the more he beats the hell out of washington, d.c. including his own party, the more that core expands. maybe slowly but he saves himself politically and if he does start a tv network later, if jonah goldberg is right, then this is the move for him. that would be a very lucrative and powerful television mark halperin is about to burst. i think you re underestimated the anger in that 38% if he loses to hillary clinton. the current people who support him will be really angry. do you know who they ll be angry at? angry at the media first. paul ryan second. angry at mitch mcconnell and the republican establishment. some of them i think will be really angry at him too. he s promised he s going to win. he ran for the nomination saying
for what? telling the truth? the guy jumped seven points. did he win the debate mark halper halperin? by most ways if you say who won the debate, he won the debate. i m taking the attention off of you by making mark halperin say that. the thing is, i said back in december i couldn t vote for donald trump. i said in february he was disqualified. i am in a position and i said i was voting for jeb bush from the beginning. the media is so invested in this, i think it s like i think you said last week it s almost like they re going i want to be able to tell my children that i was there and i helped stop donald trump. they had courage to stand up to a man with a 59% disapproval rating. how courageous!
for republicans in congress to do stuff. so sue me. as long as they are doing nothing, i m not going to apologize for doing something. president obama criticized republicans for playing politics with the plans to build highways and bridges that could affect up to 700,000 jobs. people want to see results. and objectively, if you look at the agenda i m putting forward, the things we are trying to get done, like just fix some bridges and roads, it really shouldn t be controversial. not crazy. not socialism. it s not, you know, the imperial presidency. no laws are broken. mark halperin, this is a
progress has been made, obviously because of what s going on behind me here, the union has decided that not as much progress has been made as they would like to see. the mayor, rahm emanuel, obviously this is a test of his young mayorship here in chicago. it s not, perhaps, a good thing or not good optics as people might say to have him in the middle of a labor dispute so close to the election. but that is exactly what has happened. they are negotiating today. the negotiations are going on right now. and as they say in this business, perhaps only time will tell, andrea. thanks so much, kevin. we should point out mitt romney has issued a statement criticizing the teachers saying that the chicago teachers union is turning its back on families relying on public schools and he s disappointed by the decision of the teachers to go out on strike. romney is campaigning in ohio today and as he campaigns in ohio the most important swing state, of course, in the election our own mark halperin
it s avoidable and our kids do not deserve this. and can you hear me now? president obama struggles with an iphone at a florida phone bank. hold on, hold on. hold on. i can do this. i still have a blackberry. just 57 days to go until election day. president obama seems to have, according to gallup, at least been helped by his convention to open up a narrow lead over mitt romney. his first since july. romney s next big chance to reach a large viewing audience, the october debates. but national appearances this weekend sparked criticism because both he and paul ryan are refusing to get specific about their tax plan. joining me now, msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com and mark halper halperin, senior analyst for time and msnbc. first to you, mr. fix, tell us what your fix is on the sort of