self-identifying republicans in america, why do they reflexively support someone who wasn t a republican before 2015 and whose values and policy positions don t have a whole lot to do with what republicans had believed before he came along. so why has the trump base suspended reason and what s going on with russia? so i think if we ever find the great the answers to those two things, we will have solved the riddle of the era. i am totally betting here, but i just think there s going to be by midweek i think there s going to be something about conversations with putin, something about conversations with other leaders because i can t believe just as a practical just as a person, right, just as a citizen, not an analyst point, if he did it once with ukraine, this was not a
liberalism of donald trump, his attacks on the press, his attacks on the rule of law, but what about the illiberalism of people who claim to oppose trump who shout down people from the public square. it seems that for some the progressive utopia that is on the horizon is one that will not come about by persuasion but by imposition because you better dare not speak out of line, out of turn, no deviation or you are shouted down and by the way, the people are doing the shouting, almost universally, are the same people who said joe biden shouldn t run because it was hillary clinton s turn. and they were the same people who put their thumb on the scale for hillary clinton against bernie sanders because he couldn t win. and they guaranteed us let me ask you one question. they guaranteed us that donald trump would never be elected. some of them are sitting right here and they can all speak for themselves better than i can speak for them but let me just say, what about the argument tha
microtrends squared mark penn. mark, good to see you. thank you for being with us. good morning. ainsley: what does that tell you? more people associate with the president than they do the g.o.p.? it tells me that the president, who really wasn t a republican before he ran for president, has really taken over the republican party. he gets a 90% approval from republicans. and he is more powerful than any of the other leaders. so, for the republican leaders who opposed him for so long and for ryan who quit and so forth. the republicans needed new leaders and they have one. that s what makes them so strong on the stump. ainsley: what does it mean for the midterms? you are pulling a lever for the g.o.p. he is the g.o.p. and right now you are seeing the stars of the democratic party go out and he is going out on the republican party and they are both trying to draw their bases out. this is a base game between now and tuesday. he is the republican s most potent weapon out there. despit
take the hard road before the election. sean: dianne feinstein said today, dan bongino, actually said today, we didn t leak the information. the only people who had the letter were democrats. so it wasn t a republican who lead to the information. they do it, may be, against the wishes against professor ford. what does that tell you about it? that s an interesting question, sean. the democrats have not been cryptic for this strategy. you ve seen senator hirono come out and say we ll leave this empty for two years. if kavanaugh is appointed, every case considered in front of this kavanaugh supreme court would be considered a legitimate so this is a lose-lose and it s time for the republicans to stand up and say, listen, we ve given you multiple opportunities, taken these charges very seriously, given the multiple avenues to testify, we want to hear your story. if you want to be heard and lay
said today, we didn t leak the information.n. the only people who had the letter were democrats. so it wasn t a republican who leak to the information. do you think they did it on purpose? they do it, may be, against the wishes against professor ford. what does that tell you about it? that s an interesting question, sean. the democrats have not been cryptic for this strategy. you ve seen senator hirono come out and say we ll leave this empty for two years. now i am seeing some trial balloons floated that if kavanaugh is, in fact, pointed, every case considered in front of the kavanaugh s supreme court would be considered illegitimat illegitimate. so this is a lose-lose and it s time for the republicans to stand up and say, listen, we ve given you multiple opportunities, taken these charges very seriously, given the multiple avenues to testify, we want to hear your story. if you want to be heard and lay out a bunch of interminabley.