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We made it happen because they fear being voted out in 2018. they fear being voted out in about 2020. it wasnt a democratic push, it was the pushl of the people. >> we need mod rats in both parties to work together to fix this thing. i go to medicare this coming saturday. what about if i had been five years ago? id have been screwed. >> reporter: so when senator graham came in, he did seek to clarify the collapse and replace lane. he said he didnt want the whole health compare system to collapse...

Demanding a lot here, if this is a worthy contract -- or a deal were trying to make. hes making it harder to make one. >> you heard that from republicans in congress as well, a rewriting of history to say we are renegotiating with iran right now, but also their support for terrorism, the ballistic missile programs, the fact is we have sanctions that will hold against iran on all of those other things, and of course there is this very valued argument that theres a fight happening inside iran righ...

Between the moderates who want to negotiate and the hard-liners. if the mod rats win it will be easier theoretically to come to the table and work on these other shies ubs but to go back and say were not going to enter into a nuclear agreement unless they give us side deals, thats just not why we enter into these negotiation in the first place and we should just at mitt that. >> thank you both. up next russell crowe will be here right at this table. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ...

Who responded to hurricane sandy. was seen with the president, seen as a problem solver. and in virginia you have a situation where they changed the rules for nominating their candidate to ensure the most conservative candidate won. >> they ended -- they took out the primary and did a state convention. >> correct. so in a state like virginia, which is now more purple youve got to appeal to women, mod rats, youve got to appeal to independents. thats what the republican partys going to need to do ...

Who responded to hurricane sandy. was seen with the president, seen as a problem solver. and in virginia you have a situation where they changed the rules for nominating their candidate to ensure the most conservative candidate won. >> they ended -- they took out the primary and did a state convention. >> correct. so in a state like virginia, which is now more purple youve got to appeal to women, mod rats, youve got to appeal to independents. thats what the republican partys going to need to do ...

Primaries. members are now responding and they wont compromise because its viewed as an act of betrayal. if you get more mod rats and independents participating in primaries, then youll get a more functional government. i hope thats what will happen. >> dana, barack obama, whether rightly or wrongly, fairly or unfairly, was elected in some measure, certainly ran on the idea that he was going to end the hyper partisanship of the bush era. i dont think theres any question its only gotten worse. wh...

Politics, perhaps a third party? >> the frustration is as deep as ive ever seen it, chris. the poll numbers clearly reflect that. it almost makes you long for the days of the do nothing congress. the current congress is taking steps that harm the economy. so i think what were likely to have is a period of increased instability. more anti-incumbent elections. it wont be felt in the house so much but youll see it at the senate level which is not subject to the gerrymander. will it go so far as to ...

Started. unfortunately this morning, thats not what we saw. it is still like trying to get through tsa security and that to me is unconstitutional. if theres a public safety concern, fine, so be it. right now, all i have seen is peaceful protests in the state capitol, and the people just want their voices to be heard. >> do you think that this fight in wisconsin is changing the politics of the state? i mean, it wasnt that long ago that governor walker was elected. we saw some new polling data th...

1994. a lot were very conservative and at the same time able to broaden our message to bring in a lot of mod rats in the northeast. that is the challenge in electing and governing, as the democrats are finding right now. they really cant get their coalition of conservative democrats together. >> some people are saying moderates are becoming an endangered spiscys, same thing could be said for the republican party. on the republican side of the fence, what do you think? >> this is an unnecessary s...

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