appearances he has made lately. but what has he accomplished? what s the strategy there, preaching to the converted? well, that s the big question. and that s the challenge going forward. the president has seen his support erode, but as you guys were talking about, he has maintained this base. but how long they re going to stick with him is really in question. particularly if he doesn t make good on a lot of the promises he s made. he s now had six months, and he has not accomplished health care, tax reform, infrastructure. and this is, you know, during a time when congress was not distracted with other sorts of crises, when they come back, and when the president comes back from his vacation, he s going to be facing a congress that is dealing with a having to raise the debt limit, which is highly controversial and difficult to get support for within the party. and will probably require some democratic support. and he s going to they re going to have to pass spending bills. these
he hesitated because he didn t want to be the next officer to lose his job. are police holding back? hello. i m kate bolduan. jeb bush making his pitch to voters in iowa at the center of the political universe for the next several days. the iowa state fair where butter is sculpted, candidates are grilled. bush stepped up to the soap box and rip into the obama administration and hillary clinton on their approach to taking on isis. in the latest c nrnn poll bush dropped from the top five sitting in the middle of the republican pack among gop caucus goers. david, it s great to see you. bush just wrapped up one of those must dos for any candidate visiting the fair making his pitch on the soap box. tell us what more he said.
passage for anyone running for president, a visit to the iowa state fair. the ten-day event has the best in fried foods, think fried oreos, life-sized butter sculptures and white house hopefuls. the fair gives candidates a chance to meet with voters in this pivotal state. most are on their way there. donald trump is leading in our new iowa poll. joining me now to discuss, kathy, political columnist with the des moines register. thank you so much. the des moines register soapbox is one of the must-dos for candidates heading to the fair. huckabee will be the run up first. he won iowa in 08. he s tied in fifth place in our latest poll. what do voters want to hear from these candidates when they take to the soapbox? a visit to the state fair is kind of like trial by corn dog. it flexes some muscles for presidential candidates they don t normally have to do
if you need a lot of people, you may end up hiring a bunch of bad people, people who aren t great fits. how do you do it? i think one of the stations of the cross is getting away from hiring with their gut. it s successful for small, growing business. you sit down with people, you see their attitudes, and you think we can mentor and coach these people and get their skill deficits up. the business gets to a sign where you re not personally going to work with these people. and then leaving them unmentored, uncoached. i would say be clear about what the must-haves and must-dos are on the job. use panel interviews. you have the veto at end, but use three people to do the interviewing. but move away from hiring with your gut. that s a point in all companies
knowing you can always count on me it s wedding season? i think the fall and spring, it s like wedding season. beautiful trees. everyone wants to get their photos taken. the wall street journal has compiled the must dos for giving the perfect toast. you start with number one, don t make it about you. that s probably the biggest one i think. for sure. the biggest one is actually stay sober. the best men ought to take that to heart. make sure you keep it short. don t turn it into one of these long things. yeah. that s true. keep it like five minutes, right? five, six minutes because in this piece they point out that mark twain was like the sixth on the list to give the opening remarks to give the toast at ulysses s. grant s ceremony. six hours later it was his turn to give his speech.