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And, you know, my argument has been, oh, no, obstructionism is part of this. right? just like we saw the obstructionism against president clinton. but the strategy is racial because thats the thing that is the weakness for this president. they came after president clinton with what he was week on and right in this case race becomes the thing that can galvanize is the critique of the president. >> apparently joe the plumber didnt get the memo that his 15 minutes of fame were up. beyond that, i th...

Indicating this is a problem, the strategy was a failure and we have to retake control of the house of representatives. now, i think democratic unity was very important throughout this entire process. the white house, leader pelosi, harry reid, members of the rank and file all did a tremendous job. and what we see now is an emerging civil war. i think there are three factions. you have to business faction, which largely includes moderate republicans, you have the tea party faction, which is resp...

They have a very different view about what is or is not a smart strategy for changing it or repealing it. what this was is this was a tactical decision. thats where the real friction was on the right. but its particularly those who are more a tea party faction. they view this as if you oppose the affordable care act, then you had a duty to stand up and fight, fight, fight. so this tactical difference has turned into, you know, trying to make it seem like theres this big policy divide on the righ...

The winston group in washington, d.c. okay. is it racist to disagree with president obama? >> well, recently, it kind of has a racial overtone. what i love about that headline, you know, we want a white republican president, whats missing in that but its underlying is theyre not talking about a white republican woman. theyre talking about a we want a white republican man. and looking at the forecast in 2016 that you might have hillary clinton running for president and being a viable candidate th...

From people. effectiveness of it depends on what constituency is voting for you, so we know for example that president obama was able to win the seat in illinois but not winning that second congressional district in chicago in part because he faced some of what cory booker faced running. >> the strategy is predicated on the fact for young blacks but it assumes blacks will turn out in record numberings and almost uniformly for black democratic candidates. lets be clear about that. one of the thin...

Running against him right now on capitol hill. in the public polls. and whether he acknowledges that this is a challenge and whether he is thinking about any plan bs, plan cs or plan ds. clearly disappointed with the lack of new international support which is what they hope to get out of here. >> right, which deeply hurts them from their liberal frank. with one thing we heard from the congressman we just had on the show is this idea that the president has to sell this more effectively. is that t...

The i.p.s. this is the institute for policy studies. you know what they have come out with. this is great. they have come out with government obama needs to bypass congress and issue more executive orders now that the election is over. they have an exciting new report that says, "outside pressure, inside strategy." wow! that sounds familiar. inside strategy, outside pressure. its almost like bottom up, top down. why am i -- what am i remembering here? oh, yeah. i remember. czechoslovakia. top to...