SENATE DEMOCRATS WOUND UP DOING A FOCUS GROUP, NOT AMONGST
THEMSELVES, OF VOTERS, TO SEE WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS.
THEY WILL NEED THIS INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO RUN ON IN THE 2018 ELECTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL,
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK A FOCUS
GROUP?
IF THEY ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT POLICIES AND WERE TRUE
PROGRESSIVES, AND THEY KNEW WHAT TO FIGHT ON, AND WERE DESPERATE
TO GET CHANGE IN THE COUNTRY AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
HAD HEALTHCARE AND COLLEGE AND A DECENT WAGE?
I GET IT, THEY ARE
POLITICIANS.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FOCUS GROUP IS REALLY
INTERESTING.
THE VOTERS HAD THIS QUOTE FOR THEM.
AND AGAIN, THE
FOCUS GROUP DOESN'T KNOW THAT SENATORS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
IT, THEY ARE JUST BEING ASKED IN A ROOM AND THEY TELL THEM THEIR
REAL OPINIONS.
QUOTE --
>>DAMN.
AS USUAL, THEY ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
VOTERS ARE RIGHT
AND POLITICIANS ARE WRONG.
CORPORATE DEMOCRATS ALMOST NEVER
FIGHT FOR THEIR AGENDA, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THAT'S
WHY THEY ARE ASKING A FOCUS GROUP.
LET'S SEE WHAT THEY TOOK AWAY FROM IT --
>>OKAY.
IS FIGHTING FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM THE CORRECT
POLICY?
YES.
HAVE DEMOCRATS EVEN DONE THAT?
NO.
THEY HAD EVERY
OPPORTUNITY DURING BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS TO FIGHT FOR DACA
AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M FRUSTRATED.
I'M ALSO FRUSTRATED ABOUT THAT, BUT THE MAIN REASON HERE IS THEY
ARE LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE, BUT MAYBE IMMIGRATION
WILL FILL THE GAP.
ONE ISSUE.
DO YOU HAVE OPINIONS AND ANYTHING
ELSE?
AND WHY IMMIGRATION, TO FILL THE GIANT GAP OF THEIR NO
AGENDA?
BECAUSE AS USUAL THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS PLAYING
IDENTITY POLITICS.
LATINOS, COME HERE, WE WILL EVENTUALLY DO
IMMIGRATION REFORM, WE DIDN'T DO IT NOW, WE DIDN'T USE OUR
LEVERAGE BECAUSE THAT WILL UPSET OUR DONORS, BUT LATINOS, I CARE
ABOUT IMMIGRATION, THAT WILL FILL MY EMPTY GAP OF A MIND AS A
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN --
>>AY-YIY-YIY.
FIRST OF ALL, ALL
OF THOSE ARE ANODYNE.
YOU ARE
FOR HELPING PEOPLE WITH OPIOID ADDICTION.
ARE YOU ALSO FOR
OXYGEN?
CONGRATULATIONS.
A BOLD MOVE.
I'M NOT SAYING BE AGAINST
THOSE THINGS, BUT THOSE ARE LAYUPS.
AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN
ABOUT STUDENT LOANS?
DO YOU WANT TO WIPE OUT STUDENT LOANS?
NOT
PRACTICAL, WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY WE COULD FINANCE ANOTHER
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN ABOUT STUDENT LOANS?
I KNOW, HELP AROUND THE EDGES.
THEIR LIST IS NOT REMOTELY
PROGRESSIVE, IT IS AS SMALL A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA AS YOU COULD
POSSIBLY HAVE.
THE SECOND PART THAT'S FRUSTRATING ABOUT THAT
QUOTE IS WE WILL BRAG ABOUT WHAT WE DID WITH THE BUDGET DEAL --
NO, THAT'S WHY WE TOLD YOU NOT TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET DEAL.
THAT
WAS A REPUBLICAN BUDGET YOU PASSED, DON'T BRAG ABOUT THAT.
