People who look one evenworship one way, or think one way. Amy the biggest voting day of the president ial primary race was a big night for democrat Hillary Clinton, winning seven states. Bernie sanders took four, including his home state of vermont. This campaign, as i think all of you know, this campaign is nojust abo electing a president , it is about transforming america. Amy on the republican side, donald trump swept a victory come also with seven states and claimed he is a unifier. I am a unifier. I know people will find it hard to believe, but i am a unifier. Once we get all of this finished , im going to go after one person, thats Hillary Clinton on the assumption she is allowed to run. I dont know she is going to be allowed to run. Amy republican ted cruz his home state of texas, also oklahoma and alaska. We will spend the hour looking at the race at the white house with a roundtable of guest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war
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Fernando this shift in momentum, do you think its connected to trump using the fact that ted cruz was born in canada as some wedge issue . Michael it contributed to it in a small way. What it did was, more importantly, is it got people to stop their inclination to move toward cruz. It said to them, well maybe ill think about that. Let me think. Really . It can turn the table. And i think thats what that did. It was the combination. It wasnt the whole canadian birther thing, but it was, you know, no one likes him. The combination of these two. Not only is he not from america, but no one likes him. And people are like, wow. Fernando is that really . It seems very odd to me that the senate refuses to help him out and do a proclamation. [laughter] michael its because no one like him fernando and what does that say, though . Beyond the human aspect of not liking him, what does it say ted cruz presidency . If you arent camping along your party in the senate today, what would change if you we
Fernando hello, and welcome to matter of fact. I m fernando espuelas. On monday, for the gop president ial candidates, it all boils down to the iowa caucus, and 30 delegates. And the rise of outsider candidates, like donald trump and senator ted cruz, is generating handwringing within the ranks of the Republican Party. Michael steele is the former chairman of the rnc and he joins me now here in the studio. Michael, thanks for coming. Michael great to be here. Fernando well, you ve just come back from iowa. Let me ask you right off do you think donald trump will win s wellpoised to do it. Re looking at, there s still a very, very tight span between him and cruz right now. But the thing that s fascinating to watch is how cruz sort of eclipsed him, held that lead almost 4, 5, 6 points, and then trump just turned it, just turned it on the dime and moved the energy back in his so i think, going into this, i think trump wellpoised to win it and if he does, it makes the , rest of this effort
Turned it on the dime and moved the energy back in his direction. So i think, going into this, i think trump wellpoised to win it and if he does, it makes the , rest of this effort by the other candidates that much more difficult. Fernando this shift in momentum, do you think its connected to trump using the fact that ted cruz was born in canada as some wedge issue . Michael it contributed to it in a small way. What it did was, more importantly, is it got people to stop their inclination to move toward cruz. It said to them, well maybe ill think about that. Let me think. Really . It can turn the table. And i think thats what that did. It was the combination. It wasnt the whole canadian birther thing, but it was, you know, no one likes him. The combination of these two. Not only is he not from america, but no one likes him. And people are like, wow. Fernando is that really . It seems very odd to me that the senate refuses to help him out michael its because no one like him fernando and