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Legislature, that is not the case. you cant outorganize a jerry-mindderring, can you? have you told the white house that? have you told them what happened in wisconsin? why arent wisconsin democrats in d.c. listening? >> well, i made that clear to our own senators, no question about that. we need some help from the federal government. even with the jerry manderring piece, weve been able to work hard so republicans cannot override my veto on these important issues. obviously there are states all ...

That speech. i think not just democrats, but americans across the country could listen to her and understand that, if youre going to go into a fight. lets have it be a fair fight and this, this is not a fair fight. >> allegedly. brian kemp will come out and give his side of the story in a few minutes. >> certainly when you withhold 50,000 voters from being able to participate in this democracy, thats-- thats a big deal when those voters are more likely to vote against you. >> those are the main ...

National popular vote, but because of two factors, population density and patterning and jerry manderring, it is likely that the republicans will retain control of the house. president clinton who is a likely president clinton i would say the most likely single combination is clinton with a very closely divided senate and a republican house. >> that would be a big story because you would have a narrower majority and probably more conservative house and so if paul ryan survives, hes going to have...

And if the senate passes the bill, the spotlight is then shined on the house of representatives, and john boehner and the house gop will have to confront reality, and at that point, the will of the american people will need to be expressed in the most vociferous way. by rallies and things of that nation. >> david, ask a question quick. >> my question to you, congressman jeffries, is how much do you think jerry manderring plays into this? if the republicans have jerry mandered their district so m...

The electoral system more unfair, just based on who lost an election -- >> would disenfranchise minority voters even more. >> i read about this, and it was sort of inevitable that it would get to this point, right? this is already happening in congressional districts. in fact, democrats in house races won more than half a million more votes than republicans in 2012. republicans own the house. it was only a matter of time before that kind of jerry manderring made its way to the presidential stage...

In washington because the parties are moving so far apart. >> one of the big principles of the book is the value of diversity. if you have lots of different points of view or perspectives coming to bear on a problem, the system will perform better over time. you will come up with more original solutions, and the problem we have in politics right now thats a big part of gridlock is we dont have enough diversity in terms of the voting blocs because of jerry manderring and in terms of campaign fina...

And may have actual more competitive races that people think on the abstract are good for democracy. and the court has said, we dont think thats a good rationale. if you look at the last 50 years, the only time theyve done something good in the area is on race, where they said you cant use the districts to deny people candidates based on race because thats a sensitive and and an area -- recent history is better. when you get into competition and partisanship, the court resisted efforts to regula...