for a bunch of reasons that have to do with ideology, culture and economic interests. i also want to zoom in on this. we re talking about two elections here, donors and voters. big money as a general rule favors comprehensive immigration reform. the chamber of commerce, for instance, probably the big-money donors that comprise the republican establishment and favor it. i feel like that s a weak preference, honestly. i feel like they, sure, if they could wave a magic wand in the world of the future they d like to see it but it doesn t seem to be disqualifying when people are against it. scott walker has basically flip-flopped on this and still seems to be in the driver s seat in terms of the kochs. it s definitely not a litmus test issue. that s my point. right. remember, mitt romney, in 2012, absolutely was the avatar for kind of the moneyed, pro business class. he was incredibly conservative on immigration. not in favor of immigration. it s definitely not a litmus test issue.
and the least lost. as long as you have republican primaries that s what they should be working on. if the point is to get the most electable person from your party you don t do it with the primary system. what is the role of the republican party in a system where you ve got the tea party forces being powerful, you ve got the moneyed forces with karl rove and this group being powerful and where exactly does the traditional republican infrastructure fit in figuring out where the gop ought to go? steve mcmahon when you had less gray hair, you were involved in a democratic party that used to do this to each other. yes. i m seeing these fights, these little spats and i m reminded of the chairman of the dnc, a guy by the name of ron brown mocking the head of the dlc, a guy by the name of bill clinton having similar fights. the other thing that happened in the howard dean said we re
however, bill clinton has been working with all these big hedge fund guys for the last several years. a lot of them are friends of his. a lot of them have department of education donated big moneyed to the clinton global initiative. people like him. he they think is he more of a centrist than left wing idealogue. he called mitt romney s record sterling at bain capital. he recommended that the tax cuts be extended during this recessionary period. i know he tried to back up come on, we all know that bill clinton would not be raising taxes in the middle of a recession. do you think that president clinton would actually move to raise taxes on upper income brackets given where this country s economy is right now. i really don t know. he did in 1993 raise taxes and cut spending by a total of $1 trillion and. laura: what he just say in may, lanny, that he would not do. do you think he was lying there when he said we shouldn t extend we shouldn t raise taxes in the middle of a recession?
however, bill clinton has been working with all these big hedge fund guys for the last several years. a lot of them are friends of his. a lot of them have department of education donated big moneyed to the clinton global initiative. people like him. he they think is he more of a centrist than left wing idealogue. he called mitt romney s record sterling at bain capital. he recommended that the tax cuts be extended during this recessionary period. i know he tried to back up come on, we all know that bill clinton would not be raising taxes in the middle of a recession. do you think that president clinton would actually move to raise taxes on upper income brackets given where this country s economy is right now. i really don t know. he did in 1993 raise taxes and cut spending by a total of $1 trillion and. laura: what he just say in may, lanny, that he would not do. do you think he was lying there when he said we shouldn t extend we shouldn t raise taxes in the middle of a recession?
get to hear once again that mitt romney is this very very rich man be and he certainly is that who has or had possibly although i think it s had some offshore bank accounts, i guess the obama team would have sport with that and the media would play along. i m not sure how much that matters. people are going to know come fall mitt romney is a rich guy and he made a lot of moneyed in the private sector. if you don t trust the private sector and rich guys you are not going to vote for him anyway. bill: put them all out now. that s kind of what i think. unless he wrote off the dog on the top of the car as write off. that might be profitable. bill: brit hume, everybody. next on the run down, the controversy over mitt romney s visit to the naacp continues. we will have the latest. later, tough topic for the black community in america. the collapse of the african-american family bernie goldberg has thoughts on that upcoming. [ man ] ever year, sophia and i