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Whose values they are fighting. these candidates are on the stage to fight them. >> this is -- the thesis here is fairly optimistic. it's in line with some earlier writing of the emerging democratic majority. the chair's some sort of feature of this, that we have this sort of essentially governing progressive majority in america as exemplified by these -- the 2008-2012 elections. but then you see the state houses, the -- i mean, every level of democratic party in this party other than the white house is essentially in shambles. how do you square that? >> i think you have to have a sense of his...

Huge changes that are producing a growing american majority whose values they are fighting. these candidates are on the stage to fight them. >> this is -- the thesis here is fairly optimistic. it's in line with some earlier writing of the emerging democratic majority. the chair's some sort of feature of this, that we have this sort of essentially governing progressive majority in america as exemplified by these -- the 2008-2012 elections. but then you see the state houses, the -- i mean, every level of democratic party in this country other than the white house is essentially in shambles. how ...

There. what -- hillary clinton and we don't like lines that define things but the progressive majority. >> i'm still trying to get over the image of an orgy of deficit reduction. so let's try to -- i think if we had had this conversation maybe six months ago prior to the supreme court cases that were settled in the last couple of months. you would have had more disaffected progressives. i think at this juncture the progressive community is getting very comfortable with the legacy president obama will have left. of course there are a lot of things to be determined. the trade deal could disaffec...

To oppose misguided gun control laws that would not have prevented sandy hook. >> and this remarkable and surprising polling relates to another key bit of electoral analysis out today, which is that we now know in last year's presidential election for the first time ever, black voter turnout was higher than white voter turnout. a shift that he needed in key swing states like ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, florida and colorado. that is further evidence of the true significance of the obama coalition. it represents a genuine progressive majority in this country. and when the obama coalition is ac...

Progressive majority in this country. and when the obama coalition is activated and invested on an issue they can change political gravity. they can make things orbit in a different way than they would have otherwise. in the wake of the sandy hook massacre, under the leadership, under a sudden outpouring of money, organization, effort, rhetorical leadership and passion, we've seen the political gravity around the issue of gun safety move faster and further than anybody would've guessed it could just a few months ago. so, yeah, that vote was a setback, a big one. the real story is the politics ...