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Lawmakers Weigh a Program That Would Invest Money for Low-Income Youths
Thank you, chad. we are less than a week away from the final voting of california gubernatorial recall. democratic governor gavin newsom is getting high profile help in his bid to keep his job. senior correspondent claudia cowan reports tonight from san leandro, california. >> in the fight of his political life, california governor gavin newsom enlisted the vice president to help boost turnout among young voters, minorities and women. and out of the gate she slammed the governor of texas for restricting a woman's right to choose. >> that is not who we want in our leader. we want in our leader ...
Point and writ large it is that pulling it has a funny way of finding itself into policy and opinions and the public debate, and lo and behold the latest ap poll on something like infrastructure is what's 55%, 42%, the question could be asked when is joe biden, when are the democrats going to take those numbers out for a spin, the problem is that they have recalcitrant members in their own caucus, saying nothing of republicans, julie, is there any evidence of movement on this? i think some of the democratic frustration comes actually from the idea that the bills that are on the floor, going to...
>> they have to live in those states. >> right.and i think something like this, especially looking at the latest. i think people are starting to be turned off on the extremes and think a more recent or more moderate candidate who is a little calmer, someone like pete buttigieg from the rust belt could be a way forward to win back the voters are leaving the democratic party. >> take laura kelly. someone who beat someone in a red state, someone associated with president trump. she did not use the aoc playbook, she didn't use the rashida tlaib playbook. what would concern me as a republican is ov...
Opinions. i mean, he basically is admitting he failed. >> yeah, the parallels are uncanny between that tea party and this sort of progressive wave in '18. it is worth noting carlos' point, the progressives were not the majority in 2018. and it allowed them to consolidate power in the statehouse to are you draw the lines so that allowed a broader portion of the republican base to move to the right in seeking elected office. aoc has to realize if it weren't for these 40 democrats picking up these suburban held traditionally republican seats that they don't have the majority now. and that's obvio...