party for saying i believe in science. he is really going to the core there. and draper s new book and my book, it shows the extreme wing of the party has grabbed boehner by the sensitive parts, and have taken control of him and ruined the prospects for negotiation, compromise, here in washington, and they take hostages not to cut dealing, but to shoot the hostages, that s what they want to do. now, ryan, when you look at the fact that buzz feed reports jon huntsman saying rond reagan would likely not be able to win the gop nomination nationally in this political climate, and then president obama also talked about reagan s chances of surviving a primary today, listen to this
for winning that primary. each of those positions are positions he had to take to get himself to this point knowing it would create this problem and it will not just go away. tomorrow, russell pierce who rom the arizona law, president of the state senate, is sitting before the committee saying his immigration policy is identical to romneys. this will not go away. jon huntsman is saying that the party, the very extreme republican party said this week ronald reagan would likely not be able to win the gop nomination nationally in this political climate. that s quite a dive stating blow from a candidate for the nomination this year to say that about the party this year. there s a reason why not only huntsman is saying that, but there s a reason why the republican party needs the
party freshman, as telling gop leaders, you ve created a monster. joining me now is david corn, a washington bureau chief, and a political analyst, his new book is showdown how obama fought back against boehner, canter, and the tea party. thank you for joining me tonight. david, let me start with you. how bad has it become when the republicans are comparing their own party to communist china. you know, the old saying in washington is a gaffe is when you speak the truth, and it wasn t just that he was talking about coming for a third party. i think more importantly when jon hunts man was talking, he said listen, i got out of the
meet me in the coffee aisle. welcome back to politicsnation, i ve been saying for a long time that the gop has become to extreme. it s gotten to bad, now we re hearing it from republicans. yesterday, former presidential candidate jon huntsman was in new york city talking about being uninvited to a republican national committee fundraiser after he publicly called for a third party. my first thought was you know, this is what they do when they try to on party matters, they punish you if you say something off script. that s communist china he is talking about, and he should know, huntsman was the u.s. ambassador to china. he reeled back this morning on
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