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The left. it's become -- suburbs around washington. it's become more hispanic, increasing minority population. and in that sense virginia has drifted away from the rest of the south. traditionally you you look at the old confederacy, these are states that used to be highly democratic that are now deeply republican. virginia and florida have broken from that trend and the new solid south has really emerged. >> all i'll say is 2009, they had a guy running named bob mcdonnell who actually focused on jobs instead of all these -- instead of pitching i'd logic tantrums. he was moderate temperamental...

Democrat won north carolina. last year in 2012 obama won two of those states again and came awfully state in north carolina. these states were winnable for the president because they look different than they use to. they're more diverse. more young professionals. they're not alone. the american prospect magazine ran a series called the end of the solid south. the thesis that rapidly changing demographics will soon make five big southern states serious political battlegrounds. not just florida, virginia and north carolina, but also georgia and texas. among those five states, there are 111 elect...

The solid south. despite ideological differences, they let jim crow get away with it down there. kennedy came along and said a year before a presidential election where it was not going to be a cakewalk for him saying, okay, i'm going to do this thing and i know the price. >> that's right. in 1960, as you well know, chris, he got 70% of the african-american vote, jfk, over richard nixon, and there is some anger in the black community that he wasn't doing enough, kennedy. bobby kennedy did a lot with james meredith at ole miss, and as attorney general, but this was john f. kennedy stepping out ...

>> look at the pictures, we're winning. we're not depressed. >> i've got to say the headlines that come out of north carolina do not make me think, man, we are winning. they make me think we are getting our butts kicked all over the place because the stuff they are passing is so aggressive. >> we are being attacked because we won. >> what do you mean by won? >> woe passed same-day registration. we put together a coalition of blacks and whites, shared values and that's how we won. that's how you got obama. that's how you're getting a new electorate. and the people that are fighting these extrem...

Are winning. they make me think we are getting our butts kicked all over the place because the stuff they are passing is so aggressive. >> we are being attacked because we won. >> what do you mean by won? >> we passed same-day registration. we put together a coalition of blacks and whites, shared values and that's how we won. that's how you got obama. that's how you're getting a new electorate. and the people that are fighting these extremists, they know that there is a new electorate afoot. black, white, lbgt, latino, and that new electorate produces holes in the solid south. >> and, you know...