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The opposite effect. >> right. whats your view of this? >> i just think that doug jones is the run of the mill democrat and thats the problem. you come back to it, if they had someone who is more of an alabama democrat, he would have been fine. but on issue set after issue set, hes a democrat and thats a problem in alabama. i hate to tell everyone that. i just dont see how -- >> how big of an issue is the abortion issue? >> i think its a big deal and hurt him right out of the gate and hes done...

You come back to it, if they had someone who is more of an alabama democrat, he would have been fine. but on issue set after issue set, hes a democrat and thats a problem in alabama. i hate to tell everyone that. i just dont see how -- >> how big of an issue is the abortion issue? >> i think its a big deal and hurt him right out of the gate and hes done very little to overcome that. he hasnt looked for issues to find common ground with conservatives. now, i do think one of the things ill be watc...

Class vote for bill and not for hillary? >> what theyve become over the last couple of decades is a party of the professional classes. highly educated, affluent, white collar people. 10% of the income distribution. >> david brook says hillary clinton fits into this category perfectly. >> went to a fancy school, went to an even fancier law school, married a guy from a fancy law school, lived in places where those people would gather and sort of zip codes with restoration hardware and anthropology...

Of the accusations against roy moore, so i cant vote for him. so im not sure if i will write somebody in, but im leaning towards doug jones at the moment. >> i may just write my own name in, as funny as that sounds. but im not really sure what im going to do yet. but im pretty positive im not voting for roy moore. >> these are the type of republican voters that doug jones is going to have win over in the final 18 days. this is the more affluent well-educated part of alabama. he needs to not only...

Americans in order to finance tax cuts for the top 1% of americans. what values are served by doing that? i think this plan will bloat our deficit, favor the most affluent and mortgage our future. its a serious policy error. >> the trump administration is saying it could give americans a salary increase from 4,000 to $9,000. >> its a nonsense claim. yes, there could be stimulants to investments, but no serious expert that looks at the actual plans under discussion has or will support the $4,000 ...

Irresponsible, ludicrous, absurd. we started talking by asking about the republican plan to repeal the mandate. >> its madness to spend $300 billion taking health insurance away from more than 10 million americans in order to finance tax cuts for the top 1% of americans. what values are served by doing that? moreover, whos going to pay for the health care when people show up in emergency rooms. >> it says they will give middle class americans a tax break, they say, and the corporate tax break wi...

You say about this plan? >> i think this plan will bloat our deficit, favor the most affluent and mortgage our future. >> from your -- >> its a serious -- its a serious policy error. >> the trump administration is still saying it could give middle americans a salary increase of 4,000 to $9,000. >> its a nonsense claim. yes, there may be some stimulus to investment and yes, that may some impact on wages, but no serious expert who looks at the actual plans under discussion has or will support the ...

Life. now i do. "i have an association with those who are less well off, bringing the country back together and that we can start to put into effect all this work and programs that will have some meaning. if the division continues, were going to have nothing but chaos and havoc here in the united states. i think we can end the divisions within the united states," he told that last crowd the night of victory, whether its between blacks and whites or the poor and more affluent. we are a great coun...

Exists on capitol hill among republicans that if they dont get anything done, then theyre really screwed. but where is that pressure coming from? its coming from their donors. people like lindsey graham has said it out loud. its their donors that are telling them dwoe, dont call m again if you dont pass this corporate tax reform package. it is actually running against their interests in these suburban districts that is going to dictate control of the house next year. you have one of the lead pro...

That. lets discuss all this with eugene scott, political reporter for "the washington post" and an "early start" alum. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> on the front of your paper election results set off a blame game. its hard to read because virginia is its a different state. trending blue over the years. you have to drill down on the affluent highly educated suburbs to ask what does this mean for republicans up for reelection in 2018? >> what it does mean is that the candidates wh...