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I am amused by that. but have you had that conversation with the progressive wing? this is going to be a frustrating time for the progressive wing of the party. focus will be on national security. certain things won't get the same level of attention. are they as focused on finding bipartisanship as you are? >> look, i think we've been a very solid party in terms of our unity. and i think you see that in the bills. for instance, build back better, which we mentioned briefly, not only had one negative vote. it was not one of the progresses, it was one of the moderates who didn't like one of the ...

She said today was particularly important because maybe you could start the clock. >> think back in 2010 when barack obama did the stimulus package? you had almost $1 trillion that was supposed to go into shovel ready infrastructure, roads and bridges. none of that money went to infrastructure. had we spented $1 trillion ten years ago, we would have been okay. they squandered that money. we need a package that can go through roads, bridges, pipelines that can make our country stronger. president trump wants to do it. i have been around this majority five months now. they're not interested in f...

>> well, i think they've done a brilliant job of doing that. if you look at all the major issues, budget, immigration, guns-down the list, the president is winning the public relations battle on all the issues. i think the president has to get away from the idea that he will be the national solve for our partisan divide and embrace the idea that he's really the usher for a new progressive era. while i think the president will never find the bipartisanship in the halls of congress, he is finding bipartisanship in the streets, and the question for the president and for the white house at this po...

Look at susan rice. i think the fact the republicans are aiming at one of their own, at chuck hagel, is really an astonishing sort of symbol of where we're at in terms of finding bipartisanship, that that would be smacked down by the republican party. >> we were talking about this yesterday on the show, of all the people the president has nominated so far, you would think john brennan would be the most controversial. he's the one no one is talking about. >> that's right. you can look at all these candidates, hagel and lew, mainstream candidates who represent the president's positions flawlessl...