if he succeeds, it will be because of that split but also he s a terrific fund-raiser. he should be okay. he s a little bit of an outlier. the one number that struck me in the nbc polls, the 56% of people who identify as republicans, we say that they are more supportive of the party than they are of donald trump. once we get out of the primaries, that s where we ll be looking at. we ll be looking at races structurally more like virginia s gubernatorial race last year where youngkin was able to keep trump at a distance, accept his endorsement but not rally with him. they are not necessarily affected by what trump says and does anymore. the voting issues, whether you frame it as voting rights and election integrity, it depends on which party you re in, it is not one of the top two or three
we have a lot of excitement in our base but you have to beat the republican and you have to carry this toxic democratic brand on your back, too. howard dean, msnbc contributor, former governor, also former chair of the democratic national committee, rick tyler, msnbc political analyst, former spokesman for senat senat senator ted cruz s presidential campaign. we were talking about nancy pelosi. you think she s a fine not speaker but fine leader of the democrats in the house. well, first of all, she was almost certainly the best speaker we ve had in the house since tip o neill in terms of her effectiveness and getting stuff done. she s a terrific fund-raiser for her caucus. i have said we need a younger generation in politics to get the younger generation who supports us overwhelmingly over the as opposed to the republicans and who don t like institutions. but i i mean rick is going to
diverse caucus into to bring to fruition dodd frank and the affordable care act. i can go on and on. i think what we did today was say okay, we are going to stick with the leadership that we have. of course with mr. crowley and sanchez. we have younger leaders coming up, but for now, when you have a strategist who is second to none like a standing lawyer and jim clyburn, we had to stick with the folks that we have. i hear you and there is a lot of people that said what part of losing 63 states since 2010 collectively makes you comfortable that these folks know what they are doing. nancy pelosi is a terrific fund-raiser and that has not translated to house victories.
she s got more energy than probably half of our democratic caucus, and the terrific fund-raiser, and i don t blame her for the past election. it wasn t her fault. we did get caught up in a national wave do you want her job? do you think you know the voters you need to tap in to being from you know one of the rust belt states that, that, that you guys lost? that i do. i do know the voters we need to get back into the fold and i probably know them as well as any other political figure in the country. i grew up just outside of youngstown, ohio, my buddies are working steel mills and working the building and construction trades. buddies that i went to high school with and we need to make sure that those people feel welcome in the democratic party. look, we re fighting for women. we re fighting for minorities. we re fighting all these issues that donald trump is going to try to jam down our throat. but, he did do very well with these blue collar workers, and blue collar workers should