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Going to force others like, perhaps, mitt romney and others in the senate and others with the house perhaps, beyond saving, but other republicans who actually do believe in the constitution to make a choice and that theyd rather not make because its going to hurt them politically, with the base, but may ultimately have no choice. >> david, as someone who has sat through many polling sessions and focus groups, i do have to ask you about one section of this resolution where they talk about congres...

People can regain a sense of connection, a sense of trust, and really a sense of civic confidence that we have the ability to get things done together and then, i think, we need to spread that like a positive contagion across the country. >> i just want you to give me a little bit -- you did 16 different focus groups and you used our friend who many people are familiar with on my show, the man behind data download on sundays for me. you use the american communities project. and these were focus ...

Protect democracy and also to push back about some of this? this is where the democrats get on the offensive, campaigns, particularly when you are in power, it is a referendum on you are going to lose it nine times out of 10. you have to make a choice. and i think this is where youre seeing the polls. trump is still very popular but more than half the people are not sure theyd vote for him, went through that in 08, clinton super powerful front runner but people are open to somebody else. that gi...

About what younger people want from the news. i wonder what you found. yeah, we did. so weve got a really good team in the audiences section of the bbc who put together several focus groups for us. so they found real people from across the uk, and kind of most importantly in that 16—to—21i—year—old age group, outside of london, outside of the sort of metropolitan elite bubble that i think is kind of, you know... thats what were all seeing on our timelines, is a very certain type of perso...

Quote, governor phil murphy began the effort last fall, weeks after he was stunned by the energy of right wing voters in his blue state. the times goes on to report that, in focus groups, quote, across the board, voters shared frustrations over public health measures, a sense of pessimism about the future, and a deep desire to return to some sense of normalcy. still with us, eugene robinson and, matthew dowd so, here is what governor murphy told the washington post about covid rejections. quote,...

Basic quality of life issues, whether thats being able to send your kid to a school thats open, being able to walk down the street and feel safe, in both cases, the efforts attract a lot of big money, you see a lot of real estate and tech folks, for example, pouring money in, and that in particular with the district attorney recall has created some skepticism on the left about, okay, whos really behind this. but i do think there are some voters even liberal voters who generally vote democratic w...

Signals right now. but at the core, hes holding his position. hes reiterating it again in this press conference today that, yes, were willing to talk, but youre going -- its like talks on our terms. were not going to accept you distracting us with an arms control agreement in eastern europe. that will be part of a bigger package. in a sense, in that you could say hes playing for time. >> well, hes getting what he likes, which is a lot of attention from the world. and hes not going to give that u...

Because it does play to their base. they eat up any white supremacist language and they will as they continue to watch tucker carlson and others like him. but republicans will be hard pressed to find anything of substance on judge ketanji brown jackson. they is literally built for that nomination. and that same energy that we saw when she told her story, talked about the reality of the history of this moment and the shoulders that she is standing on with her authenticity will only endear her fur...

The invasion, they had been following the news, of those 13, nine said that they held some sort of an opinion, and then six of those, so a majority of the people who had an opinion, were actually supportive of president bidens actions, they think that escalating sanctions is the way to go, theyre further adamant against american boots on the ground. so at least politically, president bidens sanctions are a popular choice. and then another thing that we thought was really interesting out of these...

One dynamic in particular forecasts dark times ahead for Democrats.