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Conservative party, republican party, makes progressives lazy, frankly, and unimaginative, and it's bad for the country. bad for the country -- >> i think i spent a good -- i admitted something last week. don't we all like to go into the booth knowing we have an option play? if the democrats have been blowing it, we give the republicans a shot or the other way around. you can actually choose. here is general powell you thought i would be playing. here he is talking about the republican's image problem. you respond to this, alex. let's listen. >> the party has gathered unto itself a reputation ...

Marginalizes itself and becomes less relevant to the discourse. only obstructionist is what the party is spike seeking -- >> what is their plan? >> i don't know but it's a slam. as someone who believes in progressive ideas, i realize that not having a smart, engaged conservative party, republican party makes progressive lazy frankly, and unimaginative and it's bad for the country. bad for the country -- >> i think i spent a good -- i admitted something last week. don't we all like to go into the booth knowing we have an option play. if the democrats have been blowing it, we give the republican...

Frank luntz says the public regard these republicans as, and i'm quoting, nothing more than opponents of the president and friends of the powerful. nia malika, what's the problem? that's an entirely accurate assessment, isn't it? >> well, you know, at least that's what the public thinks -- >> that's what i mean. that is what the public thinks. >> it was last week a poll came out that said most people identify as democrats, not republicans. so we do know that house republicans, republicans more generally, have an image problem. they will have their come to jesus meeting on wednesday to talk abo...

Post, he really studied republican think tanks and heritage foundation and aei. and he wrote this. conservatism needs an attitude adjustment. get hungry, get humble and get to know more people who aren't like you. a cultural shift in gop will go a long way toward fixing the party's other big problem, the idea that you can persuade people by talking at them and not with them. that's a little deeper problem i think ward is right about. >> it is a deeper problem. but i would suggest that, pivoting off of that, they have a huge image problem. this idea of opposing every single person the president...

Disagrees, that tends to be not so great and as long as republicans can continue to intensely disagree with the president's proposals, they can essentially convince the public there's something wrong with them and harm president obama's political standing at not much to do to change that dynamic other than continue to press forward with what he wants to do and hope that the public sees that he's working in their best interest. >> we had a gop autopsy and, of course, the exit poll information that showed an incredible number of people associated the republican party with corporations and wealth...