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Knows what he believes. he seems to believe whatever he eds to say he believes. depending on the electorate that he's asking to support him. right now he's planning to put himself in front of a very conservative tea party-leaning electoral, and his past is haunting him and he's definitely trying to twist himself into a pretzel to run from it. it's impossible. >> what do you make of it, i know you're a democrat in the party, the leader. i'm wondering what you're up against. i get a sense you're not just up against an opposition, you're sort of up against a coalition of a leader, who is a reason...

Right now he's planning to put himself in front of a very conservative tea party-leaning electoral, and his past is haunting him and he's definitely trying to twist himself into a pretzel to run from it. it's impossible. >> what do you make of it, i know you're a democrat in the party, the leader. i'm wondering what you're up against. i get a sense you're not just up against an opposition, you're sort of up against a coalition of a leader, who is a reasonable republican, and then you have this protest element in the party that is not really an opposition party. they want to say no to everythin...

And number two, frankly, they did feel as though there was some political gain to marginalize the opponents as being all part of this group this fringe element, if you will, that insisted that the president was not qualified to be the president of the united states to begin with. i think that they finally came to a tipping point for a number of reasons, both capitol hill and practical, as the president outlined today, contessa. >> keith, a lot of the response, as we have been talking about, trump's questions about the president's birthplace have focused on whether trump's a racist for asking i...

Not different. for them to come out with this report in the middle of recession and say they collected less taxes, well, no duh. >> well, i'll tell you what is going on, this could be used as justification -- you think you're suffering now, in comparison, you're not, there's much more room to go. >> that's right. how are we going to pay for the programs we promised people in return for votes if we don't tax your butt off. there's going to be a blood letting come november. people are sick of this rhetoric and it's not tea party crazies, it's everybody. by the way, all tea party people aren't cr...

Pow powerful element, a fringe element, that possibly undercuts the tea party's message, what do you have to say to the more extreme elements whether you agree that they represent the group or party as a whole, the perception is that they are certainly part of it and have a significant voice? >> well, you know, we hear this myth of the tea party fringe and i've been to a lot of tea party events over the last year, because i got started with a tea party movement in nashville back last february and there's been a couple of people out there but a couple of them have been plants from the other sid...