something happened this weekend. we have now tipped over into them realizing the common wisdom about what would happen here has been wrong. this is happening. they have started to freak out. saying this debate will be the end of some republican candidates next week. a lot of them will have their campaigns over and done next week. talking about the debate if you re not on stage, you are irrelevant. you don t matter. unless you have serious ad dollars it s not a glass ceiling. it is a concrete ceiling. republican strat zwris david payne telling the hill quote, we have never seen anything like this. republican strategist ron von jean said if you are not at the first debate it s out of sight, out of mind for voters. there is an aspect to this
the beltway common wisdom has been wrong, wrong, wrong. headed into the republican debate which is are about to start, the clear front runner for the presidential nomination is trump. it really looks like the governor of texas, new jersey, louisiana and the governor of ohio either definitely will not be allowed to debate or they are on the bubble and we can t tell from here. we have now, because of that tipped over into the republican establishment and the beltway press, realizing that they have been wrong about how this was going to play out. something happened this weekend. we have now tipped over into them realizing the common wisdom about what would happen here has been wrong. this is happening. they have started to freak out. saying this debate will be the end of some republican candidates next week. a lot of them will have their campaigns over and done next week. talking about the debate, if you re not on stage, you are irrelevant. you don t matter. unless you have serious ad dol
was going for secretary of health and human services. now we have charlie rangel. he had a big problem with failure to pay his taxes in the dominican republic. what you see is a pattern here, and when people see a pattern, they see fire. jon: all right, ron and debbie, have to say good-bye. thank you both. thank you. jon: and this weekend be sure to watch a fox news special report on the battle for control of washington. fox goes inside some key races to determine what s going to happen to the obama agenda. watch the fight to control congress. it s hosted by bret baier this sunday 3 and 9 p.m. eastern time. jenna: all right, jon, we have some brand new information on that explosion we ve been telling you about in south los angeles. you re seeing brand new video of this scene. let s just fill you in on what you re looking at here. eric scott, a spokesman for l.a. city fire, is telling fox news this, he s talking about an explosion. he said there was an explosion that caused people in
face trial on serious ethics charges. what does it mean for other democrats? let s get into a debate on that with debbie dingell, former chair of vice president al gore s 2000 campaign in michigan. ron von jean is former communications directer to house speaker dennis hastert. fair to say most democrats would like this charlie rangel thing to go away, wouldn t they? well, i don t think anybody likes to see something like this play out because you forget there are good men and women in both parties who really believe in the institution of public service. it s a sad day, but it also shows that people are committed to making the process work, and there s going to be a full and public hearing on what the issues are. jon: so, ron, are republicans going to try to take advantage of this? i don t think they need to. charlie rangel s doing all the work for them. you know, the prospect of a public trial in september would be devastating for the democratic party, especially going into the mid
there are people that make mistakes and do things that are wrong. we don t know that charlie rangel did, but there are people in both parties that have done things wrong in the past, and neither party has anything to be happy about when they see something like this happen. jon: one thing that seems to have resulted is a and whether you can tie this to the charlie rangel situation or just the overall mood of the country, but when fox news opinion dynamics asked people abouttarian votes their votes for congress in 2010, would you vote for the democratic candidate this poll taken just a couple of days ago, 36% said yes, republican candidate 47% said yes. ron, why? well, i ll tell you what, speaker pelosi said she was going to drain the swamp on ethics. that didn t happen. and if you look, there s been a pattern of abuse by democratic lawmakers and officials. you have secretary timothy geithner who didn t pay his taxes, you had tom daschle who