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The me too movement and all these powerful men who have lost their positions and often replaced with women. there's a representational change happening slowly and painfully, but surely. it's the same thing at the candidate level. you're seeing more women candidates than ever before. >> i worried as an old organizer that after the women's march it might, you know, fade, people would think i marched, and they go home. sustaining it is always the hard part. but not only did they sustain it, people have been adding to it. the teachers who are walking off in state after state, 80% of teachers are w...

Times" had this piece about sort of the me too movement and all these powerful men who have been, you know, have lost their positions and often replaced with women. >> right. >> so there is a sort of representational change happening slowly but surely. and its same thing at the candidate level. >> that's right. >> you are just seeing more women candidates than we've ever seen before. >> it's not only -- i worried as an old organizer that after the women's march it might fade. people think i marched, i had a pussycat hat and then i go home. but sustaining it is always the hard part. but not onl...

These powerful men who have been, you know, have lost their positions and often replaced with women. >> right. >> so there is a sort of representational change happening slowly but surely. and its same thing at the candidate level. >> that's right. >> you are just seeing more women candidates than we've ever seen before. >> it's not only -- i worried as an old organizer that after the women's march it might fade. people think i marched, i had a pussycat hat and then i go home. but sustaining it is always the hard part. but not only did they sustain it, people have been adding to it. the teache...

What you're seeing on a candidate level is different. they're trying to harness that energy in the base that is revved up in terms of opposition to donald trump but democratic strategists say talking about things like health care is a key driver of democratic messaging right now and also, of course, the economy to errol's point, talking about the economy could be a challenge but talking about things like beigewagings, payin health care and your daily life, that's what you'll see candidates hone in on. for 2020 that's when you need a more aspirational and cohesive message. >> ten weeks until no...

Mid-term season, right? we're still in the middle of primaries in some states. we haven't yet seen candidates in those primaries or in those re-election fights, in those republican candidates challenge the president on this yet. we did hear from a variety of republican voices yesterday. not just the jeff flakes and the john mccains, but other people kind of condemning the president. we didn't really see that from a candidate level. as we mentioned before, the president's approval is still very high among republicans. until that changes, republicans might, you know, still back him in some repub...