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He was elected chairman of the Governors Association earlier this month. In the studio, we have James Hohmann of politico and Niraj Chokshi of the washington post. James is the first question. Thank you for joining us. You are taking on this job after a pretty bad year for democrats. A lot of republicans who people did not think could get reelected in places like maine did. Democrats lost governorships in illinois and states where they should not have, even in a bad year. As you take on this job, looking ahead, what lessons did you take away from 2014 that democrats can really apply in 2015 and 2016 . You bet. Thanks for having me, james. First, i would pushback on that a little bit. We have three great new governors in pennsylvania, rhode island, hawaii. Keeping colorado and connecticut, even with the u. S. Senator ....
Like white whose are like i already know about all this. I took ethnic studies. I read all the articles. We dont need to talk about this. So theres no conversation. The thing that is pop into my head immediately and based on no study. Shift the category. Would this person say that about North Carolina versus South Carolina . Would they say this about scandinavia versus norway . Would they say this about baseball versus hockey like theres you can know one thing and somehow make it present to them that that doesnt mean they know everything. Buzz that rule apply . I had a hot dog. I know how a hot dog taste. Ive eaton at chilis so i know how mexican tastes. That doesnt follow. But there are other areas where that is selfevidently true. And this is truth times a thousand of that because theyre talking about human beings. You know one person. So i think theres probably people in t ....