not been a direct tie to governor christie here but you said then about the president he set a tone for these things to happen. is that true here? is that true here? did governor christie set a tone where the people who exacted this act of petty political retribution thought the boss would acquies? here s what he did and admitted. he admitted he trusted people that lied to him and he s asking a lot of questions about himself as far as why that happened. the question i ask wait a minute. did he set a tone? that s what you said the president did. no, no. here s he trusted people that lied to him and he fired those people. the president doubles down on eric holder. he doubles down on hillary clinton. and lois lerner and rice. you said in may of you brought up the president and the irs as a comparison. there s no denying, he, the
and republicans can come together on these issues we will see movement. we ll see political will. but also, i think women who are 54% of the vote, they should come together and support men and women who are running for office who talk about these things. it s not the per view of democrats or just female politicians and elected leaders. men are v a lot to say about this, as well. maybe understanding it s the power of women is ultimately the power of our country, that not separating it out. absolutely not. i think women are at the center of our country. they re at the center as i said of electing the political leaders, the economy. they re in the center of the family and when women do well, men do well and the nation does well and they don t just support other women doing well but support the sons and daughters and i hope this ignites an entire conversation about women are doing really well and those that are on the margins. we call for women to be employers themselves. there s a lot
when the money was taken from the war on poverty and diverted to the war in vietnam, it lost the momentum. head start, vista, job corps, legal services for the poor, the people that benefited from those programs i don t think think it was a failure. but i think it s great that marc rubio, paul ryan and others are engaged in the debate right now. we want to ignite a conversation about low-income people. do they talk enough about women in particular? they haven t at all as far as i m concerned and why i was happy to give the report to senator ryan. i hope marco rubio puts women at the center of the proposals they re putting forward but it s an issue to come together on. i learned by being a republican first lady there s a lot that states can do that s innovative, a lot of innovative things in nonprofits, in church groups and so i think that when democrats
never too early for you to ask political questions in iowa. i appreciate your time this morning. back to the roundtable. chuck, you always say, look, to be president temperamentally you have to go through the midwest and sent yjohn to get that visceral take. will jersey play in the midwest in the road to the white house goes through the midwest. it s general election. and always the candidate with that american demeanor, usually a southerner or the case of barack obama midwestener. he s on an island. you think about iowa, the early states. you think about ideology and the process. how much is personality more important than ideology for him? personality is huge. by the way, that is a big attraction for a lot of people. yeah. absolutely. don t forget. i don t think anyone should
there are a lot of thiefdoms and always been this way and talking about culture, what s the culture he set, honestly, it offends people in new jersey in politics but there s a past culture of this you know, you rule with an iron fist. sort of old-school politics and i think he this is the way he ran things, too. it s what everybody does in jersey. chris christie, should he run for president, one of the biggest selling points is going to be a competent executive of a big state. okay? that s why this is a particularly big question for him. who did he have around him? are they managing ready for prime time. is he telling the truth? this is about i mean, this is why this issue is a problem, as well. is that we are living at a time when americans have a lot of fear about government and whether or not government can be trusted. you re talking about the irs,