who was a lung time incumbent. what i wanted to do was put the issues i cared about in front of people and talk about where the country needs to go and see what happens. you said a few weeks ago quoting here the democratic party has lost its way. what did you mean by that? the people that have no voice in corners of power can always count on the democratic feertparty to be talking about those issues. it s kind of up for grabs these days. the democratic party need to get back on that message. webb said he s concerned that his party had steadily continued to lose more and more of the white working class vote. if we move to post-racial america, we can t do that if we end up with two political party one of which is comprised essentially of people of color and a small group of people who are categorized as white and then another party that s
everyone, you know, i think that they can they can soldier on and that coalition can grow. maybe some of the white working class vote can be brought back. it s interesting because this connects to the discussion we re having about the 1960s and about the civil rights act and then that leads to the sort of backlash in the south among the old white ethnics in the north, nixon southern strategy and all that. the president of the naacp will weigh in joining us live from washington. no-charge scheduled . check. and here s the kicker. 0% apr for 60 months. and who got it? this guy. and who got it? this guy. and who got it? this guy. that s right. [ male announcer ] it s the car you won t stop talking about. ever. hurry in to the volkswagen best. thing. ever. event. and get 0% apr for 60 months, now until september 3rd. that s the power of german engineering.
country. the economic policy actually says that the numbers have been so bad for black americans while other groups have begun to recover flt recession this that they refer to it as a slow moving perpetual recession among black americans. you were mentioning the horrible numbers and one thing i think got left out and speaks to why he is unfortunate fg a tough time getting through congress i don t think the did ks have reframed the face of poverty in this country. i have people convinced everyone in poverty is not trying hard enough is not working hard enough and a free loader who doesn t want a job and the data out just last month shows the leading cause of bankruptcy is medical catastrophes. they can t get back on their feet. i think the president and the democrats need to do a better job talking about. working class vote. so important in this next election. something the president didn t do so well in 2012. i want to turn to a piece you
gender gs. but in ohio, michael, these were white working class people who did not look at some of the other factors of race and they said, he had our backs. specifically speaking of the auto industry there. so, it is not all certa white voters siding with the gop. for the folks in ohio, it boiled down to truly economics. and maybe a little bit ofthere. yeah. i think in ohio economics trumped race but i think that race is a critically important factor. yes. it s interesting. as you were running through the demographic groups, i was saying to myself, i can explain women because of the way the choice issue is handled by the republican candidates. i can understand hispanics with the of the dream act and young people. asians, what accounts for the fact that roughly 70% of the asians immigration maria teresa says. okay. but go ahead.
that the republican party which impeached bill clinton, has embraced bill clinton, the president putting his arms around president clinton putting his arms around president obama literally and figuratively, is so troublesome with that white working class vote. how far back i guess harry truman they liked. they liked kennedy s tax cuts. they never talk about lbj much. they thought carter was illegitimate. and they thought bill clinton was completely illegitimate until this campaign. but bill clinton comes out there and to take joan s point and he says not just that he s my president, he s our president. coming from another president who has made hard decisions and it s really putting the stamp of legit maty back on a guy who shouldn t have to fight for it but has had to because of republican obstructionism. let s listen to romney talking about the president out for revenge. it never ends.