being a significantly large number. i do think it s an open question. does it need to be significantly large? i think it needs to be large enough to overcome the deficit like michigan and wisconsin. pennsylvania may be a different story. but certainly michigan and wisconsin are states that republican presidential candidates have coveted for a long time. in 2012 we would have loved to have been competitive in wisconsin and michigan. donald trump is a different candidate and represents a different value proposition. i just don t know if the demographic he s appealing to is big enough to get him over the top where he needs to be. do you think it s big enough? in michigan we re seeing democrats have won the presidential contest for the last six presidential candidates. even romney couldn t take his home state. absolutely. two weeks ago hillary was up 13 points in michigan. she s now only up four, and obama is going there to campaign. the clinton campaign is putting 2 million wo
at some point the dnc refused to acknowledge the change within the demographics. we do need more turnout. bush won with 10 million more voters for his base, george w. did and obama came in and got 10 million more behind his base and romney couldn t duplicate the numbers. bush is around 84, romney was around 78, evangelicals, didn t even try to get them. trump is around 68%. not to mention mormons. exactly right. i was in georgia about a week and a half ago and women were leading in early vote in that state. when you look at florida, you
i m not seeing anything in the numbers that shows new white voters. maybe more engaged and excited but not necessarily new. i was up here m 2012 when mitt romney lost to barack obama. romney got around 63% of the white vote. george h.w. bush won 60% of the white vote and won big. at some point the dnc refused to acknowledge the change within the demographics. we do need more turnout. bush won with 10 million more voters for his base, george w. did and obama came in and got 10 million more behind his base and romney couldn t duplicate the
there is no doubt this helps him with his supporters. but that s the point here for donald trump. he needs to expand his base. it s not will his supporters show up or not. it s about reaching out to the people that can defend him right now, women. and so him coming out, him doing these three print interviews this morning, he was really defiant in saying that, you know, my supporters, they get it. that really struck me. my supporters get it. that to me makes believe that donald trump doesn t get it. this election is about more than attracting your tried and true supporters who have been there in the beginning in the general election. it is about expanding your base, reaping out, brilling new people into the fold. we ll see between now and then. he cannot win with just his base. he cannot mathematically do it. this electorate is more diverse than under romney. romney couldn t do it. i have to get a quick break, stay with me. more breaking news from the site of the next presidenti
from chris christie. rush limbaugh saying he s a guy who is going to pay you back. those conservative voices very influential are really speaking out now toward him. and you know, it s a long-standing clash on policy. they clash with him on immigration, they clash with him on gun control, the tea party people do, the conservative wing. they feel he s not conservative enough. that s right. he s not conservative enough. always clashed with him on that. also, you talk to analysts who followed the 2012 campaign and other things. some of it is personal. one analyst said he has talked to some operatives on who say there is a perception that chris christie s team is tough to work with, he s a real prima donna. and you cannot forget superstorm sandy, the appearances with president obama. you were with the president. still kind of fresh in a way, i think, for some republicans. they re so upset that chris christie, you know, was pictured with president obama during that time. that s right.