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[ overlapping speakers ] >> but i agree with michelle. that isnt the whole republican party. its not the suburban republican party. but that is the rush limbaugh republican party. that were the ones being beaten up on. >> right. i want to be clear that thats not rank and file. right. >> right. but you said your goal was to turn the republican party around. how do you think that went? i think its clear where the republican party has gone. and its not in the direction that you say you wanted to ta...

Running as independents and saying im not a democrat or a republican, i will be for the people. 100 years before ross perot with william jennings brian. the populous movement was all about lets have a federal income tax and regulate the banks and elect senator directly and not have them be appointed bite aristocrats. >> that has been my thesis of what the mid-terms will be about. that may end up status quo because of that. i wonder why there not third party candidates. >> its a good question and...

Means, according to now state-certified results in the great commonwealth of virginia, which means that democrats now control all five statewide elected offices in virginia. both united states senators from virginia are democrats. the new governor-elect is a democrat, the new lieutenant governor-elect is a democrat, and as of today, the attorney general-elect of virginia is slated to be a democrat by a margin of 0.007%, which really makes that state certification of the vote total today feel lik...

State-certified results in the great commonwealth of virginia, which means that democrats now control all five statewide elected offices in virginia. both united states senators from virginia are democrats. the new governor-elect is a democrat, the new lieutenant governor-elect is a democrat, and as of today, the attorney general-elect of virginia is slated to be a democrat by a margin of 0.007%, which really makes that state certification of the vote total today feel like its not necessarily on...

Which means that democrats now control all five statewide elected offices in virginia. both united states senators from virginia are democrats. the new governor-elect is a democrat, the new lieutenant governor-elect is a democrat, and as of today, the attorney general-elect of virginia is slated to be a democrat by a margin of 0.007%, which really makes that state certification of the vote total today feel like its not necessarily on the most solid ground. who knows, but, wow, squeak. in virgini...

He had been enrolled since 2007 but not continuously. police say creigh deeds was able to speak with investigators, but they are piecing together evidence to determine a motive. >> based on the evidence we have right now, we are looking into this as an attempted murder and suicide. >> reporter: deeds was elected to the virginia senate in 2001. he ran for attorney general in 2005 and governor in 2009. in both races, he lost to republican bob mcdonnell. governor mcdonnell said the news of utterly ...

Either. being embroiled to this reality show thing we are seeing played out on national tv is not good for a single campaign. >> a question i have watching this drama play out, do you think that liz cheney doesnt approve of same-sex marriage or she pandering to the elect. >> one of the sad things is how the parents responded. dick cheney, one of the few things he did is he said i disagree with george w. bush. i dont have a problem with gay marriage. and now, basically forced to make a decision b...

That is all we know now. except we know in 2009, deeds did run for the governor of virginia and lost in the primary to terry mccall who is now the governor elect of virginia and deeds is a longtime state maker. and we dont have anything further except critical condition in the hospital and this is what we are hearing happened. that his son stabbed him and then shot himself. we will keep you posted and get more details. >> steve, thank you. rushing to the micrmicrophone t. he was well-known throu...

And if you somehow managed to miss the smackdown cohen got from the entire internet, he got it way wrong in his most recent column for the post past leek. if you read the argue, then you know that something -- that you knew something racist was about to happen. why? because cohen signaled it the universal sign, the what im about to say isnt really racist preamble. in a column that was supposed to be about chris christie and the 2016 republican presidential primary, cohen wrote, todays gop is not...

Ugh. im sorry. i just had a conventional reaction. no, folks. lets be clear. cohen is specifically saying todays gop is not racist. therefore, its not racist to gag when you see an interracial couple. a racist would actually throw up on them. >> and that was stephen colbert weighing in on the controversy this week over "the washington post" columnist richard cohen and the famous line about new yorks soon to be mayor bill deblasio and wrote people with conventional views must repress a gag reflex...