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Within the states. >> former president obama put it like this, that elections have consequences. right now, though, before the mid terms, before we see a new congress elected, what should representatives in the building behind me be doing? what do you want to see them do realistically considering that this health protection act that chuck schumer wants to bring to the floor looks unlikely to have the math to pass. >> it still continues to be an important vehicle for us to drive accountability. we have to hold this congress to account on its position on whether or not they will protect access t...

>> angela? >> what i was getting ready to say is that we saw speaker boehner have a meltdown about these very politics. i disagree. this is not about the president's inability to work with democrats. we've seen him do that in several different ways and most recently he appointed a new head of affairs, so again we'll see some evolution happen again, trying to meet in the middle of the washington dysfunction and part of that is about meeting folks where they are. again, he's working with both sides of the aisle. hopefully they'll work back. >> i want to read something david hawkings had written ...

>> it depends on how deep you want to go. one amazing one one the mid-term election. it's a disaster. first of all, we doom the house to run forever and raise money forever. they never stop raising money. thus, special interest never lose their grasp on them. the house is permanently in campaign mode. that's a terrible thing for our society. but the second thing is, by not coordinating these election, you have a mid-term where most of the country ignores it, doesn't show up. a particular aggrieved faction shows up to that one. so that one period, we end up pulling the entire country toward the...