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Is there going to be a movement after the president's comments to actually make changes in how we run our elections. >> what kinds of changes, if the political will was there, what kinds of changes originating with federal legislation are the kind of thing that you think would make a difference that could help. >> we could start big, small would be congress could provide incentives, money for states that implement early voting. you could have a federal ballot that just lists president and congress and senate on it and it would be a simple form. congress can mandate which machines are used. con...

Think of scott brown in massachusetts. very rare for a republican to win in massachusetts. brown did it in 2010. he voted for the blunt amendment this year and that became a big issue because -- so you even had candidates like scott brown and tommy thompson who could not be the strong candidates they should have been, and that has everything to do with the direction the republican party chose to go. >> here is the thing i think is -- i totally agree with all of that. and this is the thing i don't understand. this is not the first election cycle in which we have seen this dynamic at work. they ...

Think of scott brown in massachusetts. very rare for a republican to win in massachusetts. brown did it in 2010. he voted for the blunt amendment this year and that became a big issue because -- so you even had candidates like scott brown and tommy thompson who could not be the strong candidates they should have been, and that has everything to do with the direction the republican party chose to go. >> here is the thing i think is -- i totally agree with all of that. and this is the thing i don't understand. this is not the first election cycle in which we have seen this dynamic at work. they ...

Not allowed to defund planned parenthood? where they were in power between the 2010 elections and the 2012 elections, republicans governed very, very, very aggressively on this issue. they governed so aggressively on this issue, it was unprecedented. what happened then, though, was that m ds decided that they were going to make the republicans explain themselves. democrats decided they were going to hold republicans to account for what they had been doing in terms of their governance and philosophy on this issue. and what they planned to keep doing if americans elected them again. and when rep...

Massachusetts. very rare for a republican to win in massachusetts. brown did it in 2010. he voted for the blunt amendment this year and that became a big issue because -- so you even had candidates like scott brown and tommy thompson who could not be the strong candidates they should have been, and that has everything to do with the direction the republican party chose to go. >> here is the thing i think is -- i totally agree with all of that. and this is the thing i don't understand. this is not the first election cycle in which we have seen this dynamic at work. they had a dress rehearsal of...