some folks still don t think i spend enough time with congress. why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. you got to laugh because it s ridiculous. but the bigger point is serious. government isn t broken, the gop is. republicans are blocking progress on jobs, gun control, climate change, immigration. the american people need to make that change in 2014 and 2016 and beyond. joining me now, e.j. dionne and margie o mara. thank you for being here. e.j., how important is it for the president to address this
don t wait till 2016. and this is consistent with something the president has been doing now for months. democrats are acutely aware that one of the reasons they got clobbered so bad in 2010 is because their core constituencies didn t vote in 2010. younger people, members of minority groups and others tend to vote more in presidential elections. and what the president is doing is sending a very clear signal that this midterm election matters as much as a presidential election. because i can t do anything in office if i m stuck with a congress like this one. or a congress that from his point of view would be even worse if the republicans took over the senate. and so i think it s very important that democrats are starting really early to try to get their folks to come out to vote this fall. i m going to have to leave it there. e.j. dionne and margie omara. thanks for your time tonight. please have a great memorial day weekend.