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Texas, for example, that have not expanded medicaid to get into that medicare like public option, you would otherwise be eligible for medicaid. theres a lot to build on here, but of course it does not go as far as medicare for all, which a lot of the former vice presidents other poenopponents pushing in the primary. theres some political cost there. >> this does draw a sharp line in the sand between biden and his opponents, especially bernie sanders. is the biden camp at all concerned that this ...

>> it is a point in the speech that i think a lot of the democratic base will rebel against. this idea that the republicans will come to their senses. that mitch mcconnell, though he doesnt name mitch mcconnell, will work with me. i think the democrats think the republican party is irredeemable at this point. any suggestion of collaboration is not a positive. >> so hes, no question, getting a lot of heat from the base, from the activist base. if you look at cnns polling of the top three tributes...

The government shouldnt make this decision for women. the hyde amendment, he was taking a lot of heat from, again, the progressive base. he flipped his longstanding position. the feelings about abortion in this poll of caucus goers doesnt necessarily say the details. you know, i want no restrictions. i want as few restrictions as possible. i want federal funding for abortion. it is a response to the sense that the courts increasingly under conservative justices, that roe v. wade is under threat....

To differentiate themselves from joe biden. and i have to think somebody is writing a debate question that will have something to do with this topic because it is one of those issues that is so important to the younger progressive base of the democratic party and one that i think people will want to see joe biden pinned down on a specific answer. >> is that where they put the debate staff, down in the do dungeons. >> reporter: were not supposed to talk about it. >> and all the female senators ru...

When 2010 democrat kirsten gillibrand called out by chris wallace after a major flip-flop on the second amend machined and the nra. >> you represented that upstate new york district, you boasted an "a" rateing from the nra. now, you a boast "f" rating. it sounds like its more politics than principle. >> realizing not every part of this country is like my rural upstate district. >> is she the latest dem trying to rewrite the political past and appeal to a more progressive base. here to debate is ...

Oftentimes those wont be the same. i think the question is whats the purpose of drawing that differentiation now? theyre not doing themselves any favoring saying the things and if theyre general election candidates, different story but for now maybe not the best strategy. >> whats really interesting here, we were watching the convention last year. a similar headline came out of it was nobodys getting along here in california. you can count the number of different groups maybe on two hands in ter...

No, we just need to do better as a party in terms of making our argument and enthussing folks to get out as voters. to your point, i think whats going to be interesting going into 2020 is not necessarily as much although it has a great impact on who the nominee will be, but more importantly will be who the electorate will in 2020. each year as we get to the presidential elections and talking about thatting issing will it be the traditional particularly primary voters and the new enthused young p...

Fo fox news for these town halls? >> with elizabeth warren i want necessarily surprised. they are obviously going after very different bases. i think pete buttigieg could be trying to bring in more of a moderate, less progressive base, whereas warrens very progress of base was very happy with her deciding not to go on fox news, doing that town hall and very much praised the decision. however, i think there has been some concern over the i guess decision not to do fox news town halls from warren ...

Not incloud exceptions for life of the mother. i asked about that, the minority lead er er in the house. he said thats not my position. it seems that this is something that it there frankly had been for many opponents of abortion rights, there was small victories. this seems to reverse a lot of that. >> when women voters see kevin mccarthy abdicating responsibility because this is happening in the states and not the federal level, it gets women even more angry. theres also a lot of men out there...

President, he wouldnt be able to accomplish the things hes accomplishing. by the same token, i talked to a whole other segment of trump voters who tell me, i like the guy, but i wish he would stop behaving the way hes behaving. and when you look at the 2018 midterm elections, why did republicans lose so many seats in traditionally conservative territory? because there is a whole subset of more traditional republican voters, the kind that liked the bushes, and this is an important part of the coa...