deny coverage if i get sick. >> thom tillis, what about us? >> those are ads running this cycle from a pro-democratic pac called the senate majority pac. well today, as he celebrated his signature health care law, meeting and exceeding expectations in its implementation, president obama made the case forcefully in a tone of voice he does not usually use. president obama made the case today on this victory lap speech that democrats all over the country ought to be running on the achievements of this law. and that republicans who opposed it then and opposed to now ought to pay a price not just in history for taking that stance but ought to pay a price now as well. they ought to pay a price this year. president obama and vice president biden today throwing sand in the gears of the most common beltway common wisdom of all. is there any whey to know from here if they are right? stay with us. ♪ [ laughs ] whoo! ♪ oh! nice! great! [ laughs ] a shot like that calls for a postgame celebration. [ male announcer ] share what you love with who you love. k

so thom tillis is the candidate they would like to nominate o to run against kay hagan.the poll showed a dead heat between the two of them. there is this primary e he has to get through first. there's a head line from buzz feed. 13 nings you won't believe the man who could be the north carolina's next senator said. this is about someone named greg bran nan. this is a taste in this primary. >> he believes in a socialist government. he plays class warfare. dictatorship what he's trying to do with the way he's pushing it forward how much faster he's pushing the aspect of the ndaa, the supreme court cases, obamacare. >> speaking about president obama there in case that wasn't clear from that quote, talk about this race. you said 40% to avoid a runoff. that's the initial goal. my question is we looked at 2010, 2012 and saw the tea party candidates who were prone to say outrageous things. we even saw in 2012 how democrats got smart in missouri and claire mccaskill get that nomination by ad buying. is that taking place? are democrats doing anything to try to get this republican

. >> thom tillis shared an apartment with his chief of staff when it was reported that his chief of staff was having an affair with a lobbyist. he was caught on air and resigned. >> reporter: democrats are spending $1 million to run that ad in north carolina for the next three weeks. >>> television viewers in some areas of the country are beginning to see some creative ads. many tee party republicans believe the government is using drones to spy on them. one conservative candidate in montana is running this. >> this is how i look from a government drone. >> and this is what i think about it. >> the federal government is too big and too powerful. >> the finally the videos are no longer limited to congressional elections. you'll see thousands of children and their families descend on the white house horror the annual easter egg roll. but the group people for thestcal treatment of animals, peta will insist that the white house use plastic eggs. >> if all the other first ladies jumped off a bridge, would you? >> be the leader that we know you can be. >> you're better than this. >> over 7,000

. >> senate candidate thom tillis sides with health insurance companies.ing conditions. barr along with mitch mcconnell voted to end kynect to deny coverage and charge women more. >> with land, insurance companies will be able to deny you coverage when you get sick. women's access to preventive health care would be cut while their costs would increase. >> republicans want to attack the law, and democrats are starting to make sure voters know. joining me now are richard wo wolffe. with more democrats going to take the president's devicadvic? >> it's striking that this is rare enough that we pay attention. at some point we're going to get to the point where democrats are thinking like republicans. republicans have been terrified by the prospect of obama care really taking root in american culture. and what they're terrified by is that once you give people these benefits, just read charles krauthammer, once you give people these benefits they don't want them taken away. people say don't take away the coverage for pre-existing conditions. then you're seeing de

. >> here's republican senate candidate thom tillis describing obamacare.hat was just this february. you can look it up. tillis supported an exchange in north carolina. so he thinks he can attack kay hagan something he calls a great idea. >> some democrats are going on offensive. >> absolutely. i think it depends on the state you're in, but certainly as people become covered for the first time and as kind of the early wave of incredibly negative press coverage fades in memory, we're going to see a lot of people say, i kind of like this, i don't mind these benefits of obamacare. i do think it's interesting. as much as 2010 and 2012 were about obamacare, this upcoming election is going to be about a debate where both sides are owning a position in a way they haven't in the past and we're going to have a debate in a lot of these states and races about obamacare that we haven't really had yet because it hadn't been fully implemented. >> some democrats have expressed frustration because what will be happening in the fall is the confirmation hearings of sylvia bu

here's republican senate candidate thom tillis describing obama care. >> it is a great idea. >> a thatd joining me live with more on the upcoming primaries is msnbc's political editor mark m murray. good to see you. >> hey, betty. >> in the first read today, you call these primaries a test for the tea party, and why do the so-called establishment candidates hold the edge in so many of these races? >> well, a lot of it has to do with the money that the establishment candidates are receiving and giving them a very big win. the other thing is that the people kind of remember what has happened in the past in 2010 and 2012 when the republicans eventually ended up losing some general election senate contest, because the more unelectable person ended up winning in the primary season, and the republicans are trying to prevent that from happening again, and, you know, you just mentioned that the battle for senate control is hanging in the balance come november, and one of the big forces that are at play are the republican p primaries, and do the republicans get the better general election candi

republican party is the one that the, you know, leading north carolina senate republican candidate thom tillisas, who by the way, is the leader in their legislature. no minimum wage, no minimum wage, sweatshop economy where you can pay anybody anything that they will pay. >> squeeze them down to nothing. >> squeeze them down. and by the way, if we raise the minimum wage, it would get a lot of people off of food stamps, right, but these people are like, no, we're not going to raise the minimum wage, and we're also going to cut the food stamps. what is it now, are we going to starve people or have them -- >> i know you're an -- that goes back to my favorite rant here, which i picked up from a british labor guy, and i'm not as far left as him, but he has a good point, why does the republican party say the best way to energize poor people is to cut them and the best way to energize rich is to give them tax breaks. >> doesn't make any sense. my favorite economist says we have to increase the minimum wage. there are more benefits than harm. republicans, a lot of republicans and conservatives will te