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Democrats fine tuned last year in the presidential election. they used it in states like indiana and north dakota. you go into a purple or red state, take the social conservative, focus on wedge issues. things like abortion, divorce, contraception. >> hes not really against divorce. >> of course not. ken cuccinelli is a respected lawyer and hes not for any of these things that this claims. you go out there, you claim those guys are too extreme for the state and drive up negatives in key voting g...

Democrats finefine-tuned, in st like indiana and north dakota. you go into a purple or red state, you take the social conservative, focus on wedge issues. things like divorce, abortion, contracepti contraception. >> hes not really against divorce. >> no, of course hes not. >> you cant ban divorce. >> ken cuccinelli is a respected lawyer. and hes not for any of these things this claims. but you go out there, you claim those guys are too extreme for the state theyre in. you drive up their neglects...

One day. >> the next day barack obama went on to win florida. he when on to win virginia. he went on to win north carolina. a democrat won in north carolina. bill clinton did not win north carolina either time. but barack obama did. he did. just barely. he won by a little more than 14,000 votes. that was the first time a democrat had carried north carolina in a presidential election since jimmy carter. the obama campaign thought the state of north carolina was within reach. they pumped $15 milli...

They dont craft policy. they do party building. i think what theyre doing right now is very important and very refreshing and its good for voting groups. i think the best thing that can happen to hispanic or african-americans or women or young people, any voting group in america is to have two strong healthy parties courting them and competing for their vote. >> and thats what i was going to put to you, robert. its better for the country when we have two strong political parties. >> absolutely. ...

Hes the director of operations in the marine corps. hes eligible for 2 stars. hell command the third marine division. >> i think i owe something. i owe something to the country, the core and the marines and sailors ive served w. i think i can do that better if im in the military. >> well have more on general clardy tonight with bret baier at 6:00 eastern time and profile more marines every day this week. jon: great to have a guy like him wearing the uniform. hard to believe its been ten years. >...

Things, particularly something that has, where you have emotional connectivity as immigration is for a lot of emerging voting groups, you wont have a chance to even make your case. >> they are being called deadly and untreatable and actually a nightmare. health officials are sounding a serious alarm and scrambling to stop super bugs that are spreading in hospitals right across this country before it is too late. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is with me. first of all this is no...

The highly skilled people that want to come. >> how do you convince republicans that they need to be part of this? >> i think there is a growing consensus that not that immigration is the driver of peoples decisions but its a gateway issue. its an issue that does allow republicans if they are engaged in it to make their case to a broader -- on a broader suite of issues. today basically if you keep being against things, particularly something that has -- where you have emotional connectivity, as ...

Couldnt the democrats start introducing a bunch of laws on a state level that would be anti-voter suppression laws and force the republicans to legislatively take a stand on it? >> absolutely. we should definitely do that and continue to unite with the voting groups. were not going to sit by and let them to continue to push this kind of stuff. what happened in 2010 cannot happen in 2014. we have midterm elections in congress but we have general assemblies where folks have to re-up to the voters....

And stand up to their colleagues. >> what about that? couldnt the democrats start introducing a bunch of laws on a state level that would be anti-voter suppression laws and force the republicans to legislatively take a stand on it? >>. absolutely. we should definitely do that and continue to unite with the voting groups. were not going to sit by and let them to continue to push this kind of stuff. what happened in 2010 cannot happen in 2014. we have midterm elections in congress but we have gene...

Losing for decades. >> and joe, theres another issue that i know you think a lot about and thought a lot about that huntsman also talked about which is afghanistan and ending the war. thats another populist issue that i think republicans missed in 2012. the president was for winding down the war. you had others who didnt run that thought that that was an issue to tap into across the board populists including a lot of the groups you just talked about. that was an issue that would have surprised v...