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Want to ask you. you were talking about there being two types of democrats here in alabama. what did you mean by that? >> those that are really outgoing and really want to make some good things happen, parts of grassroots groups and then theres those that almost just dont want to acknowledge the fact that theyre democrats. we want to change that. we have a golden opportunity today to get a senate and to capture that senate seat that really belonged to howell heflin. we want to capture the old se...

Im going to leave the democratic party and im going to encourage to if they elect keith ellison. >> having the progressive is saying they are going to leave if pérez gets elected. they are dealing with on going turmoil and i dont think this is going to settle it. inside that building as well you are seeing from a lot of grassroots groups who are trying to mount challengers to quote, unquote, candidates. >> you could have democrats in congress come 2018, fascinating, history doesnt repeat itself...

In texas. it does depend on the region, which really speaks to how grassroots this is. >> is part of the motivation here to embarrass members of congress or do they just really want their voices heard? >> it depends again, because when you speak to each one of these grassroots groups, and ive spoken to a lot of them, a couple of them say yes, it is absolutely to embarrass people, they want a piece of fuzzy video they can put out on twitter, they want to shut these town halls down, they want to t...

Back to the panel. grassroots groups coming together. saw that happening day after this president was elected and continue to see it going on. reminiscent of the tea party. what should folks in washington be looking for? should they be concerned about this? >> if youre republican no doubt. go back eight or nine years ago with barack obama trying to get the health care bill through and democrats went home that summer and couldnt show up at town halls. very similar to what we saw right there. prov...

Alternative to hillary clinton and, c, they think warren might be coy and bieding her time. ready for warren is organizing in states and this beak they got a big boost. two major grassroots groups have joined the warren bandwagon, moveon.org. has 8 million members and is donating a million bucks to move on warren. it has to gall clinton. now, the other group is democracy for america, which with the ready for warren group, its a group that is created by howard dean who has said hes going to vote ...

Conservatives are really probably among the harshest critics of the deal which is fascinating, given that you have the vice presidential running mate in the 2012 ticket, making this deal of paul ryan. you already have some of the most prominent conservatives, marco rubio coming out saying this is the wrong way to go. lots of grassroots groups with a lot of support and money who are saying to conservatives, do not vote for this. there will be a meeting tomorrow morning among house republicans whi...

Entitlements like medicare and medicaid. even the small deal is not going over well on the left or right. before it was even announced, multiple conservative grass roots groups sent letters urging republicans to vote no because it does increase spending levels. ryans response? >> as a conservative, i think this is say step in the right direction. >> senator marco rubio, a potential opponent to paul ryan for 2016 presidential nomination was quick to trash his deal, saying it continues washingtons...

Chuck schumer, harry reid, and nancy pelosi have publicly urged her to run. grassroots groups have set up superpacs. unlike in 2008 when barack obama was seen as as the democratic rock star, there isnt a real alternative waiting in the wings to go against hillary, or is there? "the new republic" has a provocative article out there arguing that elizabeth warren from massachusetts could be gearing up to challenge clinton. "if hillary clinton runs and retains her ties to wall street, warren will be...

Congress of the united states is merely the backdrop for what hes a and the more hes criticized. the more hes ostracized, the more hes surrounded, the better it is from his point of view. >> and the grassroots groups who drove this, they came out this afternoon, and they said we want people to vote no on this. so heritage action, jim dement. this whole grassroots energy that cruz is trying to exploit is not going away. as john boehner puts this on the floor, he is now defying and turning against...

It would save me money. i think in all likelihood my fear is that will become the new norm at all of the dailies and sticking around. >> normally, august is the new slump month but a lot of news especially with that. vivian, lets turn to what is happening with the august recess. it is a new slump because everybody goes home and returns to their district and we remember the scenes from years past, the angry outbursts that happened at town halls and looks like grassroots groups are headed out to t...