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In alabama and put together a winning coalition of young voters and voters of color. looking to 2018, can democrats replicate the success they had in alabama and other states? how do they latch on to the publics discontent with the republican party and turn that into wins for democrats in races next november, which by the way, is sooner than you think. joining me now, democratic strategist and senior adviser to move on.org. hey there. >> hey, joy. >> so your outfit at move on is already up with,...

The problem with republicans, weve been running on replacing obamacare. we have an opportunity to do so. if we screw this up, this will be a huge loss for president trump. it will be very difficult for him to get reelected in 2020. theres so much disarray within our party on this. specifically with people in the freedom caucus and people like paul ryan. i take hope in the sense we talked about steve bannon, there seems to be a long way to go. >> then move on.org, these protest theyre call for th...

>> david jacobson, do you buy that? >> not necessarily. i think some institutional players may be trying to capitalize on this. you may see planned parenthood or move on.org that are channeling their members and constituents and supporters into these pre-existing grass-roots movements. but i think largely, theres just so much electricity on the ground. theres a ground swell of support. and this is largely organic, independent of the party apparatus. i think its a testament to the anger and anxie...

Hold a news conferences and do what you see. harry reid, thank god, changed the rules to allow for a simple majority as you saw by the vice president coming down and confirming our education secretary. live by the sword, die by the sword. not only with the republican party but not so much now but the democratic party you may see a split with the fiscal conservative jack kennedy democrats saying enough on the move on.org radical party. enough of that. well separate and form our own party. i see m...

You ought to come here and express yourself here and then vote one way or the other. >> thats an interesting take from orrin hatch whose republican party had a different idea of how congress should treat the president when that presidents name was barack obama. but with donald trump in the white house, democrats who generally dont believe in total obstruction the way republicans do have struggled to figure out how to respond to the rapid fire trump reality show and the protests sweeping the coun...

Interest disappear. >> reporter: thats a bit of a political throw back thursday right there watching that video from 2008. but just a short time ago, just a few minutes ago, bernie sanders told me he will indeed disclose his health care plan how he will pay for it before the iowa caucuses. he cleared up any confusion about that so watch for that in the coming days here and he said he is not engaging in negative campaigning as the clinton campaign accused him of doing today, but with about two an...

Move on.org, she was adamant that she is not getting in the game. >> im not running for president. i am not running for president. i am not running for president. >> reporter: warren supporters certainly will, enamored of her persona as the best senator money cant buy. just this week, she led the charge of liberals in congress. >> who do you work for, wall street or the american people? >> reporter: as they revolted against a government funding bill because it includes a provision to undo a key ...

World." >> anthony carbahal got silly to draw attention to als. then he got serious. >> my grandmother had it, my mother was diagnosed when i was in high school. and i was diagnosed at 26 years old. als is so so scary. you have no idea. >> reporter: the average person survives only two to five years after being diagnosed. >> an als diagnosis is a death sentence. all the muscles in my body will atrophy away until i cant use them. the later stages of the disease, a person is trapped in their own b...

I think that is the minicackal laugh is. i am not sure what it is. >> you got it. >> and then number three. someone tweeted out lipstick on the pig but it is racist and she agrees and sends out one about jack welch and are you put murdoch calling them angry old rich guys that hate obama and why dont they shut up and create jobs? this is an interesting person. >> and if you look at her group. her donors are public sector union and move on.org. it is clear where her politics lie. and that is not p...

>> you are seeing the blowback. i will move on.org has a campaign about that. hands off social security, medicare, medicaid. republicans are demanding benefits to medicare, medicaid, and social security as part of the fiscal showdown. senate democrats have the power to make sure that doesnt happen. constituents are finding out who among them is weaken-kneed, who is part-way there and who is a champion committed to opposing any deal that cuts medicare, medicaid, and social security benefits. >> l...