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Democratic potential challenger with the same vote he has now. is his obstructionism part of the problem in kentucky for him? it doesnt seem to be playing great in kentucky. >> yeah, i mean, part of the overall problem of the republican brand and their failure to recognize what their basic brand problem is. you saw the same on guns. they see themselves as members of the house of representatives, they almost see themselves all in a district, and only see the red part of their base. they dont unde...

Is his obstructionism part of the problem in kentucky for him? it doesnt seem to be playing great in kentucky. >> yeah, i mean, part of the overall problem of the republican brand and their failure to recognize what their basic brand problem is. you saw the same on guns. they see themselves as members of the house of representatives, they almost see themselves all in a district, and only see the red part of their base. they dont understand there are still even in kentucky some moderates, some in...

He gets nothing in history. >> there are a couple things going on here. the first is the president wins -- >> i mean by getting stuff done. in the end youre judged by what you get done. >> hes gotten a number of things done he has to make sure work. the republican, by the way, are going into 2014 with a brand problem. people think they dont get it. they think theyre out of touch. >> nice try. >> he can take the house. >> okay. let me go back to you on this question. should the republicans beat h...

The first is the president wins -- >> i mean by getting stuff done. in the end youre judged by what you get done. >> hes gotten a number of things done he has to make sure work. the republican, by the way, are going into 2014 with a brand problem. people think they dont get it. they think theyre out of touch. >> nice try. >> he can take the house. >> okay. let me go back to you on this question. should the republicans beat him on everything? do they actually win if we get no gun safety? the repu...

Their lives. i think hes in a very good position coming out on this budget conversation, bring a budget forward -- >> because he put his cards on the table. >> he looks perfectly reasonable. in the immigration debate, the president is looking reasonable. >> hes leading from behind. >> hes leading from behind only because he wants the senate to act first. but he will lead on this if thats what it takes. >> let me ask you the last question to you then ill go to john. people tell me, i mean, i know...

Not looking too much for the wealthy and is the brand problem if youll be the majority again and particularly, the fax fairness debate that weve been having over the last couple of month and i dont think theyve handled the tax fairness as well and this was a predicate of this problem. >> i would disagree with that, but the republican party has to get back to main street. main street issues and talking about how problems on main street should be affected here on washington, d.c., and for that, i ...

Balance what is a brand problem, which is that they are now the party of cutting spending, of austerity. but austerity is not popular. the polling shows that the american people would blame republicans if the pain for a austerity is felt by them. >> so what about the 2014? are we beyond thinking about this year, kathleen? is it about the mid terms? >> well, apparently, its in my newspaper so it must be true. [ laughter ] >> you know, thats a very daunting task for the president. its clearly his ...

Balance what is a brand problem, which is that they are now the party of cutting spending, of austerity. but austerity is not popular. the polling shows that the american people would blame republicans if the pain for a austerity is felt by them. >> so what about the 2014? are we beyond thinking about this year, kathleen? is it about the mid terms? >> well, apparently, its in my newspaper so it must be true. [ laughter ] >> you know, thats a very daunting task for the president. its clearly his ...

Republicans, right? they have built a lot of their brand at this point, a significant share of their brand, around cutting government spending. but you cant both take credit for the overall cutting of government and then try to get out of the blame if specific cuts hurt you in your district or if your constituents feel the pain of it. so republicans are trying to balance what is a brand problem, which is that they are now the party of cutting spending, of austerity. but austerity is not popular....

>> theyre in worst shape than on election day. because theres an after effect where now theyre out of power and now the house republican look divided and no one knows who the leader of the party is. i think youre going to see -- once you guys release the whole poelsz, theres going to be a lot of numbers that make clear the republican party has a brand problem with the general public and i think they have an issue internally within the party, which is theres lots of republicans who think the part...