with 20 people running for president? i think about who has the experience to balance the federal budget. it s hard to do. i was a chief architect of balancing the budget. we haven t done it since man walked on the moon. it seems like it s tailor made for a run for the white house. he was a commentator on fox news and most importantly, second term of governor for this crucial swing state, a state republicans have to win if they want to win the white house. he won re-election with two-thirds of the vote performing well among independents and women. a quarter of black votes and a quarter of democrats. he has a low name recognition. the challenge for him is going to be breaking through in this crowded field. he s pulling in low, single
coordinate very much. no. but there is actually an attempt right now. right. take advantage of the holiday season to message against this idea of not renewing unemployment benefits. i want you to take a look at a new ad that s coming out and get your take. do you know who had a merry christmas? the richest 1%. that s who. american republicans in congress made sure of that. for those facing tough times, 1.3 million americans were stripped of jobless benefits. folk whose want to work but can t find a job, kicking them to the curb at christmas. merry christmas, from the gop. is that effective? i think it s effective. again, the republican party seems to be immune from popular argument. if you look at the polling extending unemployment benefits is very popular. bipartisan support. increasing minimum wage is very popular, bipartisan support. gun vote on background checks,
they tried to go after a whole lot of colorado legislators. most of the recall attempts did not get off the ground, but in two cases, they were successful. for two state senators, their support for those gun laws cost them their seats. the colorado gun lobby the next day posted these tombstones online, bragging about how they had killed off those two senators. in november, a third state senator quit, rather than face a recall herself. she quit so her party could replace her and then that person could run next year without having that gun vote on their record. and you know, the colorado recalls, especially if you ask anybody in the beltway, colorado recalls have become the story about gun policy after newtown, right? what happened in colorado, those two recalls, they have become central to the understanding of the impossibility of getting any real reform in this country. since those recalls, though, we have also learned something else really important about what changed in colorado, and
two cases, they were successful. for two state senators, their support for those gun laws cost them their seats. the colorado gun lobby the next day posted these tomb stones online, bragging about how they had killed off those two senators. in november, a third state senator quit, rather than face a recall herself. she quit so her party could replace her and then that person could run next year without having that gun vote on their record. and you know, the colorado recalls, especially if you ask anybody in the beltway, colorado recalls have become the story about gun policy after newtown, right? what happened in colorado, those two recalls, they have become central to the understanding of the impossibility of getting any real reform in this country. since those recalls, though, we have also learned something else really important about what changed in colorado, and that s the actual data on what colorado s change in the law did. so, it used to be that in a private sale of a gun in col
lot of colorado legislators. most of the recall attempts did not get off the ground, but in two cases, they were successful. for two state senators, their support for those gun laws cost them their seats. the colorado gun lobby the next day posted these tomb stones online, bragging about how they had killed off those two senators. in november, a third state senator quit, rather than face a recall herself. she quit so her party could replace her and then that person could run next year without having that gun vote on their record. and you know, the colorado recalls, especially if you ask anybody in the beltway, colorado recalls have become the story about gun policy after newtown, right? what happened in colorado, those two recalls, they have become central to the understanding of the impossibility of getting any real reform in this country. since those recalls, though, we have also learned something else really important about what changed in colorado, and that s the actual data on wha