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Entire feeling of that tune of legislation? maybe it did, but i can't change his words. it is what he said. >> obviously, there's no way to have elected representatives, partisan elected representatives go into office to change voting laws without putting a political calculus on it, right? they are linked. so if it is an agenda item to get power and then go in and change voting laws, you know doubt make a calculus about whether that's going to hurt or help your own party's political -- >> this is what the sentence is, every year you get the census and redrawn lines. democrats and republicans w...

Elana sebarus. and msnbc contributor karen finney. thank you for being here, ladies. >> thank you for having us. >> it's almost exciting to have foot soldiers at the table. when you all discovered this, sort of in your civics class, why the decision to take the information and turn it into a petition? >> because we wanted to do something about it. we were all sort of shocked that it had been 20 years and sort of wondering why people like us couldn't moderate a debate and wanted to change that by the time we are adults going out into the world as career women. >> what difference does it make wh...

Down ballot are still playing a little bit of defense. highcamp is the only one to show how to effectively turn that around. >> you saw how effectively the republicans showed this jujitsu on medicare and the tax, the effect on seniors. >> there's no cuts being done by anyone in medicare. medicare is growing enormously under anyone's plan. it is around $550 billion a year today. it's going to go even under the to supposed ryan plan to $950 billion ten years from now. then they talk about slowing the growth after that. so we do have to get in nerdland to -- >> that's right. >> we have to get rea...

Politicized, these aren't two things that should be pitted against each other. it's the wrong debate, right? there is no doubt that everybody at this table, i would imagine, can agree that if you cast a ballot you should be a legitimate voter doing that, right? no doubt about that. and i would bet, katon, back me up, everyone who is a will jit mat voter who you would have equal access to vote. >> no they don't! we all agree that if you cast a vote you should be legitimate. but it is completely clear that republican state legislator does not think that if you are an eligible voter who is in fac...

Legislature, what did mitt romney do? he reached across the aisle, he extended the hand, he negotiated and balanced the budget without raising taxes. this is the kind of man for this kind of moment we need to lead our nation at this crucial moment. now, you've heard the president has been talking about medicare a bit lately. we want this debate, we need this debate, and we are going to win this debate. [ cheers and applause ] now, like a lot of americans, when i think about medicare, it's not just a program, it's not just a bunch of numbers, it's what my mom relies on. it's what my grand ma ha...