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Ballots. but they had to pick a very progressive person in tom perez. and i think he is acutely aware of these splits as jane suggested, which is why he picked keith ellison as the vice chair. it would have been like hillary making bernie her running mate. one other thing i think is really important. i think the mayor of south bend, indiana, emerged as a real future leader of the party in this fight, and his message was, we have to stop looking backward and fighting the old fights, and i think b...

George w. bush. he went after voirt i.d. and went to the department of labor. theres 17,000 ploys, a huge bureaucracy. he reenjized that department, fought for overtime wage protections. hes shown he can deal with what would strike many people as cumbersome bureaucracy hard to work with and slow to change. hes done it twice. the key to what will be tom prelzs success will hinge on that word turnaround. he has a track record of that. >> unity is another word thats going to be at issue. >> exactly...

"twer change we seek," seed phillips, author of "brown is the new white," terrific book, and jane cleb, chair of the nebraska democratic party. thanks for being here. jane, given our conversation yesterday in the 2:00 hour i have to start with you. let me flay something that you said yesterday on -- when we talked at 2:00 p.m. >> if it is tom perez, that we have some pieces of wood right here from the grassroots of the party and that its his responsibility to build a bridge, not mine. and there ...

Movement politics so he has to find the way, and people want the authentic messenger of the progressive image and he has to off that if he wants the support. >> that is the view from the floor here in atlanta, and back to new york. >> thank you, alex. i heard some cheer iing while y were speaking, and do you a sense of what was happening that had people cheering -- keith, keith, keith. but it looked like as you were talking about going into the second round of balloting, and judging by what jeff...

Tonights question can populism beat big money? go to pulse.msnbc.com/ed. cast your vote tonight. well bring you results in the next segment right here on "the ed show." were joined by vashi kapelos and jane cleb of bold nebraska. great to have both with you tonight. vashi, how big of a transition is this in canada? what do you equate it to? >> this is huge ed. i honestly cant understate it. i worked in alberta for a number of years. i never saw this coming. i dont think anyone really expected th...

Want to raise those rates. did this income equality pull you in that province as well? >> it did. thats an interesting point. the new democrats talked about raising corporate tax rate from 10% to 12%. still one of the lowest rates in this country, and it ended up being very popular. i think people understood that. they do believe, especially in alberta alberta, oil companies should pay more or should pay a bigger part of the pie. and i think that resonated with voters for sure. >> jane cleb this...

Fair share. i do not see this huge seed change in election but i saw seeds. there is populism in canada and our country as well. in your intro, absolutely right. secretary clinton should take note. we dont want keystone xl and leaders that are actually going to put their values on the line and start talking in ways that we talk around kitchen tables or talk to each other on this tv program. and so its a huge seat change. i think president obama clearly is going to take note. alber tans wanted to...

That president obama was on the standing rock indian reservation which stratles north and south dakota, the stranding rock sioux tribe has been vocal about their opposition. theyve sent a letter to president obama stating that if the pipeline were to be implemented, and routed as is they would take the united states to court over treaty violations. so it absolutely would impact our treaties and our childrens future. >> jane, whats the political landscape look like in south dakota, rick weiland i...

Permitting process starts all over for south dakota. the question is, how hard is it going to be, get your cell phones out. tonights question, can grass roots organizations stop big oil companies? text a for yes and b for no. you can always go to our blog and well bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight from south dakota, jane cleb, executive director of bold nebraska and also with us, of the rose bed tribal member. we should point out they are having a celebration there t...

Down -- it shows the state department is wrong. >> okay. finally, its come to light within the last few weeks that keystone one needs repair all over a 98 mile stretch of pipe because of inadequate construction and failure. jane, your response to that? >> its terrifying. landowners who have this pipeline on their ground, they do not sleep at night because they are not sure at any moment is a maximum capacity pipeline going to destroy the supply. it is unacceptable we have that risk of a pipeline...