and that he doesn t read republican talking points. and he goes to all sides. i think that s onest things that are new. richard? richard haass has a question for you, not if a beautiful red dress. he looks good though. blue suit. i was surprised by something you said a few minutes ago. you were very critical of prime minister abe of japan. this is a , no not critical. i think he s great for japan. i wasn t critical. i think he s doing a great job for japan. but why isn t it also good for the united states? this is an ally. if japan economically recovers they can contribute a lot more militarily. they can become much more of a partner of the united states. they can help us around the world. why is somehow his doing good for japan in any way not good for the united states? this is the third largest economy in the world and one of our closest allies. shouldn t we celebrate that? because they re killing us economically, richard. because their selling millions of cars to us that
country a lot of money. there s no rhyme or reason. what i think he s tapping into, as i try to figure this out, there s pure anti-government ideology. you hear that a lot on the right. you always assume that s what republican candidates need to be espousing and trump snlt. it s this fear of redistribution that exists among the republican base.isn t. it s this fear of redistribution that exists among the republican base. it gets down to a sense of cultural anxiety, that me, that us, that our people, that our tribe, our coalition, however you want to define it, our money is being taken, and it s being spent on illegal immigrants. it s spent on groups that are not part of our group. we talked about this our group, us versus them. it causes division. i m not going to use the term that was used, because i had never heard the term before. i m one who doesn t use it. but when you start going down
paul without having to say his name. while the other gop contenders are really out there talking about hillary, chris christie is actually managing to talk about issues and the other contenders in i think, a way that is attempting to sort of clear the field and bring him back. ellis, with regard to rand paul as he s gotten into this race i have said that he is looking less and less like his father. that is until this week because this week rand paul blamed the gop hawks for the creation of isis. i m wondering which rand paul are we really going to see as the race heats up? the libertarian champion or someone who feels obliged to attack a more traditional tone to the base? you trace the back and forth exactly right. we were expecting rand and we got ron. getting back to my fractions. there is nobody on that side of the equation. now, it s true the base isn t really there either. we don t really know how much of that kind of foreign policy
i like the ron version. getting back to my fractions there is nobody on that side of the equation. now, it s true the base isn t really there either. we don t really know how much of that kind of foreign policy audience there is in the gop. but, i mean, you ve got to do something to stand out so why not that? ellis, i mean, the 88% of republican voters say terrorism is a big priority for their next president. so he might get like 5% of the ron paul newsletter subscribers. but this is really not this is not smart. it s galling for anyone to suggest that an american party created isis. it s really galling for a republican running for president to say it. s.e., does the debate issue that is now lurking for the gop what to do with all these candidates, an issue being faced by cnn, an issue that will be faced by fox in that first debate, does that pose a threat to retail politicking in new hampshire and in iowa?
that was straight from the heart, that s why people are going crazy for her. here s hillary clinton, who i also love, trying to make a similar point about 12 hours earlier. i m worried that other people and particularly younger people are not going to have the same opportunities we did. we believed we could make our way up the ladder. now i think a lot of people don t believe that anymore. that bothers me a lot. we have to pay attention. it says to me you re running for president. how easily you pivoted from that into income inequality in america. all right, they are both talking about the same thing. i just didn t feel fire from hillary clinton. the democratic base isn t fired up? you can bet elizabeth warren is ready. she seemed to be indicting your boss. what s wrong? washington doesn t work. you got me. sorry, obama.