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"Republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable healthcare," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello says in his new ad as he gestures to an ambulance behind him getting crushed by an industrial car crusher. "In Congress I voted for Obamacare, because it was wrong that a million Virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. Now I'm running for governor because it's wrong that most Virginians' income hasn't gone up in 20 years. Together we can stop Donald Trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. And we'll make sure this" -- he turns and points at the now-destroyed ambulance -- "never happens in Virginia."

Released today on YouTube, the ad is, of course, perfectly timed (see "House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act," via The New York Times). It's basically the hyperpopular Hydraulic Press Channel writ large -- with the added dramatic tension of wondering, as you're watching, if a piece of the ambulance getting destroyed will fly out of the crusher and hit Perriello, necessitating another ambulance.

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"Republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable healthcare," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello says in his new ad as he gestures to an ambulance behind him getting crushed by an industrial car crusher. "In Congress I voted for Obamacare, because it was wrong that a million Virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. Now I'm running for governor because it's wrong that most Virginians' income hasn't gone up in 20 years. Together we can stop Donald Trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. And we'll make sure this" -- he turns and points at the now-destroyed ambulance -- "never happens in Virginia."

Released today on YouTube, the ad is, of course, perfectly timed (see "House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act," via The New York Times). It's basically the hyperpopular Hydraulic Press Channel writ large -- with the added dramatic tension of wondering, as you're watching, if a piece of the ambulance getting destroyed will fly out of the crusher and hit Perriello, necessitating another ambulance.

Simon Dumenco, aka Media Guy, is an Ad Age editor-at-large. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco

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Fox News co-host Bob Beckel had a strong message for his fellow Democrats on Wednesday: Enough with the identity politics.

On the The Five, Beckel saidthat Democrats should take responsibility for their 2016 election losses instead of doubling down on identity politics and appealing to special interest groups while ignoring the working class in America.

Let me just say, Im going to anger my Democratic friends, theyre already mad at me about this, Beckel started.

We continue to say were the party of labor, women, minorities you know, LGBT whatever it is, he said. I gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention. I said, Weve got to stop doing that and get back to where we were built which is, helping people who are working people. And they dont identify with that.

And the idea that Republicans would get anybody who is a working person to vote for them is amazing to me, but the Democrats deserve a lot of the responsibility, he continued.

Co-host Greg Gutfield agreed, noting that it was hard to tell the difference between parodies and issues championed by the Democratic Party.

You know how you know your religion which is identity politics is toxic? Its when you cant tell the difference between the real story and the parody, Gutfield said. Like when you think it might be an Onion story it might be a joke but then you find that its actually real that somebody believes this, that somebody says if you serve tacos at a party its cultural appropriation.

Ease up on the identity politics, Maher suggested.

One of the problems the Democrats have is that they obsess about things like Halloween costumes and the name of the Washington Redskins, he said. And theres millions of people in this country who are saying, How about a little bit more of Im going to get your job back?

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Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., argued Thursday that passing a bill to partially repeal Obamacare would result in the deaths of thousands of people.

"Tens of thousands of Americans will die if this bill passes," he said on the House floor. That's a fact."

"This is the cruelest and most immoral thing I've seen the Republican Party do to the American people," he added.

Republicans were on the verge of passing a bill Thursday that would give states the option of waiving some of Obamacare's requirements, after weeks trying to gather enough Republican support.

Cicilline said passing it would show Republicans don't care about millions of people who need to keep Obamacare in place.

"Don't try to tell me that they care about factory, construction workers that will be hurt by this bill," he said. "Don't try to tell me that they care about single moms that won't be able to put food on the table after you pass this bill."

"And don't try to tell me that they care about cancer survivors who are going to pay $140,000 more for health insurance," he added.

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Democrats say the 2018 Iowa Governor race may be last chance to win back Iowa voters. Jason Noble/The Register

Iowa state Sen. Nate Boulton will announce his candidacy for Iowa governor early Thursday morning.(Photo: Jason Noble/The Register)Buy Photo

Nate Boulton, the Democratic state senator who gained prominence this year by pushing back against Republicans agenda in the state legislature, is running for governor.

Boulton, an attorney from Des Moines, rolled out his candidacy with a video early Thursday morning and a formal announcement in his hometown of Columbus Junction. Hes planned a six-day trip that will take him to 16 cities around the state.

In an exclusive interview with the Des Moines Register, Boulton pitched himself as an advocate for working families who would prioritize support for education and worker training to make the state more economically competitive.

We need to start doing the things that take care of the individual men and women who make our economy run and secure our long-term economic future by doing that, he said.

Sen. Nate Boulton, D-Des Moines, speaks Monday, March 27, 2017, during debate on a workers' compensation bill in the Iowa Senate(Photo: William Petroski/Des Moines Register)

Boulton, a first-term senator elected last November, attracted publicity during the legislative session earlier this year by railing against GOP moves to curtail bargaining rights for government workers and rollback legal protections for injured workers.As an attorney specializing in labor and workers compensation law, Boulton had expertise on both issues. (The legislation passed over near-unified Democratic opposition, as Republicans currently hold both legislative chambers and the governors office.)

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Ive been standing up for working Iowans one by one when theyve needed someone to stand up for them, when theyve suffered disabling injuries, when theyve been wrongfully terminated, Boulton said Wednesday. Now, they need someone standing up for them in terms of our states long-term planning for our economic future.

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Boulton, 36, joins an expanding field of Democrats seeking Iowas highest office. Former party chairwoman Andy McGuire announced her candidacy last month and state Rep. Todd Prichard has formed a fundraising committee to explore a candidacy.

Polk County Conservation Director Rich Leopold and party activist Jon Neiderbach have declared candidacies as well.

Boulton declined to draw any immediate contrasts between himself and those likely Democratic opponents, but described the 2018 race as a make-or-break moment for the state, in which the party must offer a meaningful alternative to the current Republican leadership.

Were going to determine the soul of the state in this election cycle, he said. When we look at the things that need to be done for Iowas long-term economic growth, this is the election to actually start turning things around.

He also pushed back against the most obvious criticism of his candidacy: that at 36 years old and with four months of elective-office experience, hes not ready to run for the highest office in the state.

Its not like I was just born and went to the Legislature, Boulton told the Register, noting a decade of legal experience that includes work on a 2012 case successfully challenging Branstads veto authority.

The Democratic primary is taking shape as Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad nears confirmationas ambassador to China, a transition that will elevateLt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to the states chief executive and positionher as the incumbent in the 2018 campaign.

Boulton is expected to draw support from Democratic legislators and key labor organizations around the state. In a candidate announcement released early Thursday, he boasted of endorsements from state Sens. Pam Jochum and Joe Bolkcom, the head of Iowa's trial attorney's association, a former Iowa UAW political director and Des Moines businessman Mike Draper.

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