i couldn t disagree more with aoc. we can t afford everything. i m a democrat. i like social programs. we can t have a green new deal and can t have medicare for all. and can t have college for all, can we, dana? dana: no, you cannot. the best thing that could possibly happen for mayor pete right now is to be attacked by aoc. he gets attention for it and shows the contrast. and if you look at i know that she popular in the left wing part of the party. she has raised a lot of money. overall, if you are like a regular democrat, she is not how think of as that you want shaping policy for you. doug: i completely agree. dagen you come from the south. have you identified as somebody who is in the middle and sometimes leaned left and right. will a democrat link to aoc make it in the south? linked to her? like a bernie sanders or a well. doug: elizabeth warren? dagen: no. because we can do math. and we know with a trillion-dollar annual
doug: bet founder and lifelong democrat robert johnson is making the bold prediction about the 2020 field and president donald trump. i think the president has always been in a position where it s his to lose. based on he is bringing a disruptive force into what would be called political norms. i do not see anybody in the democratic primary races today that is enough in the center where most of the voters are. if you take a snapshot today, i don t think that group is capable of beating donald trump despite you what the polls say. doug: tom, what s your take on this? is robert johnson right or is he overstating it. tom: i think he is right. and i think right now nobody is bringing it in a way that can beat trump i think the reason is and this is what the president is going to run on to blend it with our
i will tell you one quick thing. watch the tight jobs market. that s what you need to pay teax to. jobs, if you get laid off like in wisconsin. you can get a job before you even get your severance check. doug: mayor pete buttigieg is being accused of pushing g.o.p. talking points over over democratic talking points in this new ad in iowa. i believe we should move to make college affordable for everybody. there are some voices that say that doesn t count go even further. free for kids of millionaires. want to make promises we can keep. gather the majority to drive those big ideas through without turning off half the country before we even get into office. doug: aoc, alexandria ocasio-cortez is slamming mayor pete for that ad saying, quote: this is a g.o.p. talking point used to dismantle public systems and it s sad to see a democratic candidate adopt it.
alexa play this. doug: great for country of enjoying what i do. i can see both here and at fox and when you were working for george w. bush there was a look of delight in your ice. i would like to think i have that sometimes and that is what is worth celebrating. dana: i do love what i do. dagen: i was going to say one, cuddling with my dogs. snuggle up, but, two, coming to work every day. my mom died recently about three weeks ago. and you would not believe the outpouring of love and support from everybody here at this table throughout this company. dana perino left me a voice mail message. dana: and viewers, too. dagen: there is goodness and there is faith in this world. and i have witnessed it. and i have experienced it. and i am blessed. dana: you are. you are. doug: my blessing was thanksgiving dinner with a 93-year-old mother ohio love. dana: your momma, that s right. dagen: awesome, doug. dana: lawrence, i hope when you have time this