but we re focused on the president, joy, because at the end of the day, the president is the one who was misusing american taxpayer dollars for his own personal benefit, and we want the american people to stay focused on his conduct rather than anyone else s. eric swalwell, congressman eric swalwell, appreciate your time this morning. thanks, joy. joining me now, simon rosenberg, the president of a think tank ndn, and it was also a senior adviser to the dccc in 2017 and 2018. thank you for being here. great to be here. thank you very much. you have written a lot about what you think that congress ought to be doing as they proceed down this road on impeachment. i want to read a little bit. and this is element 8 for my producers. congress should consider breaking down the impeachment process into three separate tracks focusing on the criminal, the co-conspirators and national security review. how would that play out knowing that we re dealing with a december 20 sort of soft dea
expressing support for ryan s willingness to at least try to reform medicare. neither was aware that the camera was rolling. take a listen you ll see the former president in silhouette on the left of your screen, congressman ryan on screen right. i m glad we won this race in negotiate. i hope the democrats don t use it as an excuse to do nothing. i think it s going to sing into paralysis is what s going to happen. we knew we were putting ourselves out there. you ve got to get out there. you ve got to get this thing moving. shannon: let s talk about that moment and what it means with simon rozenburg a former campaign adviser for president clinton and president of the think tank ndn and ben ferguson a conservative radio host. welcome to you, gentlemen. thanks for having us. shannon: i don t in that the republicans can get too excited. once president clinton hit the stage he wasn t exactly endorsing ryan s plan. no of course not, because this is one of those issues where fear info
bill, oklahoma state senator david holt, is demanding what he is calling a tasteless ad the one you just saw to be pulled from the airwaves immediately. joining us now, simon rosenberg, president of the think tank ndn, plus former speech writer to president george w. bush, marc thiessen here as well. it is good to have you here today. simon, what s your take on this? i think it s a lot of whining from a politician. you know, in my years in politics if a politician s whining, it usually means they re losing. i think the republicans are losing the fight in states where they re having this argument across the country. barack obama s beating all republican candidates by ten points, the biggest margin in a long time. a new poll that came out this week showed the republicans in worse shape in the house than they were in 2007 at this point. this is the wrong argument for the republicans at the wrong time, and i think they re paying a terrible price with the public over this. martha: i h