trump state. we need to win back places we have lost. have been able to get meaningful things done through a republican legislature and taking on the fight of dark money like no one else does. i do have a lot to offer, and i have folks saying, we have to take a look at this bullock guy. great presidential candidates, candidates that have become president in history are the people who know how to synthesize the activist base with the rank and file, maybe the establishment base. reagan did it in 1980. he excited, you know, both the right wing base and he also excited main street republicans, of course bill clinton did it in 1992, barack obama did it in 08. how do you do that? because right now, of course, you have seen over the past week, a bit of a skirmish between progressives in the house, and nancy pelosi, you see
comes to conservatives in the populist base gets votes throug through. the foreign policy decisions and seeing we are going to put our embassy in jerusalem plays very well both with the populace and the establishment base. i look at something simpler than that, do we want our children to mimic the behavior of the president? last week we had an instance where children couldn t watch the nightly news. a lot of people felt that way about bill clinton. harris: it was not so much about what he was saying. look at what president trump is doing. it s easy to always point to clinton as i said he certainly had failures but president trump is the president now. i agree with you, symbolism, messaging. all of that is really important but it s not just about symbolism, it s also about
what do you think, januana? i was kind of distracted by how beautiful the jacket was. but isn t this 2008 all over again? i think it s hard for me to see bernie sanders putting together a coalition like obama was able to do. as i understand it, hillary clinton still has the democratic establishment base, okay? they have not abandoned her yet. this is a little bit more on the fringe. interesting to me, though, that bernie sanders continues to do well without ever having to say anything about hillary clinton. he s never once criticized her, so imagine if he started to do that in his own way. maybe his numbers would go down more. and maybe he s decided it s better not to confront her can i suggest something? bernie is a joke, the whole thing is a farce, everybody who is sick of hillary clinton and doesn t want hillary clinton are throwing themselves behind the other one. joe biden, if he were in it, would be smoking it, elizabeth
is this a good strategy by romney at this point to point this out, because every time you point this out, then, like you just heard from randy here, he ll point out, hey, was there a balanced budget and there was welfare reform, and oh, by the way, he was the guy that was there that brought the republicans back for the first time. it emphasized a bunch of new positives. he brought them back and got the house reelected twice for the first time since the 1920s and it lasted only one term at that point. i don t think it s good because, look, the problem right now is what i call the anti-establishment base of the party and the establishment base. more of the establishment base criticizes him, it boils newt up to the alternative and that s what the race is about at this point. we all have great regard for newt s reelect. we saw the debates play out. and nobody s saying that he s a bad guy or he s not confident. nobody will say the issue is, though, this is the presidential election
he has this dual advantage. on the one hand he is a jobs guy. the jobs count, economy counts. on the other hand the social conservative who after bachmann does fairly well in iowa, which is possible, is the kind of candidate who can win south carolina. if he wins south carolina, then and can encourage the base of the party the more establishment base of the party to jump on board, he absolutely is important. i realize that s early next year but between now and the vetting pros receives november, december, he is the top guy of the race. i looks like the treasury secretary obama should have. the john connolly type. you know, the guy who looks like he makes money, the kind who never had any money, he looked like he did. he is a presidential candidate right ou of central tafting. that s why in texas they call him good hair perry because he is almost cheesy. how about below the hair, how is he inside? not that good. he is not that popular in texas.