JONES: Well, the problem was I think the progressives, Democrats and independents elected Obama, we thought, look, you got Obama in the White House. You got 60 votes in the Senate —

O’BRIEN: Done and done.

JONES: So we thought that was enough to govern. It turns out that was only one third. You also have to have a disciplined media strategy, Fox was able to demonstrate that and you have to have a grassroots movement, people.

The Tea Party demonstrated that. LBJ did not lead the Civil Rights Movement. Obama is the head of state. He’s not supposed to also be a social movement leader, but the grassroots didn’t understand that. We expected him to do for us what we have to do for ourselves.