@ tócz[!tbt00&4& attention? it certainly is east of the mississippi. yeah. it is definitely getting a lot of attention. i don t believe i m qualified to speak too much on the policy aspect of it i know there has been a lot of finger pointing within the administration and government here in san francisco. i know he that the mayor has been blaming the sheriff for example. and it was certainly a surprise from my experience at least, when we covered the homicide that day when it happened, it just seemed like, you know, another shooting. it was an odd location on the pier. but the next day it was definitely a surprise when we woke up and we had seen donald trump s statements and whatnot. so it has a lot of media attention. the courtroom was filled today with reporters. i think we were expecting more to be said, but unfortunately, we didn t really learn any information today at the hearing. has it ever been
challenging question for the gop in terms of where they go. because they ve got big decisions coming up, paul. it s not just how they handle themselves the next five months, but they ve got to start thinking ahead. if they do actually manage to take back the senate and they do have control over both houses of congress, they ve got huge decisions to make about how they re going to handle that power. and the policy aspect of this is going to matter a great deal. well, just to continue kim s point, eric cantor had a reputation for intervening in the operations of the major committees. you can make an argument that sometimes that s worth doing. except that kevin mccarthy probably won t do that. and the good news is that two of the people who were running for this post, jen hensarling and paul ryan, who will probably take over the ways and means, tax writing committee, are both very good committee chairman. jen hensarling will terminate the bank, try to rewrite dodd/frank in a way that wi
criminals and others to obtain weapons. this is a fairly simple issue. we have seen the winds on this change across the country with people who consider themselves democrats, independents and republicans. and yet that wasn t enough to get it through the senate. yeah. but unfortunately, the problem doesn t go away. so i think we ll continue the conversation, and both the cultural aspect and the policy aspect of this. but we also have a lot of families that are grieving today. we have a lot of first responders who remind us that as much as we demonize government officials, these are folks risking their lives every day, whether it s the teacher in georgia or the first responders today. no question about it. ej dionne, does this change the dynamic at all, seeing it happened in washington? i hope it does. i hope it has some effect. i agree totally with tom. you can t jump to all kinds of judgments and our hearts today should be first with the grieving families. but we have had this
everywhere, rick santorum seems to be getting some traction. he reminds me a little bit of bill clinton and i know he wouldn t be happy to handle. i saw this this mid december and the policy aspect of it. you start seeing him is taking his personal narrative and merging it with his political philosophy and explaining to voters not just what he wants to do but the kind of person he is and how that fits into his philosophy. with bill clinton we know that story. he talks about being raised among the coal fields and people like his grandfather who was a coal miner and took shots of whisky in the morning but as president he wants to help people like that. he s combining those two things in a very intimate way and smart way on the campaign trail. that is a contrast. that s a person who comes across as being very authentic. he is what he is. he gives politically incorrect answers very often, not just on social controversial issues but
you ve seen it all been everywhere, rick santorum seems to be getting some traction. he reminds me a little bit of bill clinton and i know he wouldn t be happy to handle. i saw this this mid december and the policy aspect of it. you start seeing him is taking his personal narrative and merging it with his political philosophy and explaining to voters not just what he wants to do but the kind of person he is and how that fits into his philosophy. with bill clinton we know that story. he talks about being raised among the coal fields and people like his grandfather who was a coal miner and took shots of whisky in the morning but as president he wants to help people like that. he s combining those two things in a very intimate way and smart way on the campaign trail. that is a contrast. that s a person who comes across as being very authentic. he is what he is. he gives politically incorrect