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She did not do well with the african-american community. in fact, we saw biden s numbers go up reasonably substantially. there is an open question here. the impact of this. melissa: it s interesting. i wonder why that would be. would it be because african-american student interpreter attack as sincere and morris political opportunism? i think it s great this is happening for the trump campaign. they haven t learned anything from the 26 teen election. it s not all about identity politics anymore. if they continue to group people based on the color of their skin and attack each other over this, think it s going to end very badly for them. that s only one of the issues they have going into 2020. melissa: what do you think of that? i would like to agree that identity politics is going away. not as much as we might like. it s still there. you see communities voting very much in tandem. it s going to create an interesting situation. i have said from the outset that ....
About, and i will call your attention to david ignatius in the washington post, what happens happening in cairo and benghazi is a case of political opportunism by salafist islamic extremists. this is not about america, bit factions battling for power in a fluid political situation. jonathan, i enjoyed your piece about mitt romney and how badly he s miscalculated this thing. so many variables, he didn t wait to hear about the time line and the information is still coming out specifically regarding who the aggressors were in libya. yeah. you think about that, the broader trend lines of what is going on in the middle east. right. and just how complicated the situation is and how in need of a more nuisanced foreign policy expertise it really is. you would like that because ....
that s been one of their big problems. they had the original sin in health care reform, where they said we re not going to touch what you have now. if you like it, you can teep it. it s hard for them to go to the american people and say we re going to bring your premiums way down, but they re not. and it s made it hard for them to say what the benefits are. they ve got attacked on what the bill can be distorted it into being. but they will not be able to defend it for what it will do for the median american. which then makes it look, k.t., by political opportunism, which the system is uninsured. a legacy in insurance monopoly and employer-based system that is very expensive and you don t get a lot of resources for a significant number of people. it s politically expedient to say, we re going to cover those that aren t covered, but we ll not deal with the elephant in the room strikes me as traditional washington, d.c. ....
Joining us now is reva bell. and the author of how to be secular. reva, i want to start with you. david i go anyway shus writing in the washington post had an interesting take on what was going behind the protests particularly in libya and egypt. he wrote what s happen inning cairo and benghazi is a case of political opportunism by salafist islamic extrooemists who are unhappy with the success that more moderate islamist and secular in egypt and libya have had in building political support. do you agree with that statement? absolutely. there s a lot of intraislamic competition like the muslim brotherhood trying to take leadership in the arab world and coming to the political rise in ....