reason, psychological, emotional, political, ideological, whatever it means, could possibly enter that school property with an automatic weapon and murder innocent children, students, teachers. i m well aware that this is a hot political subject and again i will speak out no matter what role i find myself in. but i believe we need a more thoughtful conversation, we cannot let a minority of people and that s what it is, it is a minority of people hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people. joining me now, karen finney, a former press secretary contributor and blake zeff, former president obama aid, former aid to hillary clinton. now an editor at salon.com. good evening. blake, what are we looking at will? what is the significance to it?
it s kind of i hate to say bare bones, but it is. they kind of turn into ghost towns fairly quickly. we met the republican insurance commission here is fighting her own party s refusal to expand medicaid. for me, it s not about the political party. for me, it s about doing what s best for the people of kansas. listen to what can sans have to say and are they really representing your interest as a voter? are they really looking out for what s in your best interest as a citizen of the state? we met the man who is helping turn kansas into a model state by stopping a law that sponsors local governments from regulating guns. the constitution gives us the right to free speech. we want our city to regulate our free speech? i don t think so what about our right to worship? we want them to regulate the right to worship? i don t think so and tonight, we highlighted the fight to provide women with health care in a state that has become a laboratory for ultraconservative ideas througho
america, that value is chipped away. communities lose not only their center but everything that comes with it. we ve had a tremendous blow but marquette has always been a survivor, and we re going to survive this not because we want to but because we have to. joining me now thomas frank for salon.com, author of what s the matter with kansas. we are awaiting mitch mccome s possible victory speech this evening. tom, what is it with about and mitch mcconnell is a good example of someone who if he s animated by one thing in politics it s going after unions. what is it about teachers and teachers unions there is mitch mcconnell. hold on 0 one moment. with his wife who was secretary of labor. i was going to point that out. and not particularly an awesome one from the standpoint of actual labor. what is it about unions and teachers unions in particular
other cancer screening. the group gets lots of attention for providing abortions which is only 3% of their annual spending. there was a huge public backlash for cutting off funding. hande l resigned as a result. handel didn t make amends with the organization. in her book called planned bullyhood. she called them a bunch of schoolyard thugs. this is the karen handel who says she s best suited oh oh to stand up to democrats saying the gop is waging a war on women. could she be right? we ll put forward women candidates be enough for republicans to win over more women or do the policies have to change? i want to bring in joan walsh from salon.com. kelly conley, a republican pollster, msnbc contributor victoria defrancisco soto and
other than ideological reasons, they have chosen not to provide health inshuns for their citizens. that s wrong. governor jindhal and his republican buddies don t have an answer. get ready, republicans. this fight is coming. joining me now is salon.com s joan walsh. joan, thanks for being here. louisiana is not the only state that s refusing to expand medicaid. 24 states have. and the white house says by 2016, 5.7 million will lose out on insurance. are democrats in these other states going to follow louisiana s lead. are they going to keep pushing this issue? yeah, they are pushing this issue. it s been a false narrative on the affordable care act that a, democrats are running away from it and b, they really should because the politics aren t good. i think the politics are changing. and even in some red state where