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Base with the ideas dont actually resonate with the american people. if you look at what happened with obamacare or a bunch of democrats were forced to vote for that and ended up hurting their reelection chances. if a host of democratic candidates. at least with obamacare you could argue that it was a way to help out private insurance. the idea that underlying, single-payer health care are so radical that even states like california, they just actually try to implement it, they decided they woul...

Carol lee with breaking news this afternoon. thanks for that. >> thank you. jennifer ruben is the author of "right turn" the blog of "the washington post," editorial page editor for the washington post, jared bernstein does not work for "the washington post." hes an msnbc contributor. also, of course, former chief economist for vice president joe biden. >> he also writes for "the washington post." >> my stuff finds its way addition. >> thats true. >> but youre not on the full-time payroll. >> ...

>> trish: basically, bernie sanders would want to turn into europe. >> jessica: i dont like bernie sanders. ive never liked him. >> trish: x not just bernie sanders. elizabeth warren, cory booker. >> jessica: joe manchin has not signed on. its important to remember that we would want single-payer, we know we can get it passed. this is been a goal of liberals for a long time. we have to acknowledge how our system works, were a diverse nation and its not successful in a lot of places. what im conc...

Away from that. he seems to very much enjoy cutting that deal with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. he seems to potentially want to do it again tonight. that would be a much different package for tax reform. you already have democrats setting out markers saying, look, were not going to eliminate the home mortgage deduction, for example. were not going to eliminate deductions for state and local taxes, things along those lines. a brewing controversy already between the president and his own party ...

This route, theyll start hearing a little more about the complications of the full tear-down and replacement with the single payer system. >> jared, youre raising your hand. >> i think a lot of that is correct. and especially -- >> wow. >> especially when you think about disrupting a large politically connected industry, i.e., the insurance industry. however, i think theres a middle ground here. i think its actually a mistake to dismish the push for single payer among democrats and progressives....

Its happening. the president is happy to take on republican targets all across the country these days. >> it works with his base because those people who supported trump for the most part are blaming congress and republicans in congress, not the president for the stalled legislative agenda. at the same time, who knows what can happen over the next several weeks? there one vote away from health care, they just need a big win and they havent got one recently. >> jon: and order to pass the debt cei...

An area commander with the duluth pd says president trumps popularity will help him here. >> he promised he is going to bring mining and manufacturing back, he supports our military, he supports law enforcement. this is who we are. >> another issue sharply dividing those two is health care, the republican says that single-payer would bankrupt the country but nolan, a democrat, says that single-payer is a fundamentally american. >> jon: looks like a beautiful day in duluth, im sure you will be ba...

For him. the presidents pro-mining stat state. >> im not going to follow the party brand. i dont know this party anymore. >> health care is a hot topic. nolans plan. >> countries with single-payer do better for significantly less money. they do better in terms of life expectancy and its the way we have to go. >> not clear single-payer is going to fly in a district thats fairly blue. >> if you want to break the bank, if you want to break this country, you got to single-payer health care. and i do...

Get to first base. >> sean: my next question, lindsey graham is proposing this idea. on the surface, people like yourself and i would say, what a great idea. federalism. send it back to the states, let them decide it. vermont want to have a single-payer, vermont has a single-payer. california, who cares what they do, i will never live there. ever. i am not paying their state income tax.-p but heres the point, the problem is, they are not going to repeal all of the obama era regulations, and why ...

Get to first base. >> sean: my next question, lindsey graham is proposing this idea. on the surface, people like yourself and i would say, what a great idea. federalism. send it back to the states, let them decide it. vermont want to have a single-payer, vermont has a single-payer. california, who cares what they do, i will never live there. ever. i am not paying their state income tax. but heres the point, the problem is, they are not going to repeal all of the obama era regulations, and why do...