after the budget and all these fights we ve had, there s this narrative that the tea party has been domesticated, defeated, rendered less powerful. it strikes me how much power the base still has over the party. you just do not see these level of politicians coming to kind of get the blessing of the left base. i wish, gosh, we lived in that world, but we don t. it seems to me it still is the case the base really has a grip on the party. well, the base certainly does have a grip on the party. you think of what chris christie was rolling out there today. he wasn t talking about guns. he wasn t talking about his support for obamacare s medicaid expansion. he was talking about red meat. the same principles i think lead to come out on stage with a musket if you re viewed as an establishment candidate. something along those lines. i think one of the things that is interesting about cpac this year is maybe a little more openness of the divides within the party. the most interesting event i
fights we ve had, there s this narrative that the tea party has been domesticated, defeated, rendered less powerful. it strikes me how much power the base still has over the party. you just do not see these level of politicians coming to kind of get the blessing of the left base. i wish, gosh, we lived in that world, but we don t. it seems to me it still is the case the base really has a grip on the party. well, the base certainly does have a grip on the party. you think of what chris christie was rolling out there today. he wasn t talking about guns. he wasn t talking about his support for obamacare s medicaid expansion. he was talking about red meat. the same principles i think lead to come out on stage with a musket if you re viewed as an establishment candidate. something along those lines. i think one of the things that is interesting about cpac this year is maybe a little more openness of the divides within the party. the most interesting event i
ben, here s what always strikes me about cpac and strikes me as much this year. i think after the shutdown and after the budget and all these fights we ve had, there s this narrative that the tea party has been do nemesticatedomesticated rendered less powerful. it strikes me how much power the base still has over the party. you just do not see these level of politicians coming to kind of get the blessing of the left base. i wish, gosh, we lived in that world, but we don t. it seems to me it still is the case the base really has a grip on the party. well, the base certainly does have a grip on the party. you think of what chris christie was rolling out there today. he wasn t talking about guns. he wasn t talking about his support for obamacare s medicaid expansion. he was talking about red meat. the same principles i think lead to come out on stage with a musket if you re viewed as an establishment candidate. something along those lines. i think one of the things that is interesting a
obviously it has that granola culture up there. hundreds of protesters, not thousands, hundreds all in black as you can see. they were ransacking the downtown area. they had starbucks, nike town, american apparel all, you know had their windows smashed in. typical stuff. the mayor actually declared emergency order which authorized police to be able to confiscate these weapons. tire irons and hammers and actually using flag poles you can see that in some of this video. 12 people were arrested. bill: police chief said there was some weaponry and that s what he was worried about. yeah. literally taking flag poles down and knocking them down. bill: he wasn t talking about guns. a hammer is a weapon when you have it in the hands of these kooks. bill: oakland, another big spot. another hot spot. bill: what happened there. hundreds of people once again went downtown, attacking police, they threw bottles, police you can see fires of tear gas. wrestling and tussling, one man hit
culture up there. hundreds of protesters, not thousands, hundreds all in black as you can see. they were ransacking the downtown area. they had starbucks, nike town, american apparel all, you know had their windows smashed in. typical stuff. the mayor actually declared emergency order which authorized police to be able to confiscate these weapons. tire irons and hammers and actually using flag poles you can see that in some of this video. 12 people were arrested. bill: police chief said there was some weaponry and that s what he was worried about. yeah. literally taking flag poles down and knocking them down. bill: he wasn t talking about guns. a hammer is a weapon when you have it in the hands of these kooks. bill: oakland, another big spot. another hot spot. bill: what happened there. hundreds of people once again went downtown, attacking police, they threw bottles, police you can see fires of tear gas. wrestling and tussling, one man hit by a metal paint can