or lease a 2015 passat limited edition for $189 a month after a $1000 bonus. remember what i said was that it s the hardliners in iran who are most opposed to this deal. i said in that sense they are making common cause with those opposed to this deal here. i didn t say they were equivalent. most democratic senators have taken the time to read the bill and listen to the arguments, a sizable proportion of the republicans were opposed before the ink was dry on the deal and
every step of the way. congressional republicans have been undermining this president every step of the way and especially on this deal. that s why we look incredibly inconsistent. it s okay to have a debate along the way but at some point you have a deal and the question is whether he may get a handful of republican votes. is there any precedent for a big foreign policy decision done only with party line vote? it reminds me of league of nations. a president makes a major commitment a hundred years ago and now the world is watching. it has major consequences beyond iran. let s reset the top of the hour. joining the conversation from los angeles, we have conservative radio host and columnist hugh hewitt.
before it was even posted. that gives you some sense of the degree to which this is driven by partisan politics or ideology opposed to analysis. i find it stunning that a commander in chief is going to try to pass the most important piece of a foreign deal by no holes barred chicago political style partisan slug fest. well, it s worked on a few other issues. and secondly, it s not like he s dealing with opponents to the deal who want to sit and talk to him about it. these are people who invited benjamin netanyahu before congress, who wrote a letter that wasn t even backed by the head of the party in congress dissing the deal.
erich is a friend of mine. you re a friend of mine. we re all republicans. politics is a game of addition and not subtraction. at what point in this campaign do you start putting your arms around people? i do. i have great relationships, joe. i have great. look, this guy disinvited me. he has a failed little conference. it s not a big deal. it s not a lot of people. they were great people. i love the people because they were going crazy when they heard about it. many of them left. the fact is he disinvited me because he could get publicity for himself. do you now how many times he s been forced to apologize for things he said? he disinvited me to get publicity but it worked out and i had a semifree evening which wasn t so bad. let s try a different angle. i want to move on and talk about women. more and more women are bread winners and/or vital parts of
undecided democrats in the senate and in the house. getting beyond politics, even if this thing does come into effect, this is going to be a major national security challenge for decades to deal not just with iran and its future nuclear capabilities but that of several neighbors. this will be front and center for not just this president and his successor but his successor s successor. when you ask opponents of the deal, what s the other option? they back up six months and say the deal they would have struck. no, richard. what s the other option now if this deal is voted down, what will happen? that s what the choice is. at this point i tend to agree with you. the choices are narrow. if this deal is voted down, we don t know what iran will do but all odds are that iran would do more in the nuclear area. this is why it s a no-brainer. this is why the president is being sharp and i know you call