Military strength while the negotiations are going on, thats not good. Youre just going to antagonize your adversary. Reagan didnt think of it that way. He thought you could do both simultaneously. And i think there is a lesson there. You could negotiate with the of yet union, as has been said, he was ready to do that from the beginning. I told George Schultz when schultz came in in the late summer of 82, he had dont be too eager to negotiate with the soviet union and theres other evidence that suggests that he knew he wasnt going to get anywhere until he revived the american economy. And until he had, in fact, or the western alliance deployed those inf weapons. Then he thought, ill be in a position of strength at that point and then the soviets will be in a position to negotiate. Thats exactly what happened in 1984. He tried to get them to negotiate. But they were clever. They said no, were going to wait and see whether or not you can succeed in being reelected. Once that was clear, t
Theres one models in the usa freedom act which allows surveillance to appoint friends of the court either lawyers to argue legal issues and also interestingly an organization that helps the court understand the Technological Development or Something Like that. Thats one example to get the public a little bit more involved in something that is ine secret. Traditionally the Sticking Point has been its all secret staff. Anybody that gets involved has to be clear. Im thinking beyond that, by necessity we have to go beyond that. Even the folks in the government on my left and right might can see if the government doesnt come with lawful mechanisms continue to be lots of people taking into their own hands. Im just throwing ideas. Im not speaking for everybody. And with all due respect, i dont necessarily mean order people like laura and bob once he goes to private service, although theres a role for that. It would simply be like a jury. I know the jury has a constitutional dimension and this
Offing. A couple of other names have been battled around that trump is meeting with. Whats your core reaction at the outset here . Well, id like to see, you know, a little bit more information about all of these. Many of these names are certainly unfamiliar to me and a lot of the people that i know, at least the community level. Many of them seem welleducated and good training, but there are tions around you know, issues around muslim bans and comments about whether or not the naacp is an importan you know, whats gonna happen around civil rights . So, i think you know, certainly as with the election many people are still very much concerned that, you know the direction of the country is gonna be not what we hope america is, which is a land for everyone. Well, Michael Flynn ically had tweeted out back in february fear of muslims is rational, his words. He would the National Security advisor. Whats your reaction to that . Mike flynn has spoken more expensively about that, and he talked a
Friday to monday, so the shooting in orlando occurred while we were in the field, making it the first major Telephone Survey conducted since the attack. Yesterday, we added a few questions related to the tragedy including one that asked which president ial candidate they think would be better as commanderinchief in handling an event similar to the one in orlando. 45 said donald trump and 41 said Hillary Clinton. 15 said they were not sure. Mark, we will have more on this poll, but just from the little that we have discussed, what do you think and what do you find most striking about these numbers . Mark the survey shows what a lot of democrats and republicans have been saying privately which is the run up to orlando based on the last days, Hillary Clinton is showing herself at her best in donald trump is struggling. Clinton at 49 and trump at 37 . I will not say that is her ceiling and his floor and republicans of that is not the case, but that is a spread that is about as wide as you
Convention team talking to different consultants how to doodad and at the end of the day it is up to donald trump is the ultimate consultant. And with those nuts and bolts and to be rest assured if he is involved in every single detail. And he talks about the arena of the ku of a relatively tight space with the media and the delegates. Sole logistically what will this look like . You will have all of your delegates in the huge number of media to of the dignitary in the staff in the affair candidates it is a smaller every now. Secret service has set up shuttles to bring the press to the actual arena in the new credential process in place that has just guarded everybody that will be in certain areas go to a specialized area. Not only how looks also rearranging a will be presented to also hold the press experiences the convention. Host focusing on the republican primary party using the celebrity we billionaire is revamping everything but does this put any pressure on the democrats and the