as the general election heated up, barack obama built a lead in the polls. we always knew that we had to take a risk, that we had to throw the ball into double coverage over the middle of the field to get ahead in a race where all the head winds were against us. really what the idea was was that john mccain was going to pick joe lieberman. i get a call from rick davis, who is campaign manager for john mccain s presidential campaign in 2008. he said, john would like to put you on the list of people to be vetted to be his vice presidential running mate. i said, are you kidding me? he said, no, i m not. it was a bold idea. barack obama was beginning to walk on the mountain tops. and you were not going to defeat him with a conventional campaign. in his book the restless
as corrupting members of the senate in the house and was determined to try to do something to fight against it. mccain reached across the aisle. he tapped wisconsin senator russ finegold to work with him on the cause. we had never really had a serious conversation and he called me when i was back home and hey, i ve been looking at your voting record and i would like to work with you. they tried to get soft money out of politics. thank you very much. the way he treated me was like a mentor, friend, father figure. it was a relationship where i really benefitted tremendously from being able to see his abilities and his willingness to cross the party line. people didn t talk to us in our respected caucuses because of this. we were not at the cool kid lunch table for many years. coming up barack obama was beginning to walk on the mountain tops.
lead in the polls. always knew that we had to take a risk, that we had to throw the ball into double coverage over the middle of the field to get ahead in a race where all the headwinds were against us. really but the idea was was that john mccain was going to pick joe lieberman. i get a call from rick davis who is the campaign manager for john mccain in 2008. he said john would like to put you on the list of people to be vetted to be his vice presidential running man. i said, are you kidding me? he said, no, i m not. it was a bold idea. barack obama was beginning to walk on the mountain tops. you are not going to defeat him . in his book, the restless wave, mccain expressed regret for not picking lieberman, having been talked out of it by his staff.
to share in public in the coming months. that s a fair point. i want to ask about this kind of it seems a contradiction. you re right, attorneys for trump and his top advisers have privately expressed confidence that flynn does not have any evidence that could implicate the president or the white house team. if they re so confident there s no evidence and they re not concerned michael flynn is cooperating with the fbi, why would they launch this campaign against flynn to portray him as a liar and why now? it s a good question. i believe this is like a not so much, you know, the valkarie is being called to the mountain tops. this is the plan in place should michael flynn make this kind of accusation or anything. as for no evidence, the evidence that the white house lawyers feel confident doesn t exist is anything in the records. remember, they ve been going through a treasure trove of
indicates that because democrats and republicans are saying we are not 535 members of congress, juan, are not going to do what i call fiscal surgery. that s what is going to be required. now, here s what the republicans did not do. they have not done a good job of explaining to the american people what they can and cannot do relative to the budget. and so the perception that s reflected in that poll is that they ought to be able to move mountains when they don t control all of the mountain tops. juan: herman cain, wait a minute. we get republicans on the factor and immediately they want to point a finger at president obama. why don t you talk about republican responsibility here. why aren t republicans talking about the need for entitlement cuts, social security. medicare, medicaid. defense spending and making that case to other republicans? well, i don t know why they are not talking about it. but herman cain is talking about it i gave 20 speeches last week