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Thats 2016. the 2017, 2018 message, dont forget weve got new jersey and virginia races, but that -- the important message here is why should you vote for democrats? and it cant be this its all about a resistance thing. no. it has to be a very positive sort of forward thinking message about, okay, what makes us better than the republicans? what makes us the future? and thats what the focus has to be. thats how you have to inspire and mobilize voters for 2018. >> robert, the thing that probably di...

Hearing of james comey. and his assertion that president trump spread lies about him. comey came to capitol hill after weeks of being called names by the president. being called a grand stander, unpopular, crazy, and a real nut job. it was then comeys turn to give his account of his relationship with donald trump. three days removed, where is this story moving to you? let me ask my panel ms. plank is a senior respondent at vox.com. charles ellison, a democratic strategist and radio host of "real...

And i have a good fan base for that, the american people. >> robert, does the gop give in on revenue? >> this is the same conversation we keep having. the democrats say new revenue. the republicans say cut taxes. the question becomes what is the middle ground here? what we have seen from speaker boehner over the last couple months, look, if there is a significant government cuts here, if theres significant entitlement reform and if people making a lot of money pay a little bit more okay, lets ha...

Topi topics. burning questions and the must read. lets bring in the panel. former bush-cheney adviser. doug hataway and staff writer for salon.com. thank you for being here. robert, ill begin with you. here is what senate majority leader said about reaching a deal with republicans to avoid the upcoming march 1st sequestration deadline. here it is. >> are you saying to lift the sequester, first of all, its going to have to include some new revenue, whatever you agree to? >> without question. ther...

>> i dont think he needs to be pressing the democrats to make a compromise. in some ways he already agreed to a compromise making cuts in the first place as oppose to do more stimulus. this is a time when we have almost 9 percent unemployment. long-term joblessness. the cuts in the original house budget would cost 700 thousand jobs. in many ways what we need is more spend to go create jobs and less focus on immediate cutting in spending. >> good luck with more spending to create jobs. >> robert ...

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