democrats in the house. and also, you know, pollsters that i were talking to today, whether they are republican anti-trust pollsters or democratic pollsters say that democrats need to start being able to sell what biden s agenda is, and they can only really start doing that as soon as things pass. they think that it would have an impact if biden were going out on the road more to be able to fully explain what s in the infrastructure package and what s in this second families and jobs package, but to do that it has to be completed and done, and everything agreed upon. right. and so the president can t do that yet. other democrats can t do that yet, but another thing that they took away from virginia was the fact that democrats turned out in big numbers in virginia and yet that still wasn t enough so they have to focus on trying to persuade the other voters with their agenda. yes, they do. they have a lot of work to do. the after the segue, coming up for us, the election autops
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react to that suggestion, if you will? 2013 wasn t a really good year for the republican party delivering on what that rnc after election autopsy recommended. you see a few things on capitol hill. for example, the farm legislation ended up being separated out from the stance that house republicans wanted. you see republican governors and state legislatures not to expand medicare and you see republicans line up in opposition, not all republicans as we saw a handful voting in favor of the legislation, but that unemployment benefits and it has put republicans on the defensive on this particular issue. so is it possible for 2014 and the mid terms and 2016, to get them in line, if you will, so that this message does get through to voters in time for either one of those voting cycles? you are seeing republicans like marco rubio as you mention
in a field of 16 candidates, then it will be a runoff. he and who comes in second will have a runoff next month. the polls open tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. in south carolina. this is the first federal election in south carolina since they passed a law requiring photo id. justice department personnel will be monitoring to be sure they re in compliance with the voting rights act and we will be watching, too. results tomorrow night. time for the the last word with lawrence o donnell. thanks for being with us. good evening from washington where the chairman of the republican party assembled a group of narrow-minded, out of touch, stuffy old men to tell republican leaders that they are narrow-minded, out of touch stuffy old men. fewer debates, more outreach, earlier convention. the republican reboot is under way. much awaited sweeping election autopsy. cause of death, massive full body trauma. focus groups described our
are seeing them trolling about the success, covering up the fact that they cut a deal with president trump and president trump did a tremendous job. martha: good evening, everybody. welcome to the story. i m martha maccallum. it is may 2nd. we will show you more of that fiery counterpunch from the white house in just a moment. but first, a surprising interview today with hillary clinton. it caught our attention in a big way. the election autopsy, as you know, has been underway for the recent days. today, hillary clinton herself weighed in. listen to her take on why she lost. i take absolute personal responsibility. i was a candidate. i was the person who was on the ballot. i am very aware of the challenges, the problems, the shortfalls that we had. i was on the way to winning until the combination of