our allies don t trust us and our enemies don t fear us. there is no situation worse for stability and peace than that. the iron rule of superpower deterrent is mean it when you say it. so, how much is jeb bush really separating himself from george w. bush s foreign policy legacy? how effective will it be? joining me now is former george w. bush campaign adviser mark mckinnon, now a columnist for the daily beast and co-founder of no labels and msnbc political reporter, kasie hunt, is here with me in the studio. mark, you know this family very well and think of policy and the bushes and i think of george bush senior, the first george bush had a chance to go into baghdad, absolutely wouldn t do it the son absolutely did do it. when you look at jeb bush, which one is easy, the restraint of the father or sort of the let s go in there spirit of the son? well, probably a mix of the two. you know, first of all, when you see a governor giving a major
dayt dayton, and toledo, ohio, the president said i ve got your back. seven presidents before him republicans and democrats tried to expand health care to all americans. president obama got it done. ron, this is what i ve wanted to see for months now. real confederates in the field. great speakers, strong cases for the president. you and i have been having these conversations since the 2000 election cycle. i ve always been saying the same thing. the democrats have to take the gloves off and put the wood to the republicans. really go after them. and they did it this time. finally. okay. great to have you on, ron reagan. have a nice weekend. when we return, let me finish with a trio of good things i noticed in charlotte. you re watching hardball, the place for politics. in it haters best get to bloggin so hot right now d esigthneatr our sunglasses be foggin this crowd is classic so we play em like rachmaninoff just hooked em up with score alerts now we
upwards of 2, $3 trillion. an economy that was crashed. and a gigantic debt that he had actually doubled while in office. this is what the president had to cope with at a time of terrible stress for the country. and i think people know that. they remember that and republicans don t want to remind them. boept both parties want to remind us of bill clinton, but neither wants to remind us of w. democrats are giving him a break. your thoughts. president bush has exited the political stage. he said once i m out of politics, that s it. the democrats can run around and say, oh, they re tried to hide bush and he s trying stay off the scene, but that was the president s decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh, obama inherited a mess. oh, obama, oh all the troubles he s had.
positive feeling about america down there. i know most african-americans because of history and roosevelt moved into that one political party. the south was democrat when they were being treated the worst. it is an spresing part of american history and ron knows it better than i do. thanks for coming on. thank you, joe, for being tough. but fair. coming up, there was one word joe biden loved saying last night. well, literally, i think. he loved saying the word, literally. any way, this is hardball, the place for politics. bob.
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