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New york magazine talked to a number of you know voters who conducted focus groups with men and women in their 20s. the findings were virtually unanimous. no one could understand the gops opposition to gay marriage or for invading foreign countries. every focus group described democrats at open minded and republicans as rigid. there is a brand, she concluded, and that its that were not in the 21st century. he attempt to down play that impact. >> sometimes they have better technology. some cases ...

Cant wait until the age of 56789 no, no, siree cant yet te 5-year-old chinese 4-year-olds be working on solar panels and algae while our 4-year-olds are lulling around and doing nothing. 4-year-olds of america better shape up. have a good day, kids. >> he is making fun of it but underneath it all. there is this problem, certainly among kids whose parents -- do you punish the single parents of this country? focus groups came out after this. democrats were hit among the campaign was among wal-mart...

>> where is -- >> the economy is pretty good compared to the united states, but there are a lot of people who are concerned about the cost of living, how the -- the cost of housing is very high, the cost of electricity. other elements of daily life very high. also concern about sharing the burden. ultra orthodox -- members of the ultra orthodox community dont serve in the army and dont really particinate the economy. thats something thats a unique issue for israel. not relevant to the united sta...

Like education and health care. >> well, we know, of course, many members of the gop talked about rebranding after the election, a big memo and they have had focus groups look at the party itself and what it needs to do but specifically with mr. cantor, what is his motivation? seeks to rebrand house gop. what is the benefit for him other than the obvious elections? >> look at where the republican party right now is. its popularity. so the republican party coming after two straight presidential d...

Ever felt a part of this country, but i think that at least our generation, people are. im american. i dont want to go anywhere. i love building here. i love new york city. it is a beautiful place where, like, i can be influenced by all the things i have been, so i think that our, you know, culture and our community needs to plant its flag in america and be, like, this is what were about and start to tell our stories. as we start to tell our stories, well see, like, a community build over simila...

Heres a way to model the business not just for the six months but the next year or two years to help where you make the longer term decisions. its very important. >> i was going to add to that, its important to hire someone if youre not sure what to look at but its critical you understand it. you cant sort of understand it. you need to get into the weeds and understand whats driving your business. i think, you know, for one of the things here then, is also you have to test your hypotheses. one t...

Issue lobbyist and we have to keep the children safe. because women still are the primary caregivers in some way, despite the progress we have made, we have to have an agenda that supports the families and the children and it is economic, social, cultural, but it is also now before us, i think that women are the key to the gun violence change. >> this is fascinating, because what i just did is what i said that we shouldnt do which is to essentialize women, and women are moms and care about kids,...

The kids i worked with, i had focus groups as part of my work with 13-year-olds who play violent games. one was saying i worry about being desensitized because if you go to a movie and see someones arm cut off you might be very upset. but if you see that ten times. but then i talked to some of the child psychiatrists i worked with. they were saying heres what we see. kids get desensitized to violence in the media. a child who plays violent video games will be very upset if his friend gets hit by...

Of see it happen on the tax issue. out there and say, look, we want to raise more money from the rich, too. we just want to do it differently, maybe youre starting to see that their reading the focus groups goes not just to the rhetoric but to the need to start changing policies. as i was saying earlier, i think theres a cascading effect. when democrats in the 80s started -- when the democrats talked about the market, before too long they were voting to cut the capital gains tax. i think this ta...

Place. this is a political outfit that affects what happens inside the party. joining me now is aaron bola are rte. senior fellow and joe madison, nationally syndicated radio host for the power. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> eric, secretly receiving money, be you reported that story. what is your reaction? >> media matters broke this story and its painful to look at the facts. i mean, heres what is supposed to be a news analyst and hes getting paid to say how great even...