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The left. its become -- suburbs around washington. its become more hispanic, increasing minority population. and in that sense virginia has drifted away from the rest of the south. traditionally you you look at the old confederacy, these are states that used to be highly democratic that are now deeply republican. virginia and florida have broken from that trend and the new solid south has really emerged. >> all ill say is 2009, they had a guy running named bob mcdonnell who actually focused on j...

Democrat won north carolina. last year in 2012 obama won two of those states again and came awfully state in north carolina. these states were winnable for the president because they look different than they use to. theyre more diverse. more young professionals. theyre not alone. the american prospect magazine ran a series called the end of the solid south. the thesis that rapidly changing demographics will soon make five big southern states serious political battlegrounds. not just florida, vir...

The solid south. despite ideological differences, they let jim crow get away with it down there. kennedy came along and said a year before a presidential election where it was not going to be a cakewalk for him saying, okay, im going to do this thing and i know the price. >> thats right. in 1960, as you well know, chris, he got 70% of the african-american vote, jfk, over richard nixon, and there is some anger in the black community that he wasnt doing enough, kennedy. bobby kennedy did a lot wit...

>> look at the pictures, were winning. were not depressed. >> ive got to say the headlines that come out of north carolina do not make me think, man, we are winning. they make me think we are getting our butts kicked all over the place because the stuff they are passing is so aggressive. >> we are being attacked because we won. >> what do you mean by won? >> woe passed same-day registration. we put together a coalition of blacks and whites, shared values and thats how we won. thats how you got o...

Are winning. they make me think we are getting our butts kicked all over the place because the stuff they are passing is so aggressive. >> we are being attacked because we won. >> what do you mean by won? >> we passed same-day registration. we put together a coalition of blacks and whites, shared values and thats how we won. thats how you got obama. thats how youre getting a new electorate. and the people that are fighting these extremists, they know that there is a new electorate afoot. black, ...

Winning. were not depressed. >> ive got to say the headlines that come out of north carolina do not make me think, man, we are winning. they make me think we are getting our butts kicked all over the place because the stuff they are passing is so aggressive. >> we are being attacked because we won. >> what do you mean by won? >> woe passed same-day registration. we put together a coalition of blacks and whites, shared values and thats how we won. thats how you got obama. thats how youre getting ...

>> i think its an exciting opportunity. i mean, look, the long-term math doesnt bode well for the republicans in texas. the more latinos, more african-americans voting for democrats, and if the republicans cant fix their latino problem, increasingly, its iffing to play out in texas politics getting democrats elected to the statewide level. now, whether that happens two years, four years, six years, eight years, hard to tell when sort of the tipping point occurs, but its clearly not moving in the...

>> bill: welcome back to tampa, florida. were waiting for the sunshine state attorney pam bondi to speak. shepard smith covering hurricane isaac in new orleans. have you been there from the beginning. whats the most interesting thing you saw in this storm sequence. >> the rain. man, oreilly, i have been covering hurricanes for 25 years. i have never seen one just sit and spin and spit on people for this lock. it was unbelievable and still is raining solid south of us in plaquemines parish 24 hou...

To a single seat, effectively 51 republicans and 9 49 democrats. chuck schumer welcomed him saying he was a great candidate and will be a even better senator. roy moore was an awful candidate and never should have gotten to the senate. make in mistake about it. democrats are energized focused on the middle class and those struggling to get there and things are looking better and better for 2018. whats next, im bring in the experts larry is a batto at uva, director the center of politics at unive...

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