6th and he went to mar-a-lago to speak with president trump. something else he was asked about today. he does not want to engage in substantive conversations about the then president s role or what he has said or done about it. that appears to be not capping changing now. clearly he thinks donald trump is his ticket to the speakership. and it s sort of will you believe me or your lying eyes. it s pretty amazing, political jujitsu. thank you very much, garrett and joyce and, of course, kim. the diplomatic dilemma talks with russia to lower tensions, will russia back down from the border? senate chris murphy joins us next this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. andrea mitchel andrea mitchel reportons t caught the bouquet, so he s checking in on that ring fund.
what do you think republicans should do? should they remain in the conversation on medicare or should they release to the public in the last 11 weeks before the election a detailed plan on job creation? well, let me just say this. i think it is brilliantly bold and brilliantly, just smart politics for ryan, romney-ryan team to do this. why? because the democrats were going to attack him on it anyway as soon as paul ryan was selected. they were going after medicare. instead we are, the campaign did what we call, political jujitsu. we took the opponents energy flipped it and gone on the attack against president obama s campaign and said look, you will take $700 billion out of medicare to pay for obamacare. it is smart. it put them on the defensive. what they re doing now over the next week or so they re beginning to neutralize this issue. turn a positive impression . jenna: ron, once you make that switch, you got the jujitsu move? switch it during the convention.
busines community because they recognize the olitical jujitsu. is it going to stop the democrats? been veryhem who hae g we needut it, sayin to keep the 2003 tax rates. is this obama proposal going to stop that? no, and here s why. the president and those who support his latest proposals have two problems, and remember the proposals are more than tax cuts. he put forward $50 billion in new stimulus spending in new infrastructure projects, he calls them. here s the problem. number one, stimulus is a dirty word. and people are more conerned aboutore spending and the deficit is huge. aou have more democrats who are not eager to pass a plan like this that includes more spending, and the other problem, they are feeling pressured t extend the bush tax cuts. you ve had four senate democrats saying, we should do that across