sam seder, and co-host of the ring of fire radio show, and josh you re not the host of the online you work at emily s list. i do. i was like, oh, my god, everyone! so i want to bring up two pieces of information here. because i think this is the big question, right? this is the big question about progressive electoral politics, the kind of trajectory that we re on, whether we re entering some era in which we can really move the center of american debate to the left, whether we can move policy in a progressive direction, or whether we re going to be locked in this kind of generational war, this kind of split that was embodied in what brought us to the shutdown. so there s two things here. one, i just want to show, the 2010 electorate, versus the 2012 electorate. 2010 electorate, 77% white, 2012, it was 72% white. 2010 electorate, 12% under 30. 2012 electorate, 19% under 30. and you see also, it s the same thing with senior citizens.
happening. democratic polling shows that top of the parties in the house are more vulnerable because they backed the shutdown. before that debacle, democrats lacked likely to fall short of winning back the house next year. a lot can change in a year, and more importantly, the president won t be on the ballot in the midterms next year, and he won t be there in 2016 either. which leads democrats with a major question. can the obama coalition in 2008 and 2012 become the permanent democratic coalition. the answer will dictate if we continue government by crisis or if the suicide caucus can be dismantled for good. nice sunset shot there, producers. that was beautiful. joining me now is nahlini stamp, sam seder, and co-host of the ring of fire radio show, and josh you re not the host of the online you work at emily s list.
sam seder, and co-host of the ring of fire radio show, and josh you re not the host of the online you work at emily s list. i do. i was like, oh, my god, everyone! so i want to bring up two pieces of information here. because i think this is the big question, right? this is the big question about progressive electoral politics, the kind of trajectory that we re on, whether we re entering some era in which we can really move the center of american debate to the left, whether we can move policy in a progressive direction, or whether we re going to be locked in this kind of generational war, this kind of split that was embodied in what brought us to the shutdown. so there s two things here. one, i just want to show, the 2010 electorate, versus the 2012 electorate. 2010 electorate, 77% white, 2012, it was 72% white. 2010 electorate, 12% under 30.
hypocrisy on the budget noting the party only likes austerity when democrats are president. here is the dilemma. we do have a long-term debt problem, but that doesn t mean that austerity now is the right response. the former president also touched on policy. he urged the lawmakers to tackle immigration reform as soon as possible and encourage them to own obama care. we democrats own the health reform issue now for good or ill. we had it. we did it. and there is a lot of good things in that bill. but it really matters how it s implemented. lots to talk about tonight. let s turn to john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation magazine. also with us this evening goldie taylor of the goldie taylor project and mike papantonio. host of the ring of fire radio show. here s bill clinton urging the
touched on policy. he urged the lawmakers to tackle immigration reform as soon as possible and encourage them to own obama care. we democrats own the health reform issue now for good or ill. we had it. we did it. and there is a lot of good things in that bill. but it really matters how it s implemented. lots to talk about tonight. let s turn to john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation magazine. also with us this evening goldie taylor of the goldie taylor project and mike papantonio. host of the ring of fire radio show. here s bill clinton urging the dems to good on the offense when it comes to policy. good advice? what do you think? exceptionally good advice. the republican party is off message right now. they re struggling with themselves. they re actually under karl rove organizing against one another. and so it s a good message. and it s especially good if he focused on that issue of austerity, saying the democratic