states senate, the amount of crazy that has been let loose in the republican party is not lost on them. it s despiriting, it s depressing to many of them. and for republicans went through this cycle in 2010, 2012. whether it was, you know, congressman aiken, he had the legitimate rain comment, kristine o donnell, the witch from dl delaware. there was six or seven u.s. senate seats that republicans would have won had they nominated candidates who weren t completely crazy. they were rejected in the general election. we may see that skoocycle repea itself here in 2018. the party had it under control in 2014, 2016, but as john kennedy once said, the problem with riding the tiger is sometimes you wind up inside the tiger. and i think snaf wof that was i
others have been holding some of these people for years. nimr in saudi custody since 2012. whether a peaceful dissident or activist i don t know. the saudis sent a signal, anyone who even appears to challenge authoritarian rule in saudi arabia, vee shia-sunni dissiden the saudis are risk ready and eager to make points and protective security. and i think there s no other no other explanation. i mean, talking about beheadings, executions by firing squad, maybe over the new year s weekend in an effort, it was done privately, they were not public executions, nonetheless, this was still a sign by a risk-ready saudi security establishment to send a message to shia dissidents and iran.
democrats rolled out a legislative agenda that s aimed at highlighting these types of pocketbook issues. in addition to unemployment, you have pay equity, the minimum wa wage, things that are designed to convince voters that democrats are the party that help them, the party that cares about the middle class as opposed to republicans, an argument that worked well against normmitt romney in 2012. whether it s enough to distract from health care and the problems with the rollout there something the democrats are still worried about. quickly before we go, is there any consternation in republican circles behind the scenes that their hands are being forced on this and that moderate republicans cannot do what their conscious dictates, which is take up the issue of unemployment assistance and immigration reform? i think there s still significant republican frustration across the board with some of the more conservative members of the caucus. i think that s being reflected this-in how you r
probably watching whether the f.b.i. dropped the ball. you believe the answer is yes. so i want to start with you, terry because mark raised good questions and other questions have been raised by many others whether the f.b.i. should have known about in particular tamerian tsarnaev. there are reports that he visited this known radical islamist mosque when he went over to russia or the region. i believe prior to the 2011 investigation of him. my information these were some of the things that caused russia to say, you might want to check him out. he went back to russia for six months back in 2012. whether you believe the f.b.i. should or could have done more? first of all, i don t believe the f.b.i. dropped the ball at all. i have great respect for mark. mark and i have been in the hot
level republicans talking to him, courting him, trying to make it happen. they certainly did last time around. these numbers help in a big way, chuck. he s taken it one step at a time, getting the governorship, getting re-elected matters a lot to him. he s obviously on track to do that. he s the favorite of a lot of republican money, especially in this city in the tri-state region. he will go into an intensely competitive primary which is important. what the party looks like two years from now is still pretty much up for grabs. there are a lot of different factions within the party. his appeal could be crossover. there s a lot of people in the tea party factions who were attracted to him in 2012. whether he will continue to be that candidate or others will emerge, that s an open question. i was going to ask you jr, d his relationship and praise for president obama during the hurricane, his coming out the