trending their way like texas, but doesn t but don t really move the needle in the states that are critical for winning the electoral college like wisconsin and pennsylvania and biden looks good in those states right now. but let s face it, trump is going to try to divide the democratic base by attacking the eventual nominee from the left as well, by trying to demoralize the democratic base if it s biden on issues like busing, anita hill and hair sniffing. hey, dave, it s willie. you have gotten to my question a little bit here but as you know there s this debate within the democratic party. do we need to get out the progressive base or nominate a candidate who can grab back those places like wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania and those who went for obama once and then flipped for trump. i think there s the tension, i think the answer is trying to get a candidate who captures both of them, but if you were working on behalf of the democrats and i know you re not i don t want
anybody else, the gerrymandering decision further compounding that issue this would be an indirect remedy for a lot of that, not to mention the humanitarian issues of how puerto ricans were treated as second class citizens and making them a state would make them a long way in rectifying that. you re not arguing that montana and south dakota should have fewer senators. you just believe that others should have representation? you can t change the basic constitutional principles that are laid out and to do so would be folly. 60 years ago we admitted hawaii and alaska. they had one-fifth of the combined population of puerto rico and d.c. today. 50 years before that we admitted new mexico and arizona. so every 50, 60 years we do this. it s about time and we need to do it given how out of whack senate control has become in the small hands of very tiny
yeah. you know, mika, it s very interesting, talking about amy mcgrath s position on the show was very interesting that she distanced herself from taking private health insurance away from 155 million people. distanced herself from legalizing border crossings for those who are not american citizens. she separated herself from some of the issues that did concern more moderate democrats and obviously might play very well in parts of the country on the coast, but certainly wouldn t play well in the state of kentucky. no. and now on to trump and his approval ratings which plays into all of this as well. many are crediting president trump s rise in job approval on how he has handled the economy. but steve rattner you say appealing to those being left behind could present an opportunity for democrats.