Lose territory, they will lose people, they will lose momentum on the front line of the biggest War In Europe since world war ii. Our politics cant seem to process that. It is a real statement of priorities on behalf of the United States of america. My friend ben rhodes, thank you for your time and thoughts tonight, really appreciate it. Thanks, alex. That is our show for the evening. Now it is time for last word with lawrence odonnell. Alex, i was listening to your discussion and i have some concerns about the way we use the word strongman because i fear it can sound just too good to too many voters who think the president of the United States supposed to be a strong man . It is a term weve been using for decades in a way that everyone using it electively understood. Im not sure it communicates what we would like it to communicate here. You are so right. We should call it fascist fan and the boys. That is the essence of what is happening here. I dont have a suggestion, im feeling awkw
Autocracy. That has people around the world much more exercised than in washington, where it seems like this is just another political game. Its another government shutdown, or another fight over the debt ceiling. Know, if we dont deliver this money to ukraine, they will lose territory. They will lose people. They will lose momentum on the front line of the biggest War In Europe since world war ii. And our politics cant seem to process that. Its a real statement of priorities on behalf of the United States of america. Thank you so much for your time and thoughts tonight, really appreciate it. That is our show for the evening, now its time for last word with lauren, good evening, lawrence. At evening, alex. I was listening to discussion and i have some concerns about the way we use the word strongman, because i fear it can sound just too good to too many voters who think, well isnt the president of the United States supposed to be a strong man . Its a term weve been using for decades in
people are voting about the big personality question, and, again, it s that referendum. so right now all the democrats are more pailatable to the american people than donald trump. in the electoral college game, it s a little different. but i think the sins of the administration and the ills this guy has performed on this country, they ve got this case laid out on a platter. it s time to eat. it s ultimately it s a moral argument. but you have to have some details too. and part of the flaw of going into too many policy details is if the democrats don t win the senate, it s not going to matter on page 27 of your health care plan. you have to actually get the top job. all right. unfortunately we have to sneak in our last break. don t go anywhere. we will be right back. $9.95 at my age?
granted. democrats have lost a lot of voters and blue-collar states and certainly trump is going to go back with his academic record and save up for me again. martha: he makes the point that wisconsin was the tipping point last time around. the numbers show the president to be doing fairly well there again. you ve got obviously very large population in places like california, illinois, new york, but it doesn t necessarily change the electoral college game. yeah, i mean the piece is actually well-done and pretty pretty refreshing for someone at the new york times. it takes a pretty open view of what s going to happen and it highlights a problem, martha, that the democrat party enmeshed right now and identity politics is going to happen. the problem is this, do you want to run up the score in california and new york, 70-30, 90-10. in a popular vote rack up the national popular vote and become a purely regional party because the democrats love affair with identity politics, which
actually get done this spring. i don t know how anybody can vote against that, no matter how far right. let s talk about this electoral college game. all our lives, maybe for the rest of our lives, we elect by state. there were a collection of 50 states. republicans, conservatives, especially believe in statehood as the key to the federal system we have. now republicans are coming up saying don t do it by state anymore, do it by congressional district. what s your thinking on that? is it going anywhere, robert? i think it is going march. look at states like maine and nebraska, they already have this congressional allocation for electoral college votes. but here s the problem. a lot of republicans are already getting a lot of heat for trying to meddle with this system. but in 2000, early 2000s when al gore won the popular vote there were people talking about rethinking the electoral college. this is not some scandal to think about the electoral college. your thoughts, steve. i think