win the general election. the door is on in either party for every registered republican or democrat to come out, voters in primaries. too often it s that small so-called core constituency that has this proportion or influence. so you asked me about the democratic party. this is going to be a contest for the identity of the party once again. look, i hope the party remains a center left party, which it s been at its most successful. if it goes over and becomes a far left party, i don t think it s going to be able to elect a president in 2020. charles: how do they avoid it? in other words who will be the leader that either tells the far left, which is a juggernaut, has the momentum, that at the very least wait? let s not try to have a complete coup right now as we try to win this next election? who is the person that can do this? we can see nancy pelosi is
in american politics, which is this. is the democratic party, is the center left party moving to be more of a left party? is it really more fair to call them a socialist party or democratic socialist party? not so much the democratic party of our grandparents that we understand well. you had a gallup poll that said a majority of democrats were okay being called socialists. we see the democratic party move to the left. is america comfortable with nominating and electing somebody to the presidency who is a socialist? i hope the answer is no. bill: state of the union a week from tomorrow. how does the president make the case on the border, matt? he should stay on the same topics he has been on the border. the fact is this, we have over 600 miles of secure fencing and barriers on the border. he simply asking for 200 more miles. these are the areas that the border patrol is asking to be
don t dare go out. reporter: the prime minister has toughened his stance on crime and immigration, walking back a once open-door policy for refugees. his social democratic party has dominated swedish politics for decades, overseeing a thriving economy with low unemployment but enthusiasm for the mainstream center-left party may be slowing as immigration and violence add to a list of issues stoking concerns. unprecedented wildfires burned thousands of hectors around sweden bringing climate change onto the agenda. meanwhile, some swedes are frustrated with the lack of access to health care. as a shortage of nurses and doctors, means outrageous waiting times. a patient who needs a checkup may have to wait for a while. and that could take four or five years. reporter: all of those issues will come into the fold during this weekend s election. that could make for an unusual result in socialist sweden.
gallup poll looks like down the road if the current economic revival continues an people begin to see a lot more prosperity, that s always the thing that helps these polls with capitalism the best. paul: you know, some republicans jason, think this is good for them because if the democratic party moves left to single-payer health care, guarantied job from government, for example, too far to mainstream, but i disagree with that and i say that because i think what you want in a democracy is a center-left party that s actually a moderate party because sooner or later they will take over and you don t want them going really far left because it s going to be very damaging to the country. but it s also a lesson that you have to continue to make these arguments to people generation after generation, you just can t rest on what has been taught in the past. a lot of the kids today don t really know what socialism is, they don t think of venezuela when they hear socialism, they think sweden. t
gallup poll looks like down the road if the current economic revival continues an people begin to see a lot more prosperity, that s always the thing that helps these polls with capitalism the best. paul: you know, some republicans jason, think this is good for them because if the democratic party moves left to single-payer health care, guarantied job from government, for example, too far to mainstream, but i disagree with that and i say that because i think what you want in a democracy is a center-left party that s actually a moderate party because sooner or later they will take over and you don t want them going really far left because it s going to be very damaging to the country. but it s also a lesson that you have to continue to make these arguments to people generation after generation, you just can t rest on what has been taught in the past. a lot of the kids today don t really know what socialism is, they don t think of venezuela when they hear socialism, they think sweden. t