only lasted five minutes. that was harry. as has been observed, harry was not a schmoozer or a back slapper. he did not regail you with long drawn out stories and he did not appreciate long, drawn out stories. despite the years he spent in congress, despite all the power he wielded, his reputation as being the consummate washington insider, what i came to realize was that harry always remained something of an outsider in washington. which makes sense, given the remarkable path to the senate that he had taken, a path that was at least as unlikely if not more unlikely than mine.
that was harry. as has been observed, harry was not a schmoozer or a back slapper. he did not regale you with long, drawnout stories, and he did not appreciate long, drawnout stories. despite the years he d spent in congress, despite all the power he wielded, his reputation as being the consummate washington insider, what i came to realize was that harry always remained something of an outsider in washington. which makes sense. given the remarkable path to the senate that he had taken. a path that was at least as unlikely if not more unlikely
her american passport but the taliban didn t let her through. i got gun pointed to my head. reporter: she said the taliban are hunting down americans. so peter baker, obviously you spent an awful lot of time, you and susan spent an awful lot of time, studying about, reading up on, writing about james baker, just the consummate washington insider. one of the complaints that have been levelled against the biden administration is that they are it is an administration filled with a lot of staffers and very few principals like james baker. how important is it for a president to have somebody like baker around him that can walk in and gently or not so gently let the president know he s making the wrong move? obviously that s an important role for any white house chief of staff, james baker made his bones in washington as ronald
he s the consummate washington insider, a millionaire bungler crushed in the primary. former congressman tom davis, a republican expressed his exaspiration with his party. he said this should have been a slam dunk, virginia almost always votes against the president s party. all we needed was a mammal up there. fortunately, we happen to have former congress tom davis and mammal at the table today. congressman, can you tell us, what has happened to your party and how is your party in virginia interpreting and processing what it has seen play out? first of all, we have gone to a congressional process. it brings out the most conservative candidates. you have a conservative ticket. republicans have become the issue. traditionally in mid-term elections, it s the president s party. it sends a message to washington. it appears this election is all about the republican candidate who is upsidedown, his negatives
gomez. congressman markey will take the seat vacated by john kerry. you remember comments he made from way back when. scott brown is live with more. that state, it s not an easy win for a republican. that s true. it was eight points, i thought it would be between 6 or 7. it s a numbers game when you have 11% republican enrollment, it s difficult. one of the things that i thought gave gabriel gomez some hope was the fact that markey did not have a good debate. he looked pretty bad in that last debate. markey is the consummate washington insider. when you open up the dictionary, you see a picture of markey. he did the old hide and seek