that is one of the most that putting that on the screen. and i don t think it doesn t necessarily mean that s going to persuade the 65% of people who are for the death penalty but that seems like a sort of grim company in certain one observation i d like to make about that is that in popular support for the death penalty in britain where it s not been legal for a very long time, 65% of the population, that s true across europe and an elite consensus is there it shouldn t be in place elite consensus for all of these reasons. that s exactly right. the other thing i want to throw out about the racism of the criminal justice system, ed glazer years ago conducted a fascinating study looking at vehicular homicide. no question of if this person is a drug dealer. he found black victims, people who killed them would get lower sentences. people talk about racism of the criminal justice system in the sense that people of disadvantaged backgrounds
staff that jim baker was to ronald reagan and if they continue to work together well, i think you will see a very steady improvement in the routine effectiveness of the administration. jon: joining us now, national political correspondent for the washington post and author of the daily two oh two. you suggest that the washington elites are striking back at the president. what do you mean by that? good to be with you, the election last year really can and should be viewed as a rejection of the elites, the american people were sick and tired of the elite consensus, elitism, the powerful people in new york and washington and l.a. telling them how to live their lives. the election really was a rejection of elites. they are striking back, they are emboldened by his response to charlottesville last week, that is why they are pulling up the cbo counsel, pulling their