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A new direction. Neera tanden welcomes conflicts of thanks for having me this summer donald trump managed to get his ratings down to the lowest for any president at this point in his tenure since records began how is it that the democrats have failed to get any political advantage. Well i would say that they were able to so far successfully defeat the trumps various versions of the Health Care Bill. They have they dont control congress survey executive branch so really theyre their ability to influence even just a handful of republicans which was which was what how they were successful on the Health Care Bill with the same poll that had social low ratings also put the Democratic Party i was standing for nothing except to be against from four to forty eight percent have a magnitude view of the party in fact you flatlining in the polls you have done for the last twelve months yes the parties both parties there and popular its a question really is how people make a choice in the elections
Tanden welcomes conflicts of thanks for having me this summer donald trump managed to get his ratings down to the lowest for any president at this point in his tenure since records began how is it that the democrats have failed to get any political advantage. Well i would say that they were able to so far successfully defeat trumps various versions of the Health Care Bill. They have they dont control congress survey executive branch so really theyre at their ability to influence even just a handful of republicans which he was which was well how they were successful on the Health Care Bill but the but the same poll that had trump at such low ratings also put the Democratic Party i was standing for nothing except being against trump forty eight forty eight percent have a negative view of the power. In fact to flatline to the polls you have done for the last twelve months yes the parties both parties there and popular its a question really is how people make a choice in the elections and
Would stand a challenge and she wants to listen to george. Thats up to the House Democrats i think nancy pelosi has done a great job unifying the caucus she is a much better negotiator than paul ryan she will end up at the end of this year probably with perhaps more democratic compliments in a negotiation but then there are obviously very divide that is these difficult to heal i mean weve been talking about this in california if we dont heal the divide in the party between the people who being blocked from rising up the hierarchy because of these people like nancy pelosi i guess and i say theyre not blocking the rise of a new generation but there are so many great leaders in the House Democratic caucus right now if you look at whats happening on line and social media and t. V. And blogs seth moulton and Jason Kennedy a win but Joe Kennedy Jr Kathleen Clark these are phenomenal leaders in the party who have a very strong voice you know again and i have to say i think people who are fixa