Most basic of legislative tasks. Because thats what he did, he turned to an Impeachment Inquiry to change and narrative. And, it has happened again, fox, sued, this time by its own shareholders. New york city controller brad lander, who is leading the lawsuit, hes gonna join me live this hour. Im ayman , lets get started. A very large portion of the Republican Party, really doesnt believe in the constitution. And before you say anything, those are not my words, those arent the words of joe biden, or nancy pelosi, or some democratic pendant. No, those are the words of a former gop standard bearer, in fact, a former president ial nominee, mitt romney. The Junior Senator from utah announced this week that he wont seek reelection, meaning the senate gop is losing its most highprofile moderate, and yes, trump critic, a move that could end up shifting the caucus even further to the extreme right. Look, my wing of the party talks about policy, and about issues that will make a difference in t
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Previously on AMPOL: When we last left our heroes back on the dusty campaign trail in March, Romney had taken a firm lead in the Republican primaries and the Obama re-election juggernaut was just rumbling to a start. Now it’s just over a month until election day. We’ve seen controversies and blunders aplenty as America’s big two political parties gear up for the November 6 smackdown. Returning from a private 26-foot yacht somewhere off the coast of Argentina and a condemned Kentucky salt mine, Sean and Nick are back to talk American politics for the everyman. And the everycat.
speaking out. the president is targeting, you know, romney today. will romney s tweets invite/give license to other republicans who might be torn about saying something publicly? might they be inspired by what romney and his technique. i mean i doubt it. there s a special relationship between president trump and mitt romney. mitt romney has the ability to launch those kinds of criticisms, and he seems not to be worried about the potential implications of an election impact on his own chances down the road, which are a while down the road for him. i don t see other republicans making that same calculation. they understand that for themselves, the president is incredibly popular with the republican, the republican base around the country, and to take
he s not just a freshman senator. he was formerly the putative leader of the republican party as its presidential nominee. i get the feeling we have to the question becomes what can he do with this? what you ve seen over the last two years is it s trump s party and folks who have tried to push back have not had a ton of success. i think you re seeing that now with concern about whether trump will be challenged in a 2020 primary. and the next question becomes will there be a challenger to trump? will romney get behind that effort? and perhaps will mitt romney challenge trump? i think we ll have to do a column or nine from carl. you will see mitt romney live today on the lead. he ll sit down with jake tapper today at 4:00 p.m. on cnn. up next, congress gets a ma makeover. the fresh faces and what s on the dems agenda as they take
way. when the president was walking with chris christie he made good pictures. good pictures. he went to that natural disaster. white house correspondent for nbc chuck todd. thank you, also, wayne slater. coming up, an audio tape from are the old archives has hillary clinton laughing about a child rape case where she defended the accused. how will hillary s team respond? yesterday, jason chaffetz thought mitt romney would run and would win. power hates as vacuum. will romney fill the void because jeb isn t running? the pizza delivery man from north carolina who might help deliver a senate seat to the democrats. he could be the ralph nader of north carolina. that s definitely not his intention. finally, let me finish with this question. who fills the bracket on the republican side marked center right?