the checks and balances. the problem is what do you do for those that say impeach him for breaking the laws or bypassing the laws? could that pass in the house? it probably could. is the majority of american people in favor of impeaching the president? i m not sure. here is what i am sure about. while republicans are talking about impeach ment and searching endlessly for scandals, things are getting done. joining me now is aisha moody mills, a senior fellow at the center for american progress, and maria theresa kumar. thank you for being here. this executive order is limited. the president can enforce it for those that work with federal government. what message does it send today? well, it s limited, sure. but it s actually huge. this is unprecedenteded.
and mary landrieu said it is unacceptab unacceptable, and unnecessary. and mark pryor, no excuse for another delay. and mark begich, i am appalled for the foot dragging on this keystone project. and swipes from mitch mcconnell commenting on the president s year of action saying i guess he was not serious about having a pen and a phone. and let s bring in aisha moody mills from thegrio.com, and republican aid joe watkins. let s start with you, aisha, not mincing the words there, but t net-net, how does this hurt them? well, i don t necessarily think it hurts them, but it is a delay. you know, the reality is that there is a much bigger picture to the happen in the midterm elections and making this decision was calculated in that
was on the floor in texas with her pink running shoes and was really fighting for women s reproductive rights. yeah, she had to be running perfect campaign to have a slim chance to beat greg abbott. she s run a terrible campaign so far. greg abbott is going to be the next governor of texas. she s raised a lot of money, but in texas, not so much. she s going to get beat and she s going to get beat big. senator john cornyn meantime, r59% to 19%. congressman pete sessions beat back his tea party challenge. chip, what do those results tell you? pretty simple. when you run against an incumbe incumbent, you have have to an issue. at the end of the day, john cornyn and pete sessions have done a great job for the state of texas and their district. aisha, was this less about bad news for the tea party and more about the realities of running against an incumbent? i think it s both. i think the tea party has to be
profile congressional races where the more moderate republican incumbent rolled against tea party challengers from the right. and the stage is now set for democrat wendy davis versus republican greg abbott for governor, and that s to say nothing of another winner with one of the most famous names in american politics. let s bring in aisha and chip saltsman. good morning. good morning. good morning. let s start with the big name, big talker, george p. bush, son of jeb, winning the race for land commissioner, which is a big deal in texas. his grandfather tweeting last night, we couldn t be prouder tonight, good man, hard worker. he ll do a great job if elected. chip, this, obviously, brings up the dynasty question and whether this is just the beginning for george p. bush. well, we hope so, and certainly his last name didn t hurt him last night in texas and he was smart in running for a down ballot ticket, important
for something as opposed to against everything and we saw that play out in those primaries. one tea party candidate that had a good night, state senator dan patrick, who forced the state s republican lieutenant governor david dewherst into a runoff. what do you think about that? yeah, i think that s exactly what that is, ted cruz really hurt his reputation pretty bad and positioned him as a moderate, and i think we see those chickens come home to roost now and that s exactly what that was. other campaigns elsewhere across the nation, chip, are looking at texas, what s your takeaway? well, i think one thing, texas is an independent state, think different than the rest of the country, but they elected strong, good conservatives in these races that are probably going to win across the board in november. chip saltsman, aisha moody mills, thanks to both of you, we ll be right back.