he forgets barack obama may have been the first black president but he will be the most progressive president i don't think that it's alarmist to suggest that at his age he is probably a one term president, and i think he recognizes that and i think anybody with eyes and ears and a pulse gets that,y so he's going to do as much as he can and as quickly as he can. >> the impact of this will be profound. >> absolutely. one of the things i like to say isnd you have to understand why are they doing all of this and the thing is in the isolation you can explain one or two things it's because of this or that, but it's not. they all tie together. everything is about maintaining permanent political power. so think about this because if you have power and it's permanent then you can continue past the policies so what do you need to do? two things, you need to maintain power so you pass the court, to, you make puerto rico a state and get potentially for democratic senators. the district devotes 95-5. it's like a given. guarantees you would never lose the super majority and then you need new voters so you

that's going to be the new talking point on the left and if he gets the fact that barack obama may have been the first black president but he will be the most progressive president and he wants to cement that. i don't think it's alarmist to suggest that at his age he is probably a one term president. and i think he recognizes that and anybody with eyes and ears and a pulse gets that. he's going to do as much as he can as quickly as he can. >> the impact of this will be profound. >> absolutely. i think one of the things that i like to say is you have to understand what i call the big y? why are they doing all ofthis ? the thing is it in isolation you can explain one or two things and say it's because of this or that. and it's not. they all tied together. everything is about maintaining permanent political power . if you have power and its permanent then you can continue to pass your policies in that item. what do you need to do? one is you need to maintain power in those key areas so you pack the court, too, you make dc a state in puerto rico a state so you get potentially forpermanent d

turned off a lot of working-class voters with medicare and social security and that is part of how barack obama won reelection in 2012 to say to working-class voters come i know you don't love cultural liberalism but the republicans will cut to medicare and i will protect it so they took those issues off the table and basically said we are committed to medicare reform and put something in the budget that supposedly will change the system over 20 years but basically we will not make those cuts we will not do the paul ryan agenda anymore. and at the same time trump also made a lot of promises that he made on trade and infrastructure where he pitched himself directly to working-class voters who felt they had been left behind by the agenda both political parties under globalization so in those ways he moved the republican party closer to working-class voters on economicsoo. that happens now. if you look under the heard of the campaign in virginia, he didn't campaign on deep budget cuts but spending more money on schools and cutting that gas tax which falls harder with those upper-class voters

obama won reelection in 2012, which in saying that to the working-class voters, you know i know you, don't love cultural liberalism but the republicans are going to cut your medicare and i'm going to protect it. so in the trump era, they took those issues off the table basically said that you know we are sort initially committed to medicare reform will put something in our budget that supposedly will change the system over 20 years but basically, were not going to make those cuts were not going to do the paul ryan agenda. and at the same time, trump also made a lot of promises of simple which he didn't some some which he didid on trade and infrastructure were feet you know sort of it himself directly to working-class voters who felt like they had been left behind by the agenda both political parties under globalization. so for both of those ways, they move the republican party closer to a lot of working-class voters on economics. and that still happens now like if you look into the hood of the campaign in virginia, francis he didn't campaign on deep budget cuts he campaigned on putti

and that was part of how barack obama won re-election in 2012, was basically saying to working class voters, you know, i know you don't love cultural liberalism, but the republicans are going to cut your libertiniy will cut your medicare and i will protect it. in the trump era, republicans took those issues off the table basically said, you know, we are committed to medicare reform, we will put something in our budget that will change the system over 20 years. we arere not going to make those kinds of cuts. we will not do the paul ryan agenda anymore. at the same time also making a lot of promises, some of which he did not on trade and infrastructure where he, sort of, you c know, pitched himself directly to working-class voters who felt they had been left behind under globalization. and both of those ways, he mover the republican party a little closer to a lot of working-class voters on economics. that still happens now. if you look under the hood of the campaign in virginia, he did not campaign on deep budget cuts he campaigned on spending more money on schools and cutting the gas

and that was part of how barack obama won re-election in 2012, was basically saying to working class voters, you know, i know you don't love cultural liberalism, but the republicans are going to cut your medicare, and i'm going to protect it. so if trump, in the trump era republicans took those issues off the table. basically said, you know, yeah, we're sort of notionally committed to medicare reform. we'll put something this our budget, you know, that supposedly will change the system over 20 years, but basically we're not going to make those kind of cuts. we're not going to do the paul ryan agenda anymore. and at the same time, trump also made a lot of promises, some of which he kept, some of which he didn't on trade and infrastructure where he, you know, sort of pitched himself directly to working class voters who felt like they had been left behind by the the agenda of both political parties under globalization. so in both of those ways, he moved the republican party a little closer to a lot of working class voters on economics. and that still happens now. like, if you look under