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Right? the kinds of people that show up at a protest who are loud and vocal. it is absolutely true there's an age difference between the two sides and that the republicans show much -- elected republican leaders show much more fear of their activist core than democrats do, and democrats -- there's nothing they love more than the sort of internet term is hippie punching, right? it's sort of making a big show of how much they distance themselves from the left fringe, from their activist base, whereas republicans seem to do the opposite, right? they embrace it. i can't tell if this is cultural, i...

Sides and that the republicans show much -- elected republican leaders show much more fear of their activist core than democrats do, and democrats -- there's nothing they love more than the sort of internet term is hippie punching, right? it's sort of making a big show of how much they distance themselves from the left fringe, from their activist base, whereas republicans seem to do the opposite, right? they embrace it. i can't tell if this is cultural, if this is about the nature of the demographic poor, of what those activists' bases are. if it's some bizarre psychological process of formati...

Tricky. let's say the activists. right? the kinds of people that show up at a protest who are loud and vocal. it is absolutely true there's an age difference between the two sides and that the republicans show much -- elected republican leaders show much more fear of their activist core than democrats do, and democrats -- there's nothing they love more than theort of internet term is hippie punching, right? it's sort of making a big show of how much they distance themselves from the left fringe, from their activist base, whereas republicans seem to do the opposite, right? they embrace it. i ca...

Jean cummings is an assistant managing editor of politico and has been looking into these allegations and has a fascinating article on politico. what is going on? >> well, in four states affecting about seven races, there is some evidence that the democrats' activist base did align themselves with tea party candidates and help those tea party candidates get on the ballot with the idea being of course that that would split the conservative vote and help the democrats who are running in those races capture those seats. >> did they actually want these tea party candidates to win the nominations, ...

This premise? i feel like what's troubling to me, it seems like it has gotten worse instead of better. and partly because to the credit of [ to the credit of president bush, there would be a distinction between al qaeda and muslims in general. and that distinction had been blurred. particularly on the republican side of the aisle among the conservative activist base. do you think that i'm right in that trend? do you things are worse now? do you think they're the same? >> no, i think it is a reaction to current events. what it was, and you're right, president bush deserve as great deal of credi...