different. remember barack obama, there are no red states, there are no blue states, there are the united states of america. he was not a traditional politician in his campaign, and i think there are just a lot of people looking for that, and some of those people thought they saw that in donald trump. the people who thought they saw that, i think, are the ones who are falling off, and that hard core 32% is still with trump. yes. steve, it s always important to remember when we look at the polls where donald trump s at 35% or 5636 36%, that s where he was when he got the nomination. it s so hard. my biggest question when i look at the polls, and this is a question. i don t have the answer. i think we re almost living through many things right now. one thing is a political science experiment. my question when i look at the polls of the approval rating at
country that hates this bill, just as we have a majority of this country that hates this the president, a majority of the country that wants a democratic congress. they re not the majority that has any influence in either the creation of policy or in republicans electoral calculations. and not only that josh. one of the remarkable things watching all of these different legislative attempts, it s almost been like a political science experiment. because there s so much bizarre behavior. i mean, interest groups carry a lot of sway on capitol hill. they really carry a lot of sway on these sorts of issues. health care, for instance. here you have everyone, like everyone from like the most sort of benign march of dimes to like lefties like the nurses unions to very conservative organizations like ahip, the american medical association. everyone saying, don t do this, don t do this. and the republicans still trying to do it. well, but they failed. and i think or they appear to have fai
creation of policy or in republicans electoral calculations. and not only that josh. one of the remarkable things watching all of these different legislative attempts, it s almost been like a political science experiment. because there s so much bizarre behavior. i mean, interest groups carry a lot of sway on capitol hill. they really carry a lot of sway on these sorts of issues. health care, for instance. here you have everyone, like everyone from like the most sort of benign march of dimes to like lefties like the nurses unions to very conservative organizations like ahip, the american medical association. everyone saying, don t do this, don t do this. and the republicans still trying to do it. well, but they failed. and i think or they appear to have failed. and i think that interest group opposition is a reason for that. but i think you re right that a lot of the behavior here has been inexplicable. for example the reason jimmy kimmel has been so prominent is that senator bi
so this is political science. we re living a political science experiment. it s happening right now, it s going to happen all this weekend. in addition to all the republican senators going to palm beach, florida, to meet with their donors instead of voting on betsy devos, the president is also going to be in palm beach, florida, this weekend, he s taking a weekend off. whew, been a tough two weeks, time for a vacation. it s expected there will be protesters opposed to the new president and his cabinet nominees and refugee ban and other executive orders. it s expected there will be protests this weekend in south florida around the president s visit. the fact that all the republican senators are there as well will make it a particularly rich target for protest this is weekend and i m sure authorities in south florida are expecting that. it s also probably safe to assume there will be protests at the super bowl in houston. frankly, it s probably safe to assume there will be protests the d
what happens here because, you know, republicans prioritize their meeting with major donors tonight and tomorrow in south florida. they gave up the chance to nail down the betsy devos nomination tomorrow morning. they ve got no margin for error. they have the thinnist possible pathway to nomination. you d think they want to act fast. they gave that up to meet with donors and what they re facing is this incredibly creative fast-evolving joice ining joyfue of pressure on senators all across the country and this pressure is trying to just peel off one more vote. because they are meeting with donors insteadf voting, people opposed to betsy devos get two and a half more dies to burn up phone lines and get their home state senators terrible press about how afraid those senators are of their own constituents and how much money they took from people they are voting for despite the express wishes of their constituents in overwhelming numbers. so this is political science. we re living a politic