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Perceptions and it changed in real time. i do think this is a big question for the democratic party about what to, you know, what is the electoral coalition? what happened in 2018 is that both democrats were able to really bring out the base, millennials voted at very high levels. >> yep. >> people of color voted at historically high levels for a midterm. and bring moderate voters back. a lot of trump voters, particularly in the midwest, came back to the democratic party. so i think this is a bi...

Advance how theyre going to deal with the demographic changes they know are coming at them. they understand that theyre the minority party and they plan accordingly. i call the 2010 election the armageddon election. you have a midterm where you have lower voting rates among people of color combined with the census that is a recipe for disaster for democrats. if that was armageddon, this is armageddon 2.0 like the zombies are coming when its over. if democrats dont win in 2020, you just had the j...

And these facilities are trying to find ways to make people more comfortable in them. watching these people who are perfectly clean and well dressed walking around boston depriving these people of mattresses, for god sake? >> again, because they are -- aoc also thought that amazon should come to queens. i dont agree with aoc on a lot of these things. when you look at a lot of these policies, the zero-tolerance policy, for instance, what was going on before the midterm -- >> martha: im just so ma...

I am throwing out the other questions about biden. well have plenty of time to talk about it. i want to talk about immigration. theres clearly an emergency situation on the border. you have humanitarian crises plan for all to see. you cannot get the congress to actually pass emergency money so that the president can execute on the plane on at least in the near term. >> that may be the one area where you could get a bipartisan agreement because everybody recognizes that we need more immigration j...

That was important. in 2018, he stunk up the house, that was important. how does this work? plus/minus. >> this is the suburban vote in the 2016 election. trump won in the suburbs by five points over hillary clinton. in any swing states, there are a ton of suburbs. jump forward to the midterm election in 2018, obviously republicans lost the house. what happened? trumps approval rating in the suburbs was only 46%. that seven-point difference was similar to what occurred nationwide. republicans lo...

Aluminum foil blaventh on a cold cement floor. >> politically, andrea, its dangerous for the president on two fronts. number one, most americans find these policies, conditions theyre reading and watching about on the border to be absolutely reprehensible and really unamerican. you have that. and the idea that president trump, as we saw in the 2018 mid term elections isnt adding to his base right now. hes subtracting from it. on the other hand hes worried about what will happen to his base, his ...

Away with this. its not as if the american people have not seen this. if you look in polling, 60% of the country says he is not trustworthy, consistently. its an extraordinary number. if you look at his standing among women, college-educated white women, many of whom are doing very well in the economy, democrats had their biggest vote among them in the 2018 midterm. the idea that he is successfully controlling the dialogue about his presidency wrong. he is controlling the dialogue to an audience...

Together with you. you are a democratic strategist. former executive director of the new york state democratic party. and weve been rehearsing the show and need smart feem call on and i said we need get you back. thanks for being here. we met. basically you recruited me in the midterm campaign. we also know each other from the hillary days. you were one of the campaign directors for the hillary clinton campaign. you worked in the 2008 obama white house and all kinds of stuff. >> and i worked in ...

In the polls in key states last time and won. amy klobuchar is trailing too. the senator just unveiled the actions she would take in her first 100 days in office. she joins us now. always good to see you, senator. >> thank you, chris. >> one simple question, why dont the democrats pack stadiums the way this president does? >> we do. we have a lot of stadiums were packing at the same time with so many people rubbing. i think youve seen our candidates throughout the years generate that energy and ...

Generate that energy and you certainly saw it in 2018 when we had -- took back the house, made it the peoples house again, number of governors races in key states that we won. a lot of excitement. high voter turnout, young people turning out in a midterm. i am not one bit worried about the excitement on our side. we just have to unite behind a candidate and thats what these debates are all about. >> plans are big with the democrats right now. youre one upping one of your competitors, senator war...