healthy. i think we can t be satisfied, john. sure. there are a lot of debates and there have been for a long time. what is fascinating is in the history of post-war or post-world war ii america, we have not had an active debate about socialism and what it means and whether it s appropriate to really, for 50 years. the last time, generally, you had a really aggressive public debate over the possibility of socialism, where democratic socialism is going back to pre-world war ii. i think it does speak to the depth of the eco anxiety, even in the face of a trump economy which on the surface seems to be doing pretty well that, this 30 years of economic stagnation of flat living standards, of wages not going up, of globalization, of the technology revolution, of the fear of automation, of the fact that so many families now
our chance to dream big, to fight hard, and to win! i am sick of the word values being talked about like it only belongs on one side of the aisle. values like freedom and security and democracy are not conservative values, they are american values. and this is the year we break the republican monopoly on talking about freedom. welcome back to politics nation. we are continuing our coverage from columbia, south carolina in the state s democratic party convention. joining me now is john hyneman, analyst for msnbc, and back with me, jason johnson, politics editor and amita omara,