has decided to lay down their arms for at least a week. it certainly makes things much more difficult for idiots and bad people. we have not only a state funeral going on but you have the effusive praise for the bipartisanship decency, honesty, fundamental goodness, and by the way, something very short supply in washington these days. a man who is willing to take political risks. they may have cost him a second term but a man who is willing to say, you know what? i ve got to get something done so i m going to lay it on the line and take a risk with my own political capital. you don t see that in washington. dana: in your book that just came out this fall, every man a king, you have a chapter about ross perot. tell me about george h.w. bush and his one term factor. it sounds just like it is now, people were concerned about
shannon: who knows when that will be. thank you. let s talk about it with fox news politics editor chris stirewalt. and author of every man a king, including him. let s start with the g.o.p. race. the only thing where there is this challenge, jim jordan and kevin mccarthy. mccarthy has some detractors. saying we want to be clear that the position of our activists is that if the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, then a vote for kevin mccarthy is a vote for insanity. and not in a good way. the problem jim jordan has is they have the inverse problem of the democrats. democrats, there are enough democratic votes to block nancy pelosi.
because it s so much fun. he has a lot of people speculate and that he is preparing a presidential bid but the new jersey senator insists he s not thinking about 2020, and his sights are set on the midterm elections and my priority is flipping congress eats at home and spending a lot of time raising money for folks which is something that is really needed. joining me now, fox news politics editor and author of the new book, every man a king. i highly recommend it. it s great to have you here. if you want extra help from cory booker or kamala harris, may be be from iowa, that could be extra helpful. this is a charade to come in both parties do it every four years. this is the charade you go