make progress. could we expect that with the election calendar in front of us, there could be a much quicker road to dissent over this, over the next few months for republican senators? i think it depends on where the economy goes. if you do see a downturn, you better believe a bunch of them are going to be more forthright. it s not just rob portman. why did mitt romney run for the senate if he s just going to sit there like a lump on a log. he of all people understands this. he was a free trader last time i looked. why hasn t he said something. why hasn t any of them said something, and to go back to jason s point, the whole premise is ridiculous. if we had 100% tariffs on all of this stuff, it wouldn t be like the shoe industry would revive in the united states or the industry for making plastic toys, they would just go someplace else to vietnam or to other locations. and then trump would have to put tariffs on them. if the purpose is to create a domestic manufacturing base, the
could we expect that with the election calendar in front of us, there could be a much quicker road to dissent over this, over the next few months for republican senators? i think it depends on where the economy goes. if you do see a downturn, you better believe a bunch of them are going to be more forthright. it s not just rob portman. why did mitt romney run for the senate if he s just going to sit there like a lump on a log. he of all people understands this. he was a free trader last time i looked. why hasn t he said something. why hasn t any of them said something, and to go back to jason s point, the whole premise is ridiculous. if we had 100% tariffs on all of this stuff, it wouldn t be like the shoe industry would revive in the united states or the industry for making plastic toys, they would just go someplace else to vietnam or to other locations. and then trump would have to put tariffs on them. if the purpose is to create a domestic manufacturing base, the whole idea is fla
of line to be thinking that the whole republican senate has lost bob corker, and jeff flake, and, let s see, alexander, la mar alexander is a lame duck not running for re-election, but in the current senate, so p few republican critics willing to stand up, and hoar you have mitt romney who agrees with the president on a number of the domestic policies, but disagrees with the character and the approach and the demeanor and general life, and is this the potential 2020 run? i don t think. so, i would love to see mitt romney run, but i don t believe so. he is putting out a marker. and as in the past, when he has called out the president, and
hardball roundtable. tell me something i don t know. mitt romney, the 2012 republican presidential nominee, is interested in a senate seat in utah. the problem is orrin hatch is still in it. the president went out to endorse hatch yesterday. yet still some republicans would like to see mitt romney run even if hatch doesn t retire. oh, just go for the top prize. by the way, trump does not want that guy in his senate. ginger? the republican party lost a talking point they were hoping was going to come in today, the mueller investigation put their first bill out, cost $3.2 million. a lot less than many thought, $5 million or $10 million. that means they re not going to be able to complain like they were about the cost of the investigation. the rich can handle the pocket change here. the retiring representative john conyers set off a family feud within herewith party, body his son john conyers iii is running for the seat, but his great nephew ian conyers is also running respect
that s the climate right now. sean hannity s wish list of big name senators he wishes were out of the chamber. that is the wish list, but as a reporter you have to look at this map and wonder if there could be some unpredictable situations if the bannon wing of the republican party continues to get, as they claim today, their political scalps because if they force senator hatch or prompt him to retire in utah, you could see mitt romney run. people i know who are close to him are encouraging him to get in the race should senator hatch step away. senator wicker faces a challenge in mississippi. he faced a challenge from chris mcdaniel who almost won a seat in 2014, likely to run. republicans want to make sure wicker stays there. trump said he could fight to keep wicker in the seat. in tennessee it doesn t look like it s going to be any kind of far-right candidate. it will be congresswoman black burn who has fans in both the establishment gop and in the hard line wing of the gop.