by less than half a percentage point. it was a ss t landslide. it was a l mandate. w itas was also 40 years ago. and in some ways seems even longer than that. since reagan the positivistre puregu tonight, we will examine today . republican party on the eve of yet anotheblicr presidential election. what does the party believe, what is the republican position on foreign policy, cultural issues. how if the party has changed, where is it going? california and new york, will be popular vote be in play againag for a nominee or does winninaig require running the electoral college gauntlets. we are joined tonight by four people who have worked in or around politics for decades. they are very likely to have different views on some issues and may prioritize issuesiz differently. they maye sues represent peopley differensentt orthodoxies withie party but they have come together to discuss policy and politics in the upcoming race for president. as we begin tonight we start with a quoten
certain voting constituencies? or is it the manner in which we communicate. he just mentioned early voting and saying that we don t want too much because of fraud but not because we don te of want yo vote because we want your vote to count.yo how do you seeur that? is it message or messaging? on the abortion issue the left is very good at galvanizing voters and the post roe world, women ar we excited to go out ad vote to defend what they see as a freedom and right they had for many years bite fundamental to o they are as americans. a that s something that republicans are going to have ts takeom issue with. but on the messaging part, republicans have been horrible at allowing the left and democrats to define them as the extremists on abortion. there was a harvard-harris poll that came out and showed that 72% of americans think about how many people agree about 72%. 72% of americans believe in the
say it might have been corrupted. i think everybody sees it for what it is. you literally have the democrats living in the past. they reelected nancy pelosi as the minority leader after a lot of internal wrangling over there. they re stuck in the past and we re focussing on the future and we re excited about it it, the country is excited about it too. they see the prospect. not only do you see the stock market just really taking off, because they recognize without all these radical regulations, we can have unlimited potential. look at what donald trump did before president. he tells carrier, i want you to stay in the united states. don t ship your jobs to mexico. and they decide to stay. i mean, what a different attitude when barack obama would literally just wait until a company left and then kick them on the way out. in instead, donald trump says we don t want yo tow lead. and sent a lead message. you see ibm coming out today and here s what we re going to do. all the companies got