today s actions represent another act of donald trump s political theater, a failed attempt to exert power, continuation of the political vendetta against california and our progress, bed newsroom, we will prevail, see you in court. the attorney general out there says this is going to court. what do you make of it? i look forward to joining the president in court against those who believe the president doesn t have the power to do this. is used said, california doesn t stand for federal empowerment, the basis of federalism is each state s sovereign and take things within their borders but anytime policies affect other states, that disrupts that federalism and is unconstitutional. i think he is doing the right thing. we want to make sure people in louisiana, especially low income people have the ability to afford vehicles. if it is up to california we
let s turn to jim moore, huffington post contributor and writer and author of the book adios mofo: why rick perry will make america miss george w. bush. too late now, jim, you can t rename that title. you sure know how to embarrass proud texans. it was a great book, but you should have told us it was going to fall apart fast. it lived up to its title, adios, mofo, he s out of here. what happened, did people in texas know something everybody else in the states didn t know? well, you know, he on paper i think i told you this before, ed, when we talked. on paper, this guy checks all the boxes for republicans. i mean, he s very good with his social conservatives, very good with evangelicals, he s in the right place on gay marriage and abortion and those things and the guy looks good and when he s on a podium and unchallenged and doesn t have to answer questions or think analytically, he does very, very well. but one thing that didn t work
right, ed. one of the things i will say about the obama administration, i don t think they ve done a good enough job of cheerleading for their own policies, which have been incredibly successful. you have a president personally popular and his policies not as popular as he is, but with mitt romney, you have someone who s not personally popular and when americans dig into the fact his economic policy is basically to give himself and his friends another huge tax cut as the expense of the middle and working class people, they are not going to be happy with what they find, so i do think the president is very well set up, and as richard pointed out, previously we were worried the president would have to argue things would have been worse if not for him. now the republicans are having to argue the counterfactual, that things would have been better if not for president obama, and that s a very difficult place to be in. i mean, president obama is like a super computer, i mean this guy s got
columnist for the washington post. gentlemen, it s been an eventful day in the world of politics. jonathan, what do you make of all of this, is it possible for mitt romney to lose the nomination at this point, how big a day was it? it s possible if he loses south carolina and the momentum is not moving in his direction, then you have a two-man race and you can say all right, gingrich isn t even on the ballot in virginia and romney has a better organization, but as you indicated a few minutes ago, gingrich has some access to some real money, and he could make this into a real contest. a lot of republicans apparently are willing to see past his marital infidelities, this open marriage thing is kind of mind blowing. can you imagine what would happen if this was a democrat, what rick perry would be saying? we talked in our ed newsroom
columnist for the washington post. gentlemen, it s been an eventful day in the world of politics. jonathan, what do you make of all of this, is it possible for mitt romney to lose the nomination at this point, how big a day was it? it s possible if he loses south carolina and the momentum is not moving in his direction, then you have a two-man race and you can say all right, gingrich isn t even on the ballot in virginia and romney has a better organization, but as you indicated a few minutes ago, gingrich has some access to some real money, and he could make this into a real contest. a lot of republicans apparently are willing to see past his marital infidelities, this open marriage thing is kind of mind blowing. can you imagine what would happen if this was a democrat, what rick perry would be saying? we talked in our ed newsroom today about what if president obama had dropped a bomb shell