popular as a major domestic policy agenda that it shouldn t be a difficult vote. a former democratic congressman who lost his swing state seat in virginia after voting for the aca wrote in the washington post, casting a vote for the build back better agenda isn t bold at all, it s common sense political survival. tom perriello joins me. i enjoyed your op-ed, there were three bills, dodd/frank, the aca, and the waxman bill. how different is this in your mind? a world of difference. these are bills that are wildly popular. the other side isn t even that organized against it. they re so focused on conspiracies about election fraud, vaccines, and critical race theory that they re not
climate? that s certainly not what any democrat ran on. absolutely, and in the polls it s not where people place their priorities on your side of the aisle when it came to what they wanted to see. however, how much credit do you give the argument that something is better than nothing? i give it a lot of credit. and the reason i give it a lot of credit is, chris, you know i was a co-chair for bernie sanders. i get criticized by my base, we don t have medicare for all, we don t have free public college in this bill, we don t have a $15 minimum wage in this bill, we don t have a lot of things that bernie sanders, elizabeth warren believed in. we re willing to compromise more. we said let s pass this bill in the senate before bringing it to the house. we re willing to compromise and say let s just get a public agreement. they haven t even given us a number, chris. the president basically begged them. they said, put up a number. how can you negotiate when the other side isn t even willi
turn out if they can and do, they have a much better shot in the midterms, and they have to do something to get out their voters for, which these two bills could do. harry enten, we call you the wizard of odds for a reason. i try my best. let s taken. when we come back we ll bring in some better lines to look at why the democrats are where they are and why isn t it as obvious to them as it was to me and harry. pass something. look how it worked with trump. people didn t even like the tax cuts. your traditional conservatives are saying, wait, they re not paid for, we don t do this on the right. and it still gave them a boost. why does that not play as logic right now with the left? better minds, next.
wizard of odds for a reason. i try my best. let s taken. when we come back we ll bring in some better lines to look at why the democrats are where they are and why isn t it as obvious to them as it was to me and harry. pass something. look how it worked with trump. people didn t even like the tax cuts. your traditional conservatives are saying, wait, they re not paid for, we don t do this on the right. and it still gave them a boost. why does that not play as logic right now with the left? better minds, next. before we talk about tax-smart investing, what s new? -audrey s expecting. -twins! we d be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan.
absolutely, and in the polls it s not where people place their priorities on your side of the aisle when it came to what they wanted to see. however, how much credit do you give the argument that something is better than nothing? i give it a lot of credit. and the reason i give it a lot of credit is, chris, you know i was a co-chair for bernie sanders. i get criticized by my base, we don t have medicare for all, we don t have free public college in this bill, we don t have a $15 minimum wage in this bill, we don t have a lot of things that bernie sanders, elizabeth warren believed in. we re willing to compromise more. we said let s pass this bill in the senate before bringing it to the house. we re willing to compromise and say let s just get a public agreement. they haven t even given us a number, chris. the president basically begged them. they said, put up a number. how can you negotiate when the other side isn t even willing to tell you what their proposal is? i feel in this ca