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I put in the pragmatist camp was on camera saying, well, the reality is we can t pass one without the other, basically. the votes are simply not there. part of the reality of the 50/50 senate. i do think the question is going to be, can progressives then swallow whatever sinema and manchin demand of them in this reconciliation conversation? because $6 trillion is a lot of money as sam points out, and frankly, there are a lot of moderates, even in the house, who are incredibly nervous about passing something like that. our conversation earlier in the week with shawn patrick maloney i think underscores that because they want to raise taxes to pay for whatever they want to put forward. that s a lot of money in taxes but at the same time $2 trillion may not be enough for some of those progressives. so i think this is a very tricky interparty fight, so far the president has been pretty successful in balancing both of ....
Remember this, in california it probably doesn t matter. you could probably elect mr. green jeans as a democrat in california this year given how bad off the republicans are in that state. but as john points out, it s other districts where this control of the house will be won or lost. it won t be suitable to have a resist candidate. they ll need like conor lamb. somebody who is moderate. somebody who can talk to moderate voters. dana: mitch mcconnell had to try to lead a course correction for republicans to make that better for the republicans future. listen to this. it s a little early to talk about 2020. doesn t mean democrats aren t thinking about it. terry mcauliffe apparent told the washington free beacon that who better to take on trump than me. so he s already thinking about it. when you think about the democrats having this poll between pragmatists and progressives, he would be much more in the pragmatist camp. he has one big problem. ....