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Political pressure sufficient that the republicans say, okay, we're going to have to do this to survive as a party. we're not there yet, but that's certainly going to be a big focus for us. >> you mentioned the discharge petition. are you thinking about going that route? again, that's a legislative term there. essentially a maneuver to force something onto the floor. but is this something you're thinking about in terms of both the minimum wage and immigration? >> i think there's an expectation that we'll start with a discharge petition on the minimum wage. for those that are around the country...

Been seriously studied and not that big of a deal. i don't have hard facts, you don't have hard facts, this is a work in progress but what we do know, you talk about schenectady. what we do know what is going on in places like schenectady we have lost 6 million manufacturing jobs since the so-called manufacturing renaissance, 580 thousand have come bam and that is hurting out in the middle of american and that is a global problem and that is a problem of our competitiveness all around the world. >> i think this is where we may disagree. i think we are going to get those jobs back. i think the ...

Felt some need. is there any sense that republicans might be opened to some kind of compromise this year on raising the minimum wage? >> when you open it up, the wage issue we were talking about before, there are republicans that said they need to talk about it, chank their rhetoric. talk less about tax cuts for the rich, more about trying to increase the opportunity for the middle class. so when, put through that prism, you may have some republicans that are thinking about this. i think we haven't seen yet exactly where all of the republican sort of the pressure points have all shaken out in ...

Against previous problems they've had and getting their children covered. that's going to be hard, but the wage issue really -- i think it ought to be a two-pronged approach, really. health care and the money for people's pockets. without both of those they'll be healthier and they won't have money to spend and i think that's really why you have to do boeing. >> congressman jim mcdermott of washington state, thanks so much for joining me and happy new year to you and yours. >> absence makes the heart grow fonder. it's time for the poly side bar. president obama's ratings have improved since he...

Senate? >> it's interesting because do you have a great number of swing state governorships up. so in those states it's important. democrats have some worrying states like arkansas they have worries. democrats want to change the mix, change the could position of the electorate. if they can get out more minority voters, more women more single voters. >> that's the big challenge for democrats next year. how do they get a turn out that reflects the america of presidential years not the america of off year elections. that was their challenge in 2010 when they had the big loss. if they can up their...