up values s that the country c actually be united around. there s really a huge missed opportunity here. the republican party, everybody s forgotten this now, has been leading the charge on criminal justice reform. rick perry, the governor of texas, closed prisons and brought crime down. governor diel in georgia closed prisons, brought crime down. kasich in ohio, big criminal jus ti justice reformer. this is their issue. they ve thrown it in the garbage can because they want to do cultural war nonsense. it s completely outside of any national policy to lift the country up. you could say to these young people, these football players are coming from neighborhoods that are still struggling. they re doing well the last couple years. their families are not. you could say, listen, i want to talk about not the people who are kneeling or standing, people falling down in this country because they don t have jobs, they re fall doing down because what s happening in their neighborhoods. i have to
tapping into that vein of the pro-growth, republican, opportunity, conservatism. i don t think jeb bush has been bad tonight, but jeb bush hasn t been as good as kasich has. and it will be interesting to watch the fallout as we see the two brackets form. and i think rand paul has had a very bad night tonight. kasich s defense of taking the medicaid money was absolutely a great defense. it could sell with republican primary voters and it s terrific for general election candidate. absolutely. we re looking at the expert on this in terms of the electoral map. we re looking at two young guys, kasich in ohio and florida which is one of the most important states there is. three two guys would make a ticket. i m not sure top or bottom, but your thoughts? top or bottom remains to be seen, but you re beginning to see the beginnings of an outline
pro-growth, republican opportunity, conservatism. i don t think jeb bush has been bad tonight, but jeb bush hasn t been as good as kasich has. and it will be interesting to watch the fallout as we see the two brackets form. and i think rand paul has had a very bad night tonight. kasich s defense of taking the medicaid money was absolutely a great defense. it could sell with republican primary voters and it s terrific for general election candidate. absolutely. we re looking at the expert on this in terms of the electoral map. we re looking at two young guys, kasich in ohio and florida which is one of the most important states there is. three two guys would make a ticket. i m not sure top or bottom but your thoughts? top or bottom remains to be seen, but you re beginning to
about 3 million plus into the cuccinelli race. but it s what we re saying and how it s been received by voters that matters most. we re still failing on that point. there s more bottom to hit there before we begin to figure out what the tone and message is. maybe chris christie is a model for that. other governors around the country, republican governors can be good models, scott walker, kasich in ohio will present a good model as well. the examples are there. whether the party gets behind that and puts it out front, remains to be seen. quickly, is ideology trumping these practical political fix snz. i don t think there s any question about it, particularly when you have a convention state, ideology trumps any strategy on this. most voters are left out. narrow band of voters deciding the nominees and that makes for in this case a ticket that s going to be having a difficult time tonight, i m afraid. thanks to both of you.
defeated soundly in wisconsin. by the way, also, walker in wisconsin, kasich in ohio, and rick scott in florida are now three new and very unpopular republican governors. and their unpopularity could give a boost to president obama s campaign in all three important states. ed rollins is the former campaign manager for presidential candidate michele bachmann and the former political director for president reagan in 84. and ron reagan is a political commentator and author. let me start with ed rollins. these states, just to get them clear, our late great colleague tim russert always used to talk about ohio. ohio, ohio. ohio this year would be basically wisconsin, ohio, florida. if obama holds all three, he wins. right? sure. as republicans, if we lose florida or ohio, the game is over. we can t put 270 together. so those are critical. you ve never won an election in your party without ohio? we ve never won an election. florida now is the key for us also. so my sense is that those