YOU SHOULD BE DOING A CAMPAIGN FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU WOULD
PASS IF YOU WERE IN CHARGE, NOT THE CRUMBS REPUBLICANS GAVE YOU
OFF OF THEIR TABLE.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT KIND OF
CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE YOU DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO PASS ANYTHING
IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU HAD A
SUPER MAJORITY, YOU PUSHED THAT BOULDER UP THE HILL AND FINALLY
GOT MITT ROMNEY'S HEALTHCARE PLAN PASSED.
AND IF YOU DON'T
KNOW, LOOK IT UP, THE REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE PLAN WAS COPYING
MITT ROMNEY'S PLAN IN MASSACHUSETTS, HERITAGE
FOUNDATION, A RIGHT WING THINK TANK'S PLAN.
IF YOU SAY IT'S
BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT THOSE WERE THE
CRUMBS OFF THE REPUBLICAN TABLE.
>> SO THEIR LIST IS NOT REMOTELY PROGRESSIVE IT IS A SMALL
PROGRESSIVE AGENDA YOU CAN POSSIBLY ADD.
THE SECOND PART THAT IS FRUSTRATING ABOUT THAT QUOTE IS
WE WILL BRAG ABOUT WHAT WE DID WITH THE BUDGET DEAL, THAT'S WHY
WE TOLD YOU NOT TO SUPPORT THE
BUDGET DEAL.
DON'T BRAG ABOUT THAT.
YOU SHOULD BE DOING A CAMPAIGN FOR ALL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD
PASS IF YOU WERE IN CHARGE.
BUT THE CRUMBS THE REPUBLICANS GIVE YOU OFF THEIR TABLE.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT KIND OF CAMPAIGN BECAUSE YOU
DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO PASS ANYTHING IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU HAD A SUPER MAJORITY YOU PUSHED
OUT ABOUT HELEN FINALLY GOT MITT ROMNEY'S HEALTH CARE PLAN
PASSED.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW LOOK IT UP, THE OBAMA HEALTH CARE PLAN WAS
COPYING MITT ROMNEY'S PLAN IN MASSACHUSETTS.
IT WAS COPYING HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
YOU SAY HEY IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD, I AGREE.
BUT THERE'S THE CRUMBS OFF THE REPUBLICAN TABLE.
THEY ARE RUNNING BECAUSE THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR CHANGE.
BUT FOR THE CORPORATE DEMOCRATS, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ñ WHAT
IS HER PLAN?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
DID OUR DONORS SAY?ONE SITE HAS AN AGENDA, THE OTHERS THAT HAS
NOTHING.
LAST ONE, QUOTE FROM AXIOS.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF SAME DEMOCRATS, BUT THEY ARE OVERWHELMED BY THE OTHER
DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.
THAT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA TO JUST RUN AGAINST TRUMP AND TALK
ABOUT RUSSIA.
LOOK
SHE CAN SAY SHE HAD ALL THE WHITE PAPERS IN THE WORLD, BUT
WHAT DID SHE HAVE THE SIDE OF
THE MEDIA?
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE SHE TRIED TO DELIVER ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND IN DEBATES?
IT WAS BASHING TRUMP, BASHING
TRUMP.
BUT WHAT IS YOUR AGENDA?
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS.
TALK ABOUT RUSSIA DURING THE ELECTIONS.
YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO CONTINUE
THIS INVESTIGATION?
WONDERFUL.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON A CAMPAIGN TRAIL?
HOW ABOUT EQUAL
HIGHER WAGES FOR THE AVERAGE
AMERICAN?
IS THAT GOING TO GIVE THEM HEALTH CARE WHEN THEY GET
SICK?
TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
AS LONG AS THEY ARE HOOKED ON THE CORPORATE MONEY THEY WILL
NEVER DO IT.
PUT IN AS MANY PROGRESSIVES AS YOU CAN BECAUSE THEY WILL AT
LEAST FIGHT FOR YOU AND YOU KNOW THEY WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.
THIS IS THE CORRUPTED AND THEY
ARE USELESS.