the keynote speaker at the gop fundraiser months ago. when he pulled out of the race he cancelled the event. that is something that will stick with him. you have a column about this in the nation today. i think that there are implications donald trump brings with him a host of divisive things, rhetoric, issues, et cetera. if we are talking about the broad implications for the party, beyond just the reality television aspect of it, this is a guy that s challenging the citizenship of the president of the united states. if you can just talk to more i think the racist undertones that you think he brings with him. this is not just a joke, this is a sad statement about what is quarterbacking the republican party. donald trump has a political force separate from a financial force has been all about challenging the president s citizenship, his credentials and his race.
forward. let me ask you about politics. herman cain, big political story on the republican side of the ledger, he is out now. what impact does he have on this race? i don t know. i ll let mr. priebus discuss that. i don t pretend to be an expert on republican politics. do you think his position in the race has ultimately helped the president s cause? there was a kind of reality television aspect to certainly his speech yesterday. i don t in the aspect of his campaign. you know, my general view is, i don t think the republican debates have helped the republican the republican cause because it has elevated ideas i don t think the american people embrace. i don t think the american people think that the way forward is to continue to give tax breaks to the people at the very top. , shift the burden to the middle class and people are trying to become middle class, cut regulation on wall street and let them write their own rules as they were doing before the crisis. and that
forward. let me ask you about politics. herman cain, big political story on the republican side of the ledger, he is out now. what impact does he have on this race? i don t know. i ll let mr. priebus discuss that. i don t pretend to be an expert on republican politics. do you think his position in the race has ultimately helped the president s cause? there was a kind of reality television aspect to certainly his speech yesterday. i don t in the aspect of his campaign. you know, my general view is, i don t think the republican debates have helped the republican the republican cause because it has elevated ideas i don t think the american people embrace. i don t think the american people think that the way forward is to continue to give tax breaks to the people at the very top. , shift the burden to the middle class and people are trying to become middle class, cut regulation on wall street and let them write their own rules as they were doing before the crisis. and that
contained within that plan. the question, though, isn t whether you you take symbolic act. the question is whether you make progress. did the president miss an opportunity to lead on slashing debt? no, i think leading is is moving things forward. i don t think that that had we thrown the the proposal out to be scattered and defeated that would have been moving the proposal forward. let me ask you about politics. herman cain the big political story on the republican side of the ledger. he is out now. what impact has he made on this race? i don t know, i ll let mr. priebus discuss that. i don t pretend to be an expert on republican politics but do you think his position in the race has ultimately helped the president s cause? i mean, this there was a kind of reality television aspect to certainly his speech yesterday. an aspect of his campaign. well, you know, my my general view is i don t think the republican debates have helped the republican the republican