Started to recognize that institution was moving much more toward his position. democrats meanwhile locked out of power in washington looking ahead to special elections. the 28 midterms. trying to plot a political comeback. joining us now to talk about the lay of the land, matt sh lap, chairman of the american conservative union and here is a very familiar face to me, and to many of you, krystal ball, democratic strategist, senior fellow at the new leaders council, author of the upcoming e-book reversing the apocalypse. also my former co-host on a show called the cycle, memory, we h. f let me ask you about the changes of position from trump. let me ask you from this standpoint, this is a president who campaigned on a very different platform. we ve not seen many americans run for the presiy talking the way he did on trade, on china, about nato, about intervention in foreign affairs. that sort of thing.
That, but this is a means for us to say, look, we do not want this anymore and we need to sit down in a thoughtful manner and figure out taking freedom of speech into account, how to shorten the length. if this were on the ballot right now as an issue, i guarantee you it would pass. that s what i was going to say. everyone listening to you right now, probably 100% saying, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. the question is how do you get from here to there. what are some things you think we could do to shorten the cycle up? it s tricky. freedom of speech comes into play. if you told ted cruz on november 10th you can t throw your name into the hat he s running already. i think there will be people who are always running. like i said, i m not a policy maker. we have to do this thoughtfully. we might even look at what other countries do to keep their elections short. i think when we get to the point where it s two years it s no longer civilized. brittain, 38 days. somebody stands up in
Get the senate back to normal. how s that working out for you? immigration reform is stalled. another government shut down is being threatened. this time over planned parenthood funding. transit spending got only a three-month extension this week after months of bickering about it. and tax reform the easiest thing you would think republicans could actually agree on has barely gotten a mention. our next guess says more pressing than the presidential race a year and a half away is the gridlock train wreck that is this republican congress. we re happy to welcome back to the cycle msnbc contributor jimmy williams, executive editor at blue nation review. nice to see you, jimmy. good toguys. we talked about this at net roots nation. the presidential candidates have great ideas they ve been putting out there. none of it matters if you have a congress that doesn t work. a congress that doesn t work. a congress that has not worked. a congress that cannot work. i don t know how to fix
Journey. and, you know, i love msnbc. this network meant a lot to me and i this i to us before we were even here as guests and this is a special network and we re proud to have been just a small part of its history. and i hope you guys keep watching this network because it is trying to do something special. and we try to do something special. and i think we look back on the 700 or so shows that we did with pride and with joy. we ve been doing this for over three years now. a joy and privilege. and we re going to continue to be friends and we re going to continue to speak to you. thank you so much for taking this journey with us on the cycle. now with alex wagner starts right now. it is friday july 31st and
Remove the need for a federal trial because of course at the same time here we have a state trial happening. only two weeks ago i was in state court where roof was arraigned on murder charges there and in that case also he faces the death penalty. all right jamie, thank you for your reporting. next up, your weekend forecast. and you can forget 2016. our favorite political prognosticator sees trouble ahead for 2015. oh. the cycle rolls on. wish your skin could bounce back like it used to? new neutrogena hydro boost water gel.