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Theyre not seeing their lives improve. and i think thats whats making the president quite nervous. the other piece is this president focuses consistently on the campaigning phase of the job and not really -- isnt really quite interested in the governance phase. and the governance piece is really making sure the tax cuts he and his party pass actually trickle down to regular americans and they have not and will not. we knew before it was pasdsed and when the president was touting it, it would hel...

The other piece is this president focuses consistently on the campaigning phase of the job and not really -- isnt really quite interested in the governance phase. and the governance piece is really making sure the tax cuts he and his party pass actually trickle down to regular americans and they have not and will not. we knew before it was pasdsed and when the president was touting it, it would help his cronies and friends and members of congress who were republicans. and now we see as we get cl...

>> oh, indeed. heres the thing, chris. we need someone who understands not just the candidate phase but the governance phase as well and im not sold on that. the answers ive heard this far are middle of the road which not every democrat is a progressive. i think theres space definitely for stacey abrams because we have a myriad of divisions in the party which hopefully someone can join the democrats from across the country. however, when you really listen to what he is saying, hes saying a serie...

Have to work from as much common ground as possible. no one person and perhaps no one party can force the decision on this. this has to be something that america comes together on. >> you know, one level thats a very evasive answer. he does not take a position. but one of the things i have noticed and you referenced 2008, there is a constituency of voters, particularly in the era of trump and they felt this way after bush, talk of coming together and consensus. that is a powerful message among d...

But thats not the only qualification. someone is going to have to put forward some ideas. you cant just be im the candidate against trump. what are we doing about flint? what are we doing about puerto rico and the border and the caravan crisis? we want a candidate who has a substantive policy agenda and not just -- >> do we want ideas? >> i mean, hopefully so. >> have we not become a culture that is obsessed with personality? >> there are sort of two things and a lot of democratic voters want th...

>> he may or may not. everything he does is about campaigning. he gave up the governance phase of this triumph about three months ago. this payroll tax cut. and demanding it be paid for by taxing the 1%. part of an occupy wall street campaign. that is what he is running. its you and me the president saying against the 1%. this is what everything he does has to do with. he doesnt expect any of this ever to end up being enacted. its all oppose. and part of that, of course, is cutting the defense s...

Session of congress, proposing legislation that he knows doesnt have a chance of being actually enacted into law, but its only a premise for the upcoming election. and, a week later, he proposes a debt plan that he knows also is not going to be enacted. hes given up, hes essentially announced that the governance phase of the obama presidency is over. and hes now fully campaigning, with a year and two months to go. thats some kind of indoor record. mig joining me, christopher han, former aide to ...

Global warming is real, the idea there is a direct connection between the global warming assuming its real and the fires in texas is the worst of pseudoscience, which is what the democrats accuse republicans of. this idea in the earlier clip where you said obama is complaining about people who are so focused on the next election, how can he say that with a straight face? he has gone 3,000 miles to do a whole bunch of fundraisers. he is focused on the election and he gives a speech to joint sessi...

Global warming is real, the idea there is a direct connection between the global warming assuming its real and the fires in texas is the worst of pseudoscience, which is what the democrats accuse republicans of. this idea in the earlier clip where you said obama is complaining about people who are so focused on the next election, how can he say that with a straight face? he has gone 3,000 miles to do a whole bunch of fundraisers. he is focused on the election and he gives a speech to joint sessi...