but it reminded people that the president has the ability to laugh at himself and that can come in handy for a lot of presidents in the past who have utilized that unique skill to improve their public image. the former presidential candidate and noted historian conservative icon pat buchanan on all of the above. pat what did you think of that? i thought it was open lent. i think when the president uses that humor, it s very very effective whenever he can get folks to laugh with you, i think that it s a winner. jack kennedy had that ability and ronald reagan did, neil i remember you had staff meetings with him every monday at noon and he would always come in with his latest joke. neil: and they re aware what the media is saying you mentioned ronald reagan we ve got a few clips here i found historical where he played right into that and with a wink and a nod kind of thing too. let s take a look at this. i believe moses was 80 when god first commissioned him for
but it s hardiman from the third circuit that has a curious advantage, that is support of donald trump s sister. she can give a personal account and reportedly favors him a great deal. we do know president trump relies on close advisers for these types of decisions. what s important is that all three of these justices would give trump another promise that he could fulfill. this would not move the needle much on the court in terms of the center of gravity. they will be swapping out a conservative for a conservative. but they are also replacing a conservative icon. scalia was not just a conservative vote, he was the intellectual lightning rod on the court. but they will certainly be able to replace him in terms of a conservative vote on these issues. then the question will become, those three justices who will be in their 80s during donald trump s first term. those justices, if they were
and you ll remember throughout the election, the supreme court was a central part of president-elect trump s message and one his transition team to working hard to fulfill now. gregg? what is donald trump s timeline for these appointments? as for the vacancy on the supreme court, during the campaign mr. trump released this list of 21 individuals he said he d choose from for his nominee. reince priebus has since said that that announcement will likely come around the inauguration, so in a few weeks. as for the more than 100 lower court vacancies, those nominations are typically headed up by the justice department and with the new administration coming in, those will take a little while longer to get together. with all of his judges, though, mr. trump has said in the last that he plans to nominate those who are in the mold of the late justice, conservative icon, anto antonin scalia. they re cheering that for sure. kimberly adkins, columnist
turned out to be great for the man giving the speech. it was a great nationally televised launching pad for ronald reagan the conservative icon. ronald reagan the speech ommunic guy on whose behalf gave that speech was barry goldwater. one week after the great speech on tv, this is what happened to barry ldwater. one of the worst electoral disasters in the history of modern presidential elections. he just got erased. he got creamed. he did win the little handful of states in the deep south. largely on the basis to the opposition of civil rights act, and then you see on the lower left side of your screen, he did also win his home state of arizona. that was it. if in fact 1964 was a time for
this would be tantamount to know knowing who himmler was during world war ii. go read dexter filkins peace on soleimani and the quds force. this is the guy who basically installed maliki in iraq, he s very important in iran and the fact that a presidential candidate doesn t know who he is, he that s a problem. conservative icon rush limbaugh said these are questions designed to further the narrative that republicans are not bright. but why would dyed in the wool conservative hugh hewitt want to do that to the leader of the gop pack. what s your interpretation of that? i don t think hugh wants to make republicans look back. i think he wants to ensure at the end of the primary process the nominee is somebody who is capable of beating hillary clinton and being the president of the united states. there s two different