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But republicans want to turn it into a scratch-off game and it would be nice to see them work together to work towards the imminent threat. >> president obama stepped out and gave a speech about economic inequality, upward mobility, more people calling for minimum wage increase in this country. you know what the poll numbers are. they want to expand social security. this is not what third way is all about. but these are popular, progressive places -- should i say issues where people are, so to speak. what the president was talking about last week is what is polling in the majority, ruth. i mea...

For wall street. and ten years ago i got called a radical because i was against invading iraq, against bush's economic plan. for medical can bus and marriage equality. i wasn't a radical, that's what elizabeth warren is. the greatest fear is elizabeth warren getting a larger platform because the more conservatives hear her words the more they'll realize how much sense they shakes makes. >> do democrats need to distance themselves? >> not all. this will be forgotten in a year. this shows the diversity. the piece written by two democrats who worked for prominent democratic leaders. this is healt...

Pro union, caring about people's wages, caring about manufacturing, opposing unfair trade agreements that have sucked jobs out of this country. that's all declasse. we should be fancy and go with wall street and that looked fine until the wall street crash. we have deregulatesed the banks. we have growing inequality. we have an incredible burden on young people today. and it is no longer possible to put forward this 1990s politics. credibly and say to democrats, this is how you're going to win elections. >> ruth, what's it do for elizabeth warren? >> i think it's going to give her a huge boost...

Average americans who rely on these programs. they're not looking for solutions. they're just looking to cut. there's a saying. if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, well, it must be a duck. well, if a group that is funded by wall street talks like a republican and acts like a republican, guess what? it isn't progressive. joining me now, our rapid response panel, john fugelsang and ruth conniff of "the progressive" magazine. ruth, how dangerous is this group to the progressive movement? look, there are some things this outfit would vote with the left on. the center is very, very impo...

And everything else that's on the table when it comes to jobs? today the president spoke about income inequality and upward mobility. i thought it was one of the best economic perspective speeches he has ever given. this is what the obama administration is all about. this is what this president is about. this is, i think, why people voted for him. he cares about those who are interested in having the american dream. while the conservatives continually want to whittle it away. joining me now, rapid response panel, washington bureau chief of mother jones.com, and msnbc political analyst, david c...