concurrence with the the legislation that he was supposed to be bird dogging on the repeal of obamacare. this is in terms of making the president look bad. this is the worst week possible, and are doing it for a guy who is very concerned about seeming out of touch or an elitist because he is a billionaire. have him doing this as the health secretary of the united states, that is not going to fly with voters. bill: the white house is taking tax reform very seriously, are they making headway, do you believe in washington? yes, i think they are making headway, what they are doing is crucially important, which is that they have a plan that they will be complaints among republicans at the end when they get down to talking about how much the debt and deficit will go about. but in broad strokes, this is something that every republican in principle should be able to get behind. there will be five so the end, so if you start there, then as we heard of mick mulvaney talking about, this puts
because he was for the skinny bill. let s do a clean repeal that failed. he voted for the skinny bill which ended up failing. ainsley: going to get less money. lindsey graham was asked about that last night. he said there are four states that get the majority of this money and that s not fair. he said we need to equal it out. so, some states actually going to get more than they were getting. some less. he said over time that will trickle down. he won t do that all at once it will take the next nine years to 2026 where they will start to lose the most money. brian: put up a great point yesterday. it s the language on preexisting conditions which is key. it is somewhat vague and if you can rye assure these people that the language is strong enough that you have to ensure preexisting conditions rather than adequate protection. ainsley: that s what the governors are worried about. they are saying the language is not strong enough to make sure. that s what the folks are worried about. is th
way that past voting blocs had been. my question now, steve kornacki, what does this mean for luther strange in alabama? well, boy, this sets up some drama with donald trump heading down to alabama tonight. he s got the big rally with luther strange. luther strange really the establishment candidate. mitch mcconnell s candidate, the appointed senator. was the former republican governor, disgraced former governor who appointed him. trump trying to push him from behind across the finish line. here s a weapon now for donald trump in his speech tonight. i will be very curious to see if and how he uses this. strange is for this. he s for graham/cassidy, for this republican repeal and replace plan. roy moore, the guy you see on the right-hand side of the screen, he s against it. his position is the rand paul position. he says he wants a total, complete repeal of obamacare. he says this is too soft, this leaves too much in place. he s against this republican repeal and replace plan. donald
many situations our enemies are beginning to understand that the president really has no choice. this isn t an elective confrontation. we have run out of runway. you cannot have strategic patience because you can t kick the can down the road. there is no more road. so this is all coming to a head. meanwhile, kellyanne conway will get that question, that topic and more when she joins us at 7:30 eastern time. meanwhile, on top of the docket next week and debated throughout this weekend will be repeal and replace. the latest version, which is states get the money, states get crossing. this is cassidy and this is graham. and they are zeroing in on the votes needed for a passage. steve: usual suspects are the ones they have to worry about. the whole idea is if they can do this, have a vote and mitch mcconnell has said they would by the end of september, they can do it with a simple majority. they just need 50 republicans and vice president mike pence who was
how muchenson? a left wing democrat fueled by democratic rhetoric on obamacare tried to mass assassinate republicans in congress. this is the man, the secretary of health and human services who would oversee repeal of obamacare. imagine the death threats is he getting right now. i remember the genteel days of george bush when protesters showed up at carl rove s house. now they are going out there and throwing rocks at cops and shooting republicans. steve: absolutely. to take a look at some of the headlines the washington post put up. the trump administration had. tom price guardian jet problem and guardian had private jet problem it goes on and on. if something bad happened to tom price a lot of reporters writing these headlines would probably be smiling. they don t like him. they are liberals. tom price needs ton protected. the left wants him dead, frankly, because he is trying to repeal obamacare. steve: okay. erick erickson joins us today from georgia. sir, thank you very much.