engaged in the world s hot spots and to be aggressive about it. so it s different from the campaign trump in some respects. i think it is much more conventional as i suggested. more of a mainstream foreign policy than some people expected so far. the burdens of the office weigh on each president differently. but when he came out after the gas attack and talked about the babies, he sounded like a grandfather who dotes on his grandchildren. i wonder, could it be? that simple or are there true re-alignments in policy thinking? i think it s both. you talk to presidents over time, you feel this hurt and these things personally. you have as the united states president the power, the opportunity to do something, to change tragic events and the temptation is always to do it. sometimes, you know, you have to
rev, joe points out the primary problem which is the base is shrinking. but within that minority party loves this rhetoric and it speaks to them in certain ways. that s where they live and breathe. but another huge problem is what you re pointing out in that segment which is the entertainment complex of the right wing. drives a lot of their policy thinking and a lot of their political maneuvers. they also speak to that same sort of minority within the minority party of the republican party. that s invested in these racialized discourses. the president doesn t have time for that and doesn t want anything to do with that. it s not progressive but it s not productive. we could spend all day talking about the rush limbaughs and glenn becks of the world. they have influence on guys blocking policy. that s why we can t ignore them. joe madison, james peterson, both of you have a merry christmas and thanks for your time this evening. merry christmas to you too rb
no, i don t think they say that. they get a policy thinking they may not even know how long they will need it for. they re out of work. they lost their job. they go get a policy, six months later, they get a job. they re covered by their employer, something else happens, they can sell it and move on. insurance rates are pretty heavily regulated in terms of what the insurance companies can do. let s lock at this last chart and remind ourselves what is supposed to happen under the o fordable care act t. key part is we will reduce the number of uninsured by 25 million. it was supposed to be 30 million. a lot of states opted out of the affordable care act. you will hopefully see this big decline. many will go into the exchanges, this 24 million people who will go there. the people, this individual group marketplace we have been talking about should shrink. people should be coming out of the marketplace and using the exchanges. then, of course, some of the addition of people coverage will
to figure out the majority of the country would like to have background checks. what can we do to make that happen? the majority of the country would like to see something done on immigration reform and for the life of the republican party as we all know something needs to be done with regard to immigration reform. and yet they re not doing anything. and so as long as they put short-term political gain ahead of sort of long-term policy thinking, that s not only good for the party, the republican party, but good for the country. they re not going to go anywhere. here s the way as i explained a moment ago i m going to further explain now how they go after destroying health care. the headline of the article in the washington examiner today says it all. gop strategy, fix obama care to undermine it. referring to the bill by fred upton that would exempt current policies from the new health care law. he writes, quote, privately republicans on capitol hill note
about keeping something from happening and not about trying to figure out the majority of the country would like to have background checks. what can we do to make that happen? the majority of the country would like to see something done on immigration reform and for the life of the republican party as we all know something needs to be done with regard to immigration reform. and yet they re not doing anything. and so as long as they put short-term political gain ahead of sort of long-term policy thinking, that s not only good for the party, the republican party, but good for the country. they re not going to go anywhere. here s the way as i explained a moment ago i m going to further explain now how they go after destroying health care. the headline of the article in the washington examiner today says it all. gop strategy, fix obama care to undermine it. referring to the bill by fred upton that would exempt current policies from the new health care law.