year. that was a big win for them. certainly, that s one of the things they re trying to tout here, even on the world stage. i know that people don t exactly connect hard politics with chip politics, but that s something the white house and the commerce department are trying to show as they, again, tout bidenomics and take that show on the road, trying to factor it into the geopolitical landscape, too, will be an interesting thing on if they can do it. ali vitali, thank you very much. richard? on the economic side, i am struck by the continuity of the trump administration and the biden administration, a larger government role when it comes to things like chips. on the foreign policy side, couldn t be more different. you were in europe, jonathan. when foreigners watch us, it is, what is the exception? what is the norm? biden and trump, they wonder whether biden represents a return to traditionalism and trump was the opposite, or is biden the exception and the new normal for american
polls at this point. we re now in more intense phase. these early states are relatively small states the ground presence matters. see many candidates like jeb bush and marco rubio are focused building strong organizations and obtaining endorsements of local officials because they bring their organizations and networks to bear. you know, we don t have a national primary, bill. people don t get on their cell phone and text their favorite candidate over their cell phone. bill: you re right. it s a state by state battle. bill: ground game matters. it matters. bill: thank you, eric. we ll talk again, out of boston, massachusetts today. thank you, bill. bill: nice to have you back. patti ann. patti ann: some republican candidates are on the cusp of being cut from upcoming debate. why some hopefuls may not make the prime time event and how it could affect their candidacy. bill: what led to very unsportsmanlike behavior by some of the parents of the players.
watch here from last night. i m putting the people on notice that are coming here from syria as part of this mass migration, that if i win, if i win, they are going back. they are going back. i m telling you. they are going back. bill: what about it, doug? i believe we have an obligation to take substantial numbers of them, but that being said as a matter of cold, hard politics, donald trump did the right thing. if there is concern as there is about mexican immigration and support for this fence, rest assured to have up to 180,000 syrians come in where we are not able to vet them, we have no idea what the cost will be with, their medical history, this has to be a powerful position vis-a-vis the american people. i think this is smart politics in a republican primary and will only help. as josh was saying, trump has to
prevent inauguration of a leftwing government. the polls were way out in the end, but the result may have been an actual reaction to them. as we mentioned, benjamin netanyahu working to form a government but some of the aftershocks of comments he made in the final hours, including a facebook post where he said right wing government was in danger, made note that arab voters were coming out in droves to the polls, what s the reaction this morning to that? reporter: those comments variously described as hard politics. some people described it as desperate, others described it as racist. however you view it it works. tension in israel focusing on what the nature of netanyahu s new government will be. there s always a lot of deal making after an israeli election. no party wins an outright majority, but that deal making
senate bill is dead on arrival in the house and he prefers a piecemeal approach. last week, the president was clear about what he thinks is holding things up. there is bipartisan support for comprehensive immigration reform. right now, what s holding us back is house republican leadership not willing to go ahead and let the process move forward. the president went on to say he knows it s, quote, hard politics for republicans because there are some in their base that are very opposed to this issue. hard politics. well, speaker boehner has thoughts on that. and while on capitol hill, he keeps to the hard line. the house bill is dead, piecemeal approach and blames the president for the hold-up on immigration. here s what boehner had to say yesterday about his own party s unwillingness to tackle reform. here s the attitude. oh, don t make me do this. oh, this is too hard.