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Explain what actually is the benefit of it as they see it. >> it's been a frustration on pennsylvania avenue. it was only talking about the top line number. they did it because they wanted to make the point it was transformative. it was what the president ran on. it ended up biting them over some degree of the course. focus on the details and what's in the package and focus on what democrats can deliver. they are on the verge of it but the top line discussion took the focus away from what's inside of it. i would note what's inside of it polls individually quite well, almost across the board. i...

Determined by what happens in the next week. >> no one got everything they wanted, including me, but that's what compromise is, that's consensus, and that's what i've ran on. i've long said compromise and consensus are the only ways to get things done in a democracy. important things done for the country. i know it's hard. i know how deeply people feel about the things they fight for. but this framework includes historic investments in our nation and on our people. >> so the president is speaking there as if this were a done deal, but progressives do not seem to be on board yet. joining us now...

Where should the focus of the democratic messaing be for campaign 2022? >> well, i'm glad that you brought up the urgent need to protect our democracy by making sure that americans have free access to the ballot. and that we address this corrupt art money that is flooding our elections. this is exactly, i mean, this has got to be a big priority. i have to just, you know, bring up here that one of the reasons that we have so many challenges addressing these needs that americans want us to address. it's what the president ran on. it's what i ran on in 2020. they're going to be looking for answer...

Again. i have been baffled by this appeal. i appreciate president biden talking about this as jim crow for the 21st century. this is an issue that goes beyond suppressing black voters. this is an issue that goes to the heart of our democracy. it's important for the president and his team to message more broadly. what these efforts will do will not everyone disenfranchise black voters, it will impact our young voters. it's a fire, a five-fire alarm fire. they're not acting accordingly, i think we need to put bipartisanship aside and start in some way advocates and trying to fight for our democr...

That is something the president and top democrats have said time and time again, this is a buill that's fully paid for. you're seeing frustration among some of sinema's fellow democrats. and a congresswoman was speaking to cnn earlier making that frustration very clear. >> i just think it would be outrageous, honestly. i mean, i don't know if we're going to get it done or not, but i think it would be outrageous to not include something that so desperately needs to be done, that is the most popular part of this entire package and you know, that is something that all of us ran on. i think you ne...