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cosmetic changes. it s going to require serious changes, not in principles, but in the way we talk and act. it s not cosmetic but at the end of the day it is cosmetic. it is for now. you ll see an evolution of some kind in the republican party, maybe not through all aspects of it, but there will be opportunities for new leadership in the republicans and it will be interesting to see how that develops over the many months. karen? part of the challenge that the republican party has right now, particularly in these districts, that the hens have come home to roost, focusing on this increasingly narrow part of their base, that that s who they rely on. as they try to expand their message and their tent, it s going to be a challenge to hold on to that fair right. there s a challenge for the democrats, too. they are feeling pretty cocky right now and they really think they have to have some legislative success. they literally have to put points on the board. i think it s great to tal
in the way we talk and act. it s not cosmetic but at the end of the day it is cosmetic. it is for now. you ll see an evolution of some kind in the republican party, maybe not through all aspects of it, but there will be opportunities for new leadership in the republicans and it will be interesting to see how that develops over the many months. karen? part of the challenge that the republican party has right now, particularly in these districts, that the hens have come home to roost, focusing on this increasingly narrow part of their base, that that s who they rely on. as they try to expand their message and their tent, it s going to be a challenge to hold on to that fair right. there s a challenge for the democrats, too. they are feeling pretty cocky right now and they really think they have to have some legislative success. they literally have to put points on the board. i think it s great to talk about this. it s nice to have clinton show up at your retreat, give you that s
out these issues and that s when all the misinformation that the republicans are putting out is going to come home to roost, especially when it comes to medicare, they trying to throw up all this dust to hide from the american people exactly what the consequences of their plan is for seniors on medicare not just ten years from now but immediately. but in terms of laying out the important choices between obama s vision of trying to make sure every american can live the american dream and the romney/ryan approach of saying well if you already got a head start in life we re for you but for the rest of you we re not going to invest in the middle class we ll give folks like romney another tax break and trickle down. president clinton said a lot of those kinds of things last night. he delivered, it seems to me, a very centrist message to a progressive crowd and they loved it. when you re looking out to those undecided voters is there a lesson to the democrats and romney kpaun? one of the
yeah, the names of the people. but i don t mean to be i can t believe that that woman is normally that clueless. everybody in tv has had bad moments where they re searching for something or the mind goes blank. right. i don t know. i ve had a few, i m sure. go ahead, james. i was going to say that we have to remember as well, this woman was never intended to be governor. she became governor because janet napolitano got appointed by the president to homeland security. a lot of people in arizona never rallied around her and she kind of used sb-1070, the immigration law, to get herself into this re-election position when, in fact, behind the scenes she opposed the law and didn t really want to sign it. i mean the chickens are coming home to roost, to a agree, with her. i have to be honest, this is the first time i ve seen the whole clip out of sympathetic embarrassment, i didn t want to sit through it. as a former campaign manager, even though i m not pulling for her, you ki