start seeing tom cottons or other republicans who think they may have a future in the party taking this on. and institutions are increasingly not as important in american politics. like the rnc and the dnc. but state parties matter. and if state parties are not allowing primary challenges to go forward, we re seeing that already seeds of that in south carolina and other places. the state party could have some power in keeping one of those people off the ballot entirely. that s the point. he s not going to lose the nomination barring something we don t know. the question is does ben sass want to make a point? right? or the first step in ronald reagan winning the 1980 presidential nomination was losing the 1976 presidential nomination to gerald ford. here s the bizarre part. most sitting presidents, the last thing they want is a primary challenge. this president would probably say let s debate, john kasich. because trump is at his best
if 2019 goes badly is where you start seeing tom cottons or other republicans who think they may have a future in the party taking this on. institutions are not as important as american politics like the rnc and dnc. state parties matter. if they re not allowing a primary challenge to go forward, we re seeing that already. the seeds of that in south carolina. the state party could have power in keeping one of those people off the ballot entirely. that s the point here. he s not going to lose the nomination barring something we don t know. the question is, does ben sass want to make a point? or the first step in ronald reagan winning was losing the 1976 nomination to gerald ford. most sitting president, the last thing they want is a primary challenge. i know he wouldn t want it. this sitting president would probably say great, let s debate john kasich. trump is at his best when
what you re seeing from the tom cottons, the marco rubios, thank you, mr. president. we 100% believe you should have canceled this. they were skeptical the meeting wouldn t end up in anything, anyway. are you confident in a denuclearization if confidence is acquired? we ll see what happened. a phase-in may be a little necessary, it would have to be a rapid phase-in, but i would like to see it done at one time. now, again, the president didn t give away the candy store there, but just the idea i d like to see it done, a phase-in. especially on capitol hill people saying, wait a minute, this is why this stuff has to be written in boldface, in caps and underlined beforehand when you have an unpredictable president.
good answer but it is more likely than we ve had this similar conversation. but like casey you ll eat your wheaty this is week. and in a conversation, trump said lindsey graham meant well in immigration talks but he doesn t represent a majority of the republicans on issue. the deal was the opposite of what i campaigned for on immigration and was unacceptable. to what degree does what the president said about this deal matter to the deal and the potential shut down? it matters a lot. look, he s right about lindsey graham. the only person to the left of lindsey graham is probably jeff flake. and you have some of the more liberal republican senators on immigration negotiating with the democrats and they don t necessarily peek speak from the tom cottons and others and there saying i m not going forward with something i m not sure the president will support and the president has not been clear other than to say he ll
lose other members who are more conservative, pat toomeys, tom cottons, who want to see the medicaid cuts because they say it makes the program more sustainable. i don t know. i think it s just a delicate balance. again, the math is all about getting to 50. who can you lose without losing more and who can you gain without losing more than that one vote. senator paul saying it s going to take more than a week? it should. it should. you re reordering one-sixth of the country s economy. it should take longer than a week. we should be having a robust debate about this. last word? agree completely, elise. this is a problem that s going to affect so many millions of americans. to rush it through is a disservice to the promise made to them. mitch mcconnell will not make his timeline then. what a great panel we ve had today. appreciate it. next, president trump blaming former president obama for failing to stop russia s meddling in last year s election. now others are weighing in o