Ndidates. How do we explain the radical swing to the right . With an unique insight on that im joined by jennifer granholm, twoterm governor of michigan, host of the war room, and star of the democratic convention, welcome to the show. Thank you eliot. Eliot perhaps, a sad day for michigan politics, watching what has been happening there. These pieces of legislation being pushed through so quickly. What is your sense of what is happening to politics in your home state. There has been a complete and total takeover of the apparatus of government by the conservative. The house, the senate, the governors hoves the attorney general the secretary of state the Supreme Court all controlled by republicans. Even though they went over nine points for barack obama were seeing this. Why . There has been a huge take over because democrats did not show up at the polls so much and the republicans did that happened in michigan, now were seeing the results of it. Eliot 2010, you were as governor was liv
Now inclusive enough, is reflective and representative enough of the syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the Syrian People in opposition to the assad regime. Eliot this recognition by the u. S. Is a major step forward for the Syrian Rebels even though the president was quick to say they do not support the chaos in the country. There is a small element of those who oppose the assad regime that are, in fact, affiliated with alqaeda and iraq, and we have designated them as a terrorist organization. Joining me now to help us understand what this means in syria and the larger context of the middle east, from the hoover institution, one of the most astute observers of middle eastern politics. Thank you for joining us. Thank you very much, governor. Eliot is this recognition by president obama too little too late or appropriately calibrated calibrated. You stole my line. Its too little, too late. It doesnt matter what the Obama Administration is doing. We
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