yesterday. the white house set it is president s disedge, and there is no schedule, and there is no price to meet with the president. you know, organizations have fundraising, they raise money, and in this one has commit toddies closing. committed to disclosing. reporter: few seem to be buying the explanation that ofa will be accepting donations for meetings scheduled by the white house. a lot of folks still think it s selling access, and what irks the heft the most is the left the most is this is what the president said he would fight, not lead. jenna? jenna: we ll have more on this in just a moment, carl. thank you. jon: for more let s talk with jonah goldberg, editor at large for national review online and a fox news contributor. jonah, the white house is protesting that this isn t all about buying access to the president. i want you to listen to what jay carney also said yesterday in response to a question from fox news ed henry. take a listen. any notion that there is a
the argument. we ll hear your side of the argument at minimum. he will think about your side positively at minimum. you may not buy the guy but you damn well opened the door to him and had the best chance to sell him, and he or she will probably go with you if they can get away with it. that s the scary part. of course, they will. you re buying access for sure. if nothing else you expect to pick up the phone and get somebody in the white house. and you need to run for reelection. you need mid-term contributions. this is the first flood, and with many more to come if this law stands. you mean they stay bought? of course, they get bought and they stay bought at least until the next election and through the next election. then they ll come out of office and complain about what a bad system it is and how much they hate raising money. the question is, money can t buy you love but it might be able to buy you presidents. what a great piece in rolling stone. what a magnet you re beco
the can candidate who gets elected will hear your side of the argument. we ll hear your side of the argument at minimum. he will think about your side positively at minimum. you may not buy the guy but you damn well opened the door to him and had the best chance to sell him, and he or she will probably go with you if they can get away with it. that s the scary part. of course, they will. you re buying access for sure. if nothing else you expect to pick up the phone and get somebody in the white house. and you need to run for reelection. you need mid-term contributions. this is the first flood, and with many more to come if this law stands. you mean they stay bought? of course, they get bought and they stay bought at least until the next election and through the next election. then they ll come out of office and complain about what a bad system it is and how much they hate raising money. the question is, money can t buy you love but it might be able to buy you presidents. wh
and maybe that was an argument back then, so if you re spending 3 to $4 million on a single candidate as bob perry has, of course you re going to be expecting something in return for that kind of money, there s no question about it. the candidate will get selected. we ll hear your side of the argument at minimum. he will think about your side positively at minimum. you may not buy the guy but you damn well opened the door to him and had the best chance to sell him, and he or she will probably go with you if they can get away with it. that s the scary part. of course, they will. you re buying access for sure. if nothing else you expect to pick up the phone and get somebody in the white house. and you need to run for reelection. you need mid-term contributions. this is the first flood, and with many more to come if this law stands. you mean they stay bought? of course, they get bought and they stay bought at least until the next election and through the next election. then they
with reporters. i do think at some point, the president may get a little concerned by the fact that giuliani is not staying on message. he s causing more legal problems for the president than he s solving. and he s causing more bad headlines for the president rather than positive ones. joey, real quick, before i let you go, i want to switch gears because there s new reporting from the wall street journal as we re learning more and more about business connections with michael cohen, the president s one-time personal lawyer and so-called fixer, that ford motor company apparently has been asked by special counsel robert mueller to turn over some documents pertaining to discussions they may have had with cohen. cohen reaching out to ford motor company to ask if they want his consulting, and apparently, they rejected it. i m kind of wondering how is that connected to the russia probe. what s the connection? look, ultimately, if people or corporations were talking to cohen in terms of