saying within the republican party to all of those high school football teams across america, tell you what, guys, we are not going to scrimmage this week. we ll be stronger by not scrimmaging, we re just going to play on friday night. and the coach would say, are you completely out of your mind? the american way is premised on competition. and political parties other made better by competition. i went to graduate school at the university of virginia and we had the case study method, you threw an idea out in the middle of the table, you debated it long enough that hopefully and in most cases you end up with a better idea at the end of the day. i think the party would be made stronger. i think the eventual nominee would be made stronger by robust debate of ideas rather than simply saying we picked our horse, we re sticking with and it we ll see what happens come next november. before you go, if trump wins the nomination, who will you vote for for president? i mean, that s one of tho
different numbers that say we ve got a profound problem, and the first thing in dealing with the problem is talking about it throughout the kitchen counter, the water cooler at the business place, or hearing about in the body politic. shannon: we know both parties have contributed to this conversation to get us to this place. republicans i, if you go out there and talk about this but you re doing it in a way that ie president or you wouldn t be doing it, they have concerns that you would hurt him with some way with the voters that will potentially make them more vulnerable to democrats. do you think they are better equipped to handle this issue you care so much about, which is the debt? no, ma am. but i would say this, i went to business school at the university of virginia and they have the case study method, which as you throw an idea out in the middle of the table and basically you debated long enough to hopefully, you end up with a better idea and better solution going forward.