2000. the republicans made a calllation after eight years of clinton that they were too far in the right, and needed to be in the middle and needed a compassionate conservatism. but bush spent 1999 developing a real program. later call ed it big government skeftism. he had a real plan for a greater federal role in education. he had a real plan there on prescription drugs. they developed a vision. so there was real substance there. mitt romney was far to the right in the primary. gave the conservative base everything they wanted. this is one of the most conservative republican platforms we have seen. he did nothing at the convention to move away from that. he waited until october 3rd to start in a debate to articulate moderate-sounding outcomes. not policy, but outcomes.
conservatism. but he had a real plan there to create a greater federal role in education. he had a real plan there for a federal role on prescription drugs. they developed a vision. the republican vision hence the immigration bill. exactly. this is what he ran on in 2000. so there was some real substance there. what mitt romney is doing right here, he was far to the right in the primary. gave the conservative base everything they wanted. in the republican platform. this is one of the most conservative republican platforms we have seen. he did nothing at the convention from a policy standpoint to move away from that. he waited until october 3rd to start in a debate to articulate moderate-sounding outcomes. not policy, but outcomes. things that sound pleasing to moderates that are not backed up. but he s not changed his position on anything that i can really see. i m struggling to think of a precedent. the idea of you can t trust this guy. the idea you don t want a weather vane bei
it before but i totally agree with you now. he ran a very conservative platform. the republican party will take the most conservative platform. he gets the nomination but gave the conservative base everything it wants. they want somebody like them that s opposed to lily led better pay act. she s saying one of the signature achievements was a good thing and number two, i disagree with the conservative base that i just spent the five years telling they can trust me. he can t pick that fight. at the same time the can t say everything they want him to say and that will give away just how extreme the republican party base has become in the obama era. he trying to straggle it by saying i wouldn t get rid of it but saying if a republican congress sign a repeal bill, would you sign it.
not by running as a moderate but by saying actually, i was hiding it before but i totally agree with you now. he ran a very conservative platform. the republican party will take the most conservative platform. he gets the nomination but gave the conservative base everything it wants. they want somebody like them that s opposed to lily led better pay act. she s saying one of the signature achievements was a good thing and number two, i disagree with the conservative base that i just spent the five years telling they can trust me. he can t pick that fight. at the same time the can t say everything they want him to say and that will give away just how extreme the republican party base has become in the obama era. he trying to straggle it by
glenn: hello, america. i want to have a sere cross conversation tonight and serious conversation with you tonight and i come to you trying to figure out what is going on. i m a real, i m a stickler on things like consistency. things have to be consistent. i mean, you either have principles or you don t. principles. principles. base everything on principles. get the policies from the principles. what were the principles that barack obama said he had when he was elected? when he was elected, how many times did you hear this? we re going to stop just snatching people off the street. i mean i don t remember us ever snatching people off the street. apparently we were in the campaign, just snatching muslims off the street. he was going to stop that. i haven t seen it so we must have stopped it. everyone was going to get a fair trial. remember that one? got to have a fair trial. the next was right to