he would know that he s really not prepared. and the interview he did with savannah guthrie showed there is a lot of policy work he s not ready for. if he doesn t run, i think this is still a hole, a vacancy in the republican field for someone with the media skills that he has, the sense of popularism and the flair for the outrageous. that s really how those three things have propelled him so far. do you think that message, though, you think that might be the thing that, as you say, propels him? is that the thing that might hit home with a lot of people? i think republicans are much like democrats were in 2007, they want more change, not less change, across the board voters, republicans, democrats, independents say they don t like the politicians we have got. they re looking for something new. for now it is donald trump. given another six months, it will be someone else. okay. richard wolffe, never someone else when it comes to you. we love having you. thanks so much. thank you
norah o donnell is with us. great to have you. from los angeles, time magazine senior political analyst mark halpern and new york s magazine john heilemann and they are the authors of the run-away best seller game change. i got e-mails they want to make sure you re breathing, john. and less from? someone who is wearing a vest. the guy in the vest should speak more was the only one i got. speak less. john heilemann you re up at 4:00 in the morning. we re turning here as dan has for us to afghanistan and what the future is away from general mcchrystal s poor media skills and what the mission is now. what does president obama do from here? well, the up with thing that is true is that as a lot of people have pointed out stanley mcchrystal s counterinsurgency plan in afghanistan is david
is the age of the crusading general over? i would say that the general has to help not only prosecute the president s war strategy but help make the case for the president s war strategy. it is true the civilians ultimately make the decision but what has been so powerful about petraeus is the credibility with which he can make the case. and he has political media skills that are second to none. i ve just seen him. the first judgment whereas at the end of the day a warrior, which is what a general is, i not being a psychologist i can argue that is counterintuitive. can i say one thing? part of what petraeus strategy has been, the past administration s war strategy and this administration s war strategy is winning over the civilian population in the battlefield. that requires media skills and political skills and tribal negotiation skills. his political skills have relevance on the battlefield.
less of a protest like we ve seen in past tea party movements. this is more like workshops to learn more about how to use social networking. one of those people is jeffrey mcqueen, come in from michigan to detroit. you re a tea party member there. tell me why you re here and what you hope to get out of this. i thought this was my duty to come here. i ve been working with the tea party movement since tax day in detroit april 15th. and basically i thought i would come down here like our founding fathers and figure out where we had commonalis and where we go from here. what have you learned from the workshops? yes, a lot of networking skills and a lot of media skills, how to use the internet and the blogosphere to communicate better. i think that s critical. you re holding a plague in your hand. i know this flag was used in part by supporters of scott brown in that special senate election last month in massachusetts. tell me about your connection in that. i drove out from michig
portrait that is emerging of this individual. yeah. well, unfortunately, it s a portrait that we ve seen hung in too many cities in america. it s an individual who was angry, frustrated, rageful. it s somebody who accumulates insults and accumulates other negativity in his life. realize, this guy was terminated with cause from this television station over two years ago. he hung around the area. we ve yet to hear what he s doing for two years and what we believe we know is he s kept this anger and rage directed at the last place that we know he worked and he blamed others for his own challenges in life. then he as you just said he rented this car last month so does that mean the planning has been going on potentially for at least a month? and then he takes all of his media skills, photographs this