Rep. Clyburn: ‘The Capital of the Confederacy’ Is in the Deep South

HALL: "Mary Landrieu is the last Senate Democrat left standing in the deep south. They write, 'indeed, here is a look at how the political representation has changed in the entire South since the 1960s. They go through -- the 110th Congress, five Democrats, 17 GOPs. Looking at the stats, bottom line here is she’s the last Senate Democrat left standing in the deep South."
CLYBURN: "That’s not quite true. Senator Nelson is down in Florida. Last time I checked he was still a Democrat. And I really consider the capital, the confederacy, Virginia, as being the deep South. I don’t know why anybody would think otherwise. We still have two Democrats there in Virginia. So I do believe — I get your point that things are, in fact, shifting in the South. But let me say this, I believe it’s important for us as Democrats to accept the results of this vote as a wake up call for us to take stock of who and what we are, for us to stop apologizing for being Democrats. The Democratic party gave us social security; gave us Medicaid, Medicare, gave us the civil rights act of ‘64 and the voting rights act of ‘65, the [indecipherable] law of ‘68, made out of discrimination in the public sector in 1972. This party is a party of progressive ideas. It’s a party of young people. It is this party that is making it possible for young people to get affordable health care and affordable education. We’re the party of middle income America and we ought to stop apologizing for that being that because that’s what the core of this party is all about."