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Same page or is there some division within the caucus on what is going on with the announcement made by today by the president? >> the democrats are on the same page. we want to see the affordable obama care, care act, whatever you call it but the bottom line is, ed, it's a bill and a law that for the first time in many instances allow for americans to afford insurance in this country. we are committed to that. customer we're passionate about that. the alternative is the republicans. they want to repeal it. they have no alternative. they have no vision, no plan. democrats have that. >> congres...

0 terry mcauliffe's win in virginia over ken cuccinelli is a clear sign voters want this deal. republicans are already coming up with excuses for the democratic victory in virginia. now jumping into the act, utah senator orrin hatch paid a visit to "fox and friends" this morning. he said if cuccinelli just had had a few more weeks to hammer away at obama care, he would have won. >> cuccinelli would have won if a couple of senators hadn't shut down the government. frankly, he would have won if he'd been able to just further explore for another two weeks how really bad obama care is. >> yeah, ju...

0 thanks for both coming on the show. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> krystal, let me start with you. 32 republicans today voted for discrimination against gays. if that were not enough, they're still going after women's rights. why haven't they learned anything, krystal? >> well, i think the problem is they sort of set this train in motion and now they're not able to get off of it. i mean, they've been feeding their base this far right rhetoric saying the world is going to end if we allow women to make their own decisions, if we allow gay people the same basic rights that everyone else expec...

0 the destruction that this program is reaping on liberty itself, on our health care, on our economy, on families, and it's all across the country. >> there's competition, there's choice, there's lives being saved, and costs are being reduced. and they're against it. if cuccinelli loses, it's a clear sign that the voters want obama care? his referendum on obama care will backfire and it will be a big gift to the democrats in 2014. the last thing republicans want is for virginia to look something like kentucky. when i was in kentucky on monday, visiting the pulse center for the state health exc...

0 but the biggest matchups are the governors races in virginia and new jersey. in virginia democrat terry mcauliffe leads in the polls against republican ken cuccinelli. in new jersey, gop governor chris christie is hoping for a big win by avoiding the tea party. even embracing president obama and working with a democrat. here in new york city, bill de blasio is thought to be the most progressive in decades. but the main event will be in the key bellwether state of virginia. it is where tea partiers like ken cuccinelli became a tea party star with comments like this. >> the ultimate goal which...