people can actually get things done without it breaking down. give me the pro and con on the idea because you brought up the loyalty issue. the pro and con about having someone like mitt romney who was so critical of you during the election process. well, the pro is that he s going outside his circle, going to people who were harshly critical of him and going to somebody who is clearly a respectable leader, somebody who ran for president before and has a very level head about him. the con about it is he s putting somebody in a position of tremendous responsibility and power, secretary of state is one of the most if not the most important cabinet selection, putting in somebody who is not loyal. what i wonder about here, it s only a matter of time before something bad happens. you govern in good times and in bad times. when something bad happens, will mitt romney stay at donald trump s side, will he criticize behind the scenes the president-elect or the president. which you can never
i m michael smerconish, live from philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. we welcome our viewers at home and around the world on this, our first broadcast on the watch of president elect donald j. trump. after his kinder, gentler victory speech and a long meeting with president obama, trump is assembling his swamp draining team, who is in? who is out? sean spicer is here. chris christie was the first of trump s presidential opponents to jump on board, but is he about to be shunned due to bridgegate or a loyalty issue? and continued protests about the election results last night in cities around the nation under the banner not my president, one reason clinton actually won the popular vote but lost the electoral college, so some are lobbying the electors to switch their vote before december 19. and others want to do away with the system entirely. can either happen? plus, you ll meet david
unlike his son, his sons serving our country, this is a man who went to work for a democratic president and his ambassador and somewhere along the way, also plauded to challenge that president to run for presidency. that s a problem he would have with obama and not fellow republicans. you would have it with both. republicans like romney is saying, we were out there working for the party. you re calling this guy a great leader. then there s a loyalty issue. you know what? i m working on the inside. and now i m going to challenge you? that s true. but howard, there s a history up here. at the time, there s a history of this live free or die world. they respect public service. the debate was fantastic. i thought when people applauded was incredibly instructed. you pointed out the first time when even though it was an establishment kraud, they