doors, that is a recognition, that meeting, that chuck schumer, the democratic leader walked out of for a period of time and walked back into. it s a recognition that the one floated option, the only thing we ve seen that changed the dynamic the entire day, however small it was, wasn t enough. it underscores the point right now, democrats aren t looking for a reduction in time in the continuing resolution, they re looking for substantive policy commitments, changes or actual legislative text before they are willing to come on board with that, what this means, we are 3, 4 minutes away from the vote on the senate floor, that vote is going to fail, what happens next, that s anybody s guess. in terms of i m not talking about the shutdown happening next, but the political maneuvering on this, what is the next step for them? i think mike makes a good point, in terms of the calculations that are going on right now, there s a recognition inside the republican conference right now, republ
in 2018. they re going to have to take into account as they figure out how to deal with president trump how formidable that base is. no doubt that it s less formidable than at the beginning of the year. one thing that stephanie and i were talking about this morning, ultimately at this point in the presidency, 200 days in he should be concerned less about the base and the broader number. he s the president of all americans, not just his base. that s exactly right. that s one thing he s never done during the course of his first 200 days in office. he s made no serious attempt to reach out beyond his base. i think that s partly strategic and in the sense of the policy commitments he s made flow in that direction. i think there s also an emotional component. he likes in hard times to file the roar to feel the roar of the crowd so he goes to west virginia twice in ten days. he goes to youngstown, ohio, which he didn t carry but he did better than republicans usually do. to hear that a
when bernie sanders spoke and martin o malley spoke. the black lives matter folks interrupted their talks, and they didn t quite have this sense of the moment that warren had there speaking directly to them, but i think it s also fascinating. she is lobbying a potential nominee in president clinton in advance. and i think she is laying down markers, assuming clinton wins the nomination, saying, i want you to make these commitments on appointments and these commitments on the rules. and it s going to be very interesting how much elizabeth warren can get from hillary clinton in terms of direct or indirect policy commitments, simply by being out there the way she is now. let s listen to the way bernie sanders handled that same back lives matter issue. he didn t bring it up. it had to be brought up to him, which is a mark of not quite grasping that audience and what
you to make these commitments on appointments and these commitments on the rules. and it s going to be very interesting how much elizabeth warren can get from hillary clinton in terms of direct or indirect policy commitments simply by being out there the way she is now. let s listen to the way bernie sanders handled that same back lives matter issue. he didn t bring it up. it had to be brought up to him, which is a mark of not quite grasping that audience and what the real issues of the day are for them. let s listen to that. black lives of course matter and i spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and dignity, but if you don t want me to be here, that s okay. and ben, martin o malley also stumbled in it say being black lives matter all lives matter seeming to that audience to be dismissing, somewhat of the issue of black lives matter. you know i think this moment was an education for both of
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