allegations are proven to be true. right. first of all, assume a moment they re absolutely true. how are they going to be found to the true in the next four weeks? proven? for anyone who wants to doubt it, they will doubt it. and that s you know, and the pressure for him to drop out, you knee, you and i both remember todd akin in 2012. bombshell stuff out. every living republican u.s. senator from missouri came out for him to step down. and he didn t do it. right. romney, nominee for president of the united states, leader of the republican party in the moment asked him to leave and he wouldn t do it. to be bipartisan. bill clinton, gennifer flowers stuff comes out. normally drop out. didn t do it. guess what? he hung on and won. so sara fagan, what happens here? it s obvious to me mcconnell s decided, i don t care if i lose the senate race. i no longer care.
are in taking on the president. the president is popular, reasonably popular with the republican base. he has a 65% approval rating, lower than past presidents but certainly high enough to win a primary today. and so it would be be tough to beat him. i think something would have to change in the trajectory of the trump presidency, perhaps tax reform doesn t get done, republicans do disastrous in the midterms. those two things are possible. we re not there today. there s a lot to be written in this chapter. i think regardless of whether trump is the namesake of the party in 2020 or not, republicans are feeling the civil war. president obama made an impassioned speech about ideology, john mccain, senator flake, of course, yesterday. we re in search of our identity. democrats are having the same experience, though. we ll have to leave it there. sara fagan, ron clain, thank
globally accepted. i am talking about the debates on proficiency and growth. i was asking to clarify on this is a subject that s been debated in the education community for years. it surprises me that you don t know this issue. let s bring in tonight s panel. by the way, you re seeing donald trump there. is he singing? i think he is singing along. stephanie cutter. was deputy campaign manager for president obama s 2012 campaign. also worked in the obama white house. sara fagan. cnbc contributor and perry bacon, nbc news senior political reporter. perry, these folks worked in the white house. you have covered the white house. is this transition feeling sort of typical bumps and bruises, or do you think this is a little extra something going on? i think it s since donald trump is new entity who hasn t been in government, i think you re seeing that. in terms of the people, we don t
thanks, chuck. let me bring in tonight s panel. nathan gonzalez, sara fagan, eugene robinson. welcome all. nathan, what did you make of today s hearing, and is it does it all sort of we all have to wait to see how donald trump digests it? it is a good example. democrats want to paint republicans with a broad brush that everybody agrees with donald trump. this is a good example that evernes not on the same page. where does it end up? it will depend on the reports that come out over the next few days. we have to remember coming out of the campaign that donald trump is being given more of the benefit of the doubt than what politicians or people viewed as government insiders. so when information comes out, even though it might seem logical, seem people will still side with donald trump because he is still perceived as this
unforgettable, wherever you go the scents you can t forget. from herbal essences, blooming now! panel is back. sara fagen. and eugene robinson. sara, you heard tom cotton say can t repeal unless there is something concrete there. he said it can phase in, but you have to know what the plan is going to look like before you repeal. john kasich essentially saying the same thing. not with what mitch mcconnell seemed to say. where is this headed? the smart politics on this would be to have a plan in place. duh! i know. but? but people who elected donald trump are clamoring for this to be repealed. it s a big part of the reason in mid-terms that republicans also did well. there was so doubt, bernie sanders is right.