this is unique in two ways. it s starting remarkably early for the republicans. to get this much press and media in debate, for example, because of what trump s brought to the table in terms of just, i guess you d call it showmanship is remarkable. because the constituency isn t ready to be looking at which leader yet. it s too early. we re in the middle of the summer doldrums yet this is prime time news which is unique for this cycle. secondly super pac money is huge in both parties now and so we all know we ll know trump is real when other candidates start aiming their financial cannons at him which hasn t happened yet. most of them are thinking he s just going to go away. to your point right there, kevin. hi does not seem to take criticism well. i think that s even an understatement. as a businessman one would think he d have to be more thick skinned. what do you make of that type of temperament and how that plays in the election.
mission to sell america that a tax increase for the wealthy would be a terrible idea? oh, yeah, absolutely. they worship at the altar of big business. it s beyond that, they worship at the altar of millionaires now. it s not the old conservative philosophy of big business. what s good for gm is good for main street. it s much more radical now. roger ailes admitted, every other network has given their shows to liberals, we are the balance. fox news has gone from fair and balanced to we are the balanced. he s saying, we are part of the mainstream. if fox news embarrassing the birder movement which it did is mainstream, i guess they re viewing things from the john birch society. he s trying to spin it saying, we re pulling back, we re going to be more mainstream now. o reilly said he d pack it in if the taxes go up. that s right. is it showmanship or is he thinking about getting out of it?
balance. fox news has gone from fair and balananced to we are the balanc. he s saying, we are part of the mainstream. if fox news embarrassing the birder movement which it did is mainstream, i guess they re viewing things from the john birch society. he s trying to spin it saying, we re pulling back, we re going to be more mainstream now. o reilly said he d pack it in if the taxes go up. that s right. is it showmanship or is he thinking about getting out of it? we can only hope. the bush tax cuts are going to expire at the end of 2012. so willow riley be on the air in 2013? he ll be hit with that. he ll just flip-flop. he s never going to walk away. the idea if his taxes went up, he d quit, that s fantastic. on one hand he used to be for it. now he s against it. that s right. i wonder what happened to him. anything happen that might have changed his position on that? just doing the usual spin, i think. eric bowl lert, media