get out there like the liberals have done but tell the truth on how we can create a better america and it's not the rich folks bringing us down. it's big government. >> oh, angela, we need to make some good sense. the fact is democrats have taken their