important for some reason. it is. there are people who were scared. there are people who are angry. there are people who and then, you know, that moment or maybe before there is a need, i think, to bring everyone together. there s one person who could do it. he could do it really, really well and really beautifully. always a winner. it s incumbent on the winner and incumbent on donald trump. kellyanne, stop rubbing people s faces in it. it doesn t help to just that s not polite. january 9th, 2009, on the eve before inauguration, president-elect barack obama attended dinners promoting bipartisanship. one of the people he honored was john mccain. still ahead, the wide reaction to donald trump s deal with carrier to keep jobs in the country. sam says it s more about stage craft and salesmanship than policy. sam is upset about it.
minutes ago vehicle pulled up, governor romney got out, and then we saw behind us in this sort of stately environment here at the bedminster golf club, the president-elect and vice president-elect greet him, very statesman like stage craft here on the golf resort grounds. donald trump has a home here so he did spend the night here. mike pence came in from new york city about an hour ago. and this meeting with governor romney is the first of a series of meetings today. there will be another half dozen or so meetings tomorrow. and we do hear from advisers that we may expect some kinds of appointments to be announced. perhaps one today. but they didn t want to get too far ahead on that. and that, of course, would depend on if a final decision from donald trump comes through. but they have given us a bit of a tease that there might be some addition to the broad range of appointments, but it is not expected to be a part of a mitt romney conversation. this is a first step, a chance for them
hillary clinton will be tested, not on her ability to fight off attacks. she s proven that. not on ability to with stand personal humiliation. her talent for that is in the record books. not on the relentless teedium of people meeting and stage craft. we know she ll do what is necessary. the test for the person born hillary rodham who rose up through our tough as nails politics is whether she can bring the gleam of optimism and genuine hope. can she be that battle hardened veteran who gives confidence to the worry that yes, i m just the one to take you through this? i m chris matthews. thanks for watching.
own focus groups, they believe if we were to interrupt trump a bunch of times she would be criticized. voters wouldn t like it. voters would dial her down in the polls. so there s that sort of they re almost trying too hard in some ways to play this safe toward the end. take risks when you re way ahead. i think that s so we ve talked a lot about substance during these past four hours about all of the different policies that were laid up. let s talk a little bit about stage craft. right. okay. so there was the big question will they shake hands. no they did not shake hands. and it seemed quite choreographed because they both just came out, they barely nodded at each other, and then they took to their podium. bill, also, in terms of a stylistic thing, she has a better poker face. yes. than he does. right. you knew exactly how trump was feeling. reacts all the time. and the split screen obviously shows you cnn did the split screen. we say this each debate i thi
debate. i don t believe that hillary has the stamina. let s let her respond. well, as soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease-fire, a release of dissodance and opening of opportunities or spends 11 hours testifying in front of a congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina. he ll be tested not about her ability to fight off attacks, she s proven that, not to withstand personal huhumiliatio not on her endurance in the stage craft, we know she ll do what s necessary. the test for the woman born hillary rodham through the toughest nails is whether she can find through it and get the gleam of optimism and genuine hope that grabs the voter in the