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Not going to give it up because the early signs are positive. we talked about this, about being a base election, getting the base riled up. and the republican party has moved so far to the right, they can't really come up with any plan. all health care policies involves tradeoffs and difficulties and paying for things. they can't come up with a consensus plan they agree with. all they can do is continue to claim that obama care is apocalyptic and there may have been problems in tennessee, chip, the obama care, other wise known as romney care in massachusetts is working. if you do see those pro...

But i do think the democrats are treading on thin ice in another key respect. they can overplay this. and you're already starting to hear them hammer this point a lot. harry reid goes to the floor of the senate almost every single day and brings up the koch brothers. and yes, it raises money for them. democrats will tell you, they get back a lot more money than if they don't mention the kochs at all, but in the same way republicans hammer issues like benghazi and the irs, people start to tune that out. it becomes kind of a base-only issue. and i think it has limited effectiveness after a while...

They can overplay this. and you're already starting to hear them hammer this point a lot. harry reid goes to the floor of the senate almost every single day and brings up the koch brothers. and yes, it raises money for them. democrats will tell you, they get back a lot more money than if they don't mention the kochs at all, but in the same way pruchbs hammer issues like benghazi and the irs, people start to tune that out. it becomes kind of a base-only issue. and i think it has limited effectiveness after a while. >> except that this is going to be a base election. and i'm telling you, look at...

But if democrats want to coalesce as some suggested earlier, to rebut those ads, what's the 30-second ad-in support of a program that even members on capitol hill don't want to defend. >> i know what that is. meacham, you can do that. what's the ad? do it. >> you have someone who does them or used to do them, david is here. seems to me you would say we're the administration that wants to put more money in your paycheck. we want to make sure if you're sick, you can get insurance. we're for you and they are for doing nothing. it is -- however, it is a base election, midterm elections. if you go ...

Hillary clinton in 2016. end of conversation. >> but in a base election if people are showing disrespect to the african-american president -- >> that's the challenge. >> does the african-american vote? >> that's what we always talk about mid-term. that's going to be the challenge. one key race that democrats think they have a shot to pick up a seat is georgia. there's no path for michelle nunn to win that seat unless she has a sizable turnout in atlanta for african-americans. >> keystone pipeline is something that progressives care deeply about. we saw this week that that might advance trade a...