democrats have the ability to compete in a fair system, the democrats will do fine. if you look at what happened after the redistricting in 2011, republicans got millions of votes fewer than democrats and ended up with a 33-seat majority. that wasn t a function of popularity, of policies or candidates. it was the way the system had been gained. and so if we take that out of the system, if we make the system fair, the democrats will do just fine. now there have to be political gains made between now and november. i think chief among them would be to pass the voting rights bills so the democratic base pass a build back better so the president and people running for the house will have a record of accomplishments that they can point to. so it s a question of both. it s making policy achievements as well as making sure that the system is fair.
influenced by outside accusers who have nothing to do with this case and i m talking about the 60 other accusers who join andrea constand who maintain they were sexually abused and drugged by bill cosby. are you surprised first of all a that the judge folded these three charges and combined them into one and, b, that he allow you had the jurors to be influenced by outside accusers? no. and so the first part is called merger. it s not a matter of mercy by the judge. he is not saying i only i want to restrict the sentencing to a potential of 10 years. it s a legal determination that the acts that support each of the counts of conviction are the same. and so ultimately, although it was properly charged as three counts, you can t stack up the sentencings because it s all one single criminal act. that wasn t a function of the judge saying i want to reduce the punishment. so that part is no surprise that will not lead to any sort of successful appeal by either party. the second part is t
that month where his wife was talking about the fact that he was focusing on being a good father and a good husband. so i asked him about how he squares that with the fact that he was engaging in this at that very time. congressman, can you square that with the interview that you and your wife gave to people magazine right before that saying this is over? i think a lot of people see this as the resignation was the end of the challenges my wife and i, my family faced and it wasn t. it was part of something that needed to get resolved and frankly he hadn t been. it took some work to get to that place. so it wasn t a function of a certain moment in time came and went. this was a continuum. these things are behind me now. i can certainly understand you re asking these questions. i think it is a fair question and people have to answer that question for themselves.