get tax are formed on. martha: the president obviously isn t afraid to let the american people know where he stands. again today he was pushing apparently in that meeting for 15% corporate tax rate. i think we all know that s what he would like to see. but there is the art of the deal and the negotiation puts out that marker and i think even if he falls short of it in the end, a little bit short of it in the end, he considers that it win. he doesn t seem to mind letting people know where he stands on the top tax bracket or the 401(k) issues, or the 15%. the president is an extraordinarily in this process. he wants to make sure tax reform delivers a major middle-class tax cuts. he wants to make sure that the code is simplified and that we get rid of special interest loopholes and deductions. and he wants to make sure that we give our businesses the most competitive rates in the world so we can have a tax system that actually incentivizes the growth of american jobs and american wait
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smart, he s understanding that he has many, many options. now there s a new option that just got presented. judge thomas who who s is chief judge and the administrator of the on bonk process, just responding on his own, asking to rehear the case on bonk, the government of the united states needs the approval of the solicitor general s office, and it s hard to understand how a court could take the case, when neither side wants to take the case. but the ninth circuit does this all the time. it s possible that on their own they may decide to bring 11 judges and reconsider the three-judge panel decision, and that would be a win-win for the trump administration, it wouldn t have to do anything, it would get a free appeal, if it loses, not its fault, if it win, hey, it has a victory. what s your reaction to the
we re back with the hardball round table, michael steele, susan page and eugene robinson. how big are the stakes in terms of our constitution, our country which way this goes in the courts? i think it s pretty big. i know administration wants resolution obviously in its favor but it wants a definitive answer so it can then project out into other things. is it win-win for them if they blame it on the courts? it s a win-win because it will get to the supreme court one way or the other. and they ll blame it on the judges if they don t get their way. it will take time, though. we have court cases going in multiple states. this will be an issue that won t get settled tonight or tomorrow morning. what happens if it goes against the administration, what will it say about our future and their future. i think it says trump overreached and they paid the price for the kind of messy rollout failure to consult that marked this does it hurt steve bannon and help reince priebus?
schedule. can he win virginia? you know, virginia i m just wondering. i spend a lot of time in virginia. virginia is definitely closing. and you know, i think he s got a shot there. but she s leading in most of these polls, in many of these states. explain the conservative we hear a lot of liberal opinion. i want to hear a conservative opinion. why would the pro-life position, basically, dealing with abortion by criminal act or whatever you do with it, and second amendment rights, why would that win in a general election? why does it win in a general election? they seem to think, the people on the trump side, seem to think that s their winning thing. explain. i think both campaigns are trying to appeal to their base and grow their base if their coalitions and trump s trying to do the same. 50% of the american people come out for pro-life position and pro-gun position. are there that many? actually, the pro-life position is actually getting stronger. it s strange