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Right? the kinds of people that show up at a protest who are loud and vocal. it is absolutely true theres an age difference between the two sides and that the republicans show much -- elected republican leaders show much more fear of their activist core than democrats do, and democrats -- theres nothing they love more than the sort of internet term is hippie punching, right? its sort of making a big show of how much they distance themselves from the left fringe, from their activist base, whereas...

Sides and that the republicans show much -- elected republican leaders show much more fear of their activist core than democrats do, and democrats -- theres nothing they love more than the sort of internet term is hippie punching, right? its sort of making a big show of how much they distance themselves from the left fringe, from their activist base, whereas republicans seem to do the opposite, right? they embrace it. i cant tell if this is cultural, if this is about the nature of the demographi...

Tricky. lets say the activists. right? the kinds of people that show up at a protest who are loud and vocal. it is absolutely true theres an age difference between the two sides and that the republicans show much -- elected republican leaders show much more fear of their activist core than democrats do, and democrats -- theres nothing they love more than theort of internet term is hippie punching, right? its sort of making a big show of how much they distance themselves from the left fringe, fro...

Jean cummings is an assistant managing editor of politico and has been looking into these allegations and has a fascinating article on politico. what is going on? >> well, in four states affecting about seven races, there is some evidence that the democrats activist base did align themselves with tea party candidates and help those tea party candidates get on the ballot with the idea being of course that that would split the conservative vote and help the democrats who are running in those races...

This premise? i feel like whats troubling to me, it seems like it has gotten worse instead of better. and partly because to the credit of [ to the credit of president bush, there would be a distinction between al qaeda and muslims in general. and that distinction had been blurred. particularly on the republican side of the aisle among the conservative activist base. do you think that im right in that trend? do you things are worse now? do you think theyre the same? >> no, i think it is a reactio...

Despairing and wondering, does this mean karl rove has won and theres a permanent republican majority? the truth is we have, right now, very evenly balanced, roughly 50/50 politics. weve had that since at least 1994 when the republicans demonstrated they could actually win congress. ever since then -- >> -- you write that the tea party might make the process more inclusive? does it have anything to do with the tea party? >> i think it does have something to do with the tea party and heres how. i...

One really matter, especially from a messaging form. >> i want to take a look at that straw poll trump just beat florida governor ron desantis, 70% to 21% in that straw poll desantis would hold a comfortable lead over the others if trump did not run cpac hasnt always in 2011, he was bued for suggesting ron paul was unelectable. this followed reporting from gabe sherman that found trump and ron desantis on a collision course. what does it say about how thist conference has evolved under thd influ...

Activist base which has long been a fan of jeff sessions, particularly as it relates to immigration. so this might give donald trump a way out. he doesnt like to apologize. he doesnt like to say he was wrong. hes not going to do either of those things as it relates to jeff sessions but it does pose a possibility that would be intriguing for him if -- this is still an if hes ready to move on from sessions and the attorney generals office because look, saying hes disappointed is one thing. calling...

Corporation to have religious rights over the rights of thousands of employees, female employees of hobby lobby who suddenly were not going to get this kind of insurance coverage. >> so respond to an alternate thee theory of what happened. this is a substantive decision ive come to and my colleagues have come to on the merits. its about his judicial philosophy and another way of viewing this, hes tremendous organized pressure to put on democratic by the activist base that felt like any vote, its...

Werent even in the room. >> they are trying to be defiant of all things donald trump right now and you see knit tit in the protests in the sfreetreets, in grassroots, small dollar fund raising all of the activist base to have left, any fuel for the democratic party the activist base is sort of demanding the block aid of opposition that anything that donald trump is sending to capitol hill and this is where it comes a challenge to sort of figure out the which he is moves h-- chess moves and pir f...