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Issues people are advocating for, the policies these candidates and democrats and independents want to put forth and where they stands on the issues. >> you mentioned purity tests. let's go out to omaha, there was the endoshsment from senator sanders of keith mellow who is running for omaha mayor. he supported legislation that's anti-abortion rights. i want to you listen to what congressman elijah cummings said about the big tent he's hoping for the democratic party. let's watch this. >> many of us don't have a clue of what's going on in each other's districts and how tough it is. i want to wi...

You have to have people with you. if anything needs to get voted on, you need the vote. so you can sit here and pound your fists, and i can show you what i've gotten done. and you can take a look at it. i'd be surprised if you found too many senators, if any, that have gotten more done. >> so chill out, we're trying, is basically her message. is that what the constituents want to hear? >> i would have asked that question, what deal have i cut with president trump that you oppose? run down the line. democrats have done everything up to and including filibustering his supreme court nominee, whic...

People need. people -- >> thank you congressman. >> get to the crux of this. two sobering statistics. 25 -- as you said 25 u.s. senate seats up. republicans need seven seats in the united states senate in order to get to 60. meaning pass any legislation through the senate. in addition only need one more state in order to call a constitutional convention. if democrats want to be in a permanent minority, spend all our time and energy fighting each other. but if we want to actually fight back against donald trump, spend energy going after ted cruz and republicans who are up. we don't have the tim...

He's got ton where he is because he's a real conservative, unlike i would argue donald trump and he's a straight talker who wins all of the purity tests. this is a problem for him when he can't answer your questions in a straightforward way. >> what's interesting about the rubio strategy is it's broader than just immigration. they're trying to get after this idea that he's casting himself as a truth-teller and trying to show voters that actually what he's doing is saying whatever is politically popular to win an election, doing this on national security. doing this on immigration, think you're...

Welcome to "crossfire." i'm s.e. cupp on the right. >> i'm stephanie cutter on the left. in the "crossfire" tonight, top democratic republican strategists. eric cantor is the first majority leader ever defeated in a primary. it's hard to feel sorry for him. contribute to the first ever downgrade of america's credit rating, orchestrated the government shutdown and has been a thorn in speaker boehner's side any time he tried to compromise with the president. here's the scariest news. apparently he wasn't conservative enough for today's republican party. the tea party's purity tests are changing ...