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Someone should challenge me on my political views. that's fair, but not because i make a living. listen, let's just, as we close, talk politics a little bit. you've always been very open about maybe your more—left—than—most democratic views. you are very, quote, unquote, "progressive". you've just seen barack 0bama in powerfor what, a term and a half? yes. there are many liberals in america who are disappointed with what 0bama has actually delivered. are you one of them? no. look, would i like him to be successful in every single thing he's in favour of that i'm in favour of? of course. ...

I, early on, decided that my politics would always be pure, that i've never stopped being a liberal, i've never stopped being progressive. but i never... but i always decided i would not make a living at politics. so myjob is being an entertainer. my passion is political, and i'm just as active. i worked tirelessly for barack 0bama, campaigning all around the country for him, contributing a ton of money for him. and i'll do the same for hillary, god bless her. but, yeah. so don't... you can't assume because i have a job... what i find fascinating is, you know, it's a cliche, but the journey of...

Rank and file democratic voters picked the tougher on crime candidate when given the choice. what should national democrats take away from that pattern that you see? like i said, whether we're talking seattle, minneapolis, or new york city. >> one thing for sure is that we must move away from the title "identity politics." people say eric is a moderate or eric is this, that's not true. being progressive is being practical. and i think that is what we are losing. and we're losing really the tone. when i'm on the ground in the street of philadelphia, new york, it doesn't matter. families wouldn'...

Of being progressive. >> right. no, this is not a publication that is, you know, left wing by any stretch of the imagination. at most, it's more center-left or moderate within the broader corpus of evangelicalism. cosmopolitan or elite evangelicals. these have more of a tie to older institutions like wheaten college and "christianity today." the difference about this publication and this editorial, though, is that that group actually became pretty quiet after the 2016 election. and while there was some criticism from groups like and individuals like russell moore, he was very critical of trump...

To this point that we knew what was coming, on top of that, there is no off-ramp. we're all going off this bridge together. there is no way after what pelosi announced today that in three months or four months or five months by the time we are halfway through super tuesday that she could not have had some sort of floor vote and it's going to be very critical for her to do something before people get frustrated. >> you talk about frustration. you're hitting it. that's the key question. that's what we've been reporting out. she did, i should note, back off talk of a celebrity committee and say, ...