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Debate, that they emerged from this summit energized. heres a little bit of what he had to say earlier today. >> healthy family debate is not a bad thing at all and i really believe that. i dont think at a time when we just came off of a presidential election that having a party that is just dull and boring is something that is good for not just our party but for this country. so i think that these debates are good. >> reporter: and, alex, priebus said matter of the strategy moving forward is do...

Talks about the 2010 mid-terms. but this issue was litigated pretty effectively in the 2012 elections. we just had an election, guess who won? the guy whose name is at the beginning of obama care. there is that little detail. but i think there is much more of a ground game from the left in terms of the mid-terms in 2014. there is a real sense they lost out. the president said he was schalacked in 2010, but in terms of state legislature and congress being a real sticking point for his agenda on a...

Great surge of tea party political energy going to the polls for the congressional election if it isnt to repeal obama care. >> right, well i think a couple of things, first, everybody talks about the 2010 mid-terms. but this issue was litigated pretty effectively in the 2012 elections. we just had an election, guess who won? the guy whose name is at the beginning of obama care. there is that little detail. but i think there is much more of a ground game from the left in terms of the mid-terms i...

>> it seems to me the public has really, really had enough of kind of what youre describing. congress has a, what, 10% approval rating. people say they actually want them to cooperate on things. how is that strategy such a good strategy? >> isnt it sort of the noise that comes through the media? i remember it was right after the 2010 mid-terms when obama cut the deal on extending bush tax cuts, which in theory should not have been popular but it polled extremely well. i contribute the noise, the...

Women? yes,d the thing is that the democrats and a lot of the women in the democratic party are hypocrites. the problem with the hypocrite is that when you point it out tt doesnt matter because theyre the very definition of a hypocrite. there was also his spokes -- chief of staff, quoted on another network the other day saying the mayor is surrounded by very sophisticated advisors who are committed to his progressive vision. look, if youre a democrat, thats all that really matters. if you have a...

But theres a republican war on women? >> it is preposterous. the thing is, democrats, and a lot of women in the democratic party are hypocrites. when you point it out, theres a definition of hypocrite. theres also his spokesperson, sorry, chief of staff, quoted on another network the other day, saying the mayor is surround bied sophisticated advisers. if youre a democrat, thats all that matters. if you have a progressive vision, pro-choice, doesnt matter how you conduct yourself in public office...

Benefits democrats is if democrats make this a positive issue and go to the kind of voters who tend to drop off in mid-terms, to come out and vote. otherwise i think it gets dominated by republicans who have made enough of their own mistakes here to write a book about. >> zeke, you think this -- we have one more election where bomb care is an issue that voters take to the polls and then it will be actually what it is already, settled law of the land. >> i actually think by 2016 people are going ...

Elections. >> wow. wow. well, look, obamacare has never been popular in the population as a whole and its been deeply unpopular with republicans since it was passed. thats never changed. its still about where it was more or less in the public opinion poll. how does that affect mid-terms? mid-terms low turnout. who turn out? people who feel strongly about something like obamacare, we saw this in scott browns special election to the senate in 2010 in the november 2010 mid-term elections when repub...

Clapper and others in the administration, because they dont want to reveal more. they dont want to talk about it anymore. the more we share with the world the less safe we are. again, it will have to be a result of conversations members have at home in the constituents that they represent before we see a real successful push to open it, you know, wide up. >> yeah. a fine line, a.b., youre describing there. alex, finish with this. you recently wrote that republicans are mixed on immigration right...

Actually prove that youre kind of worthy of tax exempt status and that created a lot of back and forth and debate within the committee. at the same time the human face, as mike emanuel pointed out, being put on the controversy now is going to drive this for some time. were, what, 17 months or so from the mid-term elections. i think politicians now in washington are looking at that and theyre looking at this controversy having that kind of life. so theres two things to think about. one is, what i...