their grip at any moment. there is a sense that they re barely holding it together. you see these moments where the explosion happened. you see popular revolt. and it is unclear how stable the whole thing is. i think the chinese communist party has a very evolved notion of theater and ritual. so from the outside, it looks one way. if you can draw back the curtain which is not easy to do. it is an very transparent society, and look behind, you can see that they have many, many problems. this is a society in the most tectonic kind of change and self-reinvention. many contradictions at work and i think it makes them feel very uneasy. on the stump in iowa, donald trump is going after china. i was basically, i was entire meat exports are going to china right now.
many problems. this is a society in the most tectonic kind of change and self-reinvention. many contradictions at work and i think it makes them feel very uneasy. on the stump in iowa, donald trump is going after china. i was basically, i was entire meat exports are going to china right now. if there is one group of people that should be psyched about china s growth, it is basically america s farmers, if i m be mistaken. any of these people who were governors or senators will have a specific state interest. and very often, that is in trade. you will see the cognitive dissonance between them acting as governors and acting now as candidates. but you know, if you re going to represent the united states, then you do have to deal with a whole other host of problems and china is an increasingly difficult country for the united
tectonic kind of change and self-reinvention. many contradictions at work and i think it makes them feel very uneasy. on the stump in iowa, donald trump is going after china. i was basically, i was entire meat exports are going to china right now. if there is one group of people that should be psyched about china s growth, it is basically america s farmers, if i m be mistaken. any of these people who were governors or senators will have a specific state interest. and very often, that is in trade. you will see the cognitive dissonance between them acting as governors and acting now as candidates. but you know, if you re going to represent the united states, then you do have to deal with a whole other host of problems and china is an increasingly difficult country for the united states. it is important to recognize at
example of how agitated how complete his self-reinvention has been from outside agitator to inside player. what cameras do for people and shows like this do for people is they give them profile and access. profile and access equals influence, especially in this town. but it s also the dangerous part of it. because, again, what are you using your podium, your platform, for? is it to inform the audience? is it to persuade the audience? is it to feather your own nest? is it to run for office yourself someday whether you declare that or not? that s what the public has a right to know, and everybody should have to post on their website, these are my intentions. they should be like the pharmaceutical companies. this show may inform but it also may lead to my political future.
calculation was clear. the gom nomination was wide opened in 2008. mccain knew he could get it if he started playing with bush and the republicans. he went on to lose to barak barak and then came another self reinvention. in the obama era, he joined with the most anti-obama republican, the second time in eight years, mccain made himself the chief tormenter of a president he had been defeated by. when he and obama shared the stage at a health care summit in 2010, the president called him out on it. let me make this point, john, because we re not campaigning anymore. the election is over. i am reminded of that every day. now, suddenly, we seem to be looking at yet another john mccain, one who is motivated by a new nemesis. that is effective in his legislative agenda once again. battle lines were drawn on the floor of the senate this past