jobs and deal with dramatic flaws in the highway system. but now with the irrational hatred of government, nothing moves smoothly. got to go. thank you, michelle. thank you congressman cleaver. thank you both for your time tonight. coming up, attorney general eric holder speaks passionately on the civil riegs act. later a tip of the hat to the yankees captain derek jeter. stay with us.
jobs. are recovery has been good but the primary benefit, the corporation so far. what we ve got to have is something that touches all of the people. there is no such thing as a republican or democratic highway. and the public understands that. if we don t do anything soon, i think the public will become even more knowledgeable about who is preventing the country from moving forward. the largest number of permanent jobs can be created more than anything else congress can do by pazing a five or six-year highway bill. congressman, you have been in congress a while. michelle you have been covering washington. isn t it unusual to see it become partisan over the highway bill? usually republicans and democrats come together on something this basic. it shows you how divided we are and how partisanship plays into everything. the highway bill used to sail through congress because everybody knew it would create
guy that will make the trains run on time. i think he s always looking over his shoulder at a group of 70 or 75 members who are irrationally interested in dismantling the entire government. they don t see anything about the failure to do a highway bill. they want to dismantle the government. michelle, that s the point. i travel a lot. everywhere i travel people are hurting. this is real. people cannot make ends meet. they are playing games here because they want to try to play politics with the tea party. people are suffering. people need jobs. and we are going over bridges in disrepair. this is real. it is real. it s one of the reasons why they at least have to have a temporary measure. when push comes sho you re talking about jobs disappearing in republican districts like democratic districts. what they are doing is what they often do, trying to avoid disaster now so they don t get are blamed for that find of
from lindsey graham in south carolina crushing his opponents to mcconnell himself knocking back a challenge from matt bevin. at least the folks running the party would say it s so far been a good election cycle for them. michelle, the new york times writes about the fear some republicans have of mcdaniel winning and becoming part of the senate majority. let me read from the times. republican lawmakers and party on a tifs worried that the election of mavericks like chris mcdaniel could make a difficult governing environment almost impossible by expanding the ranks of republican senators who are willing to defy the party leadership. well, you know mcdaniel has already said that the next time ted cruz stands up and takes a stander or mike lee takes the stand he ll be right there with them.
likely that mcdonnell would have pulled it out. it s clear the cochrane campaign at least. it is a question if it will be enough to push him across the finish line. they are more optimistic now than three weeks ago. changing the dynamics is what kacie said. here is a message from mcdaniel s facebook page today. the democrats will steal this republican primary for thad. unsless you helps us turn out your friends. an accusation of stealing the election on a day we are seeing poll watchers, this fight gets uglier by the day. doesn t it, michelle? indeed, it does. this language is a two-for for the mcdaniel campaign. it suggests that thad cochran is such a liberal squish that democrats will line up to help him out. tries to delegitimize him.