youngstown, jd vance got back on stage and started shaking his hands, taking pictures saying aren t we having a great time here tonight? all the former president s men. jd vance, herschel walker, adam laxal, it s an odd ball field of maga candidates running this year with our democracy on the line. congressman tim ryan, who walloped the hillbilly elegy hedge fund guy on the debate stage last night, joins me live. also tonight, our reedout democracy defending has a warning about the infiltration of election deniers as poll watchers and judges and what needs to be done to fight back. plus, new developments in the trump documents case. the doj filed its response to trump s request for the supreme court to intervene. we begin tonight with what mitch mcconnell euphemized as candidate quality. just a few months ago, the republican party was crowing about a red wave. today, with a month left, the election really is a jump ball. honestly, though, if you look at the field of r
Questions about the way the straw poll thing has evolved and the straw poll aspect of it. it s not representative. and clearly, the results have shown that in recent sims because the people who won the straw polls have not won the caucuses. in its 33-year history, only two winners have gone on to win both the iowa caucus and republican nomination. bob dole, when then lost and george w. bush. bush was the only ames winner to actually win the presidency. joining me now, karen finney and david corn. karen, what i m hearing in the republican explanations for why they lost is a refusal to acknowledge who beat them, how and what president obama himself did as a candidate the first time and then as a candidate and
Country s first view of the grand ole party s latest presidential crop is through a distorted lens. how distorted a lens? here s the winner of last year s ames straw poll. that followed a lead of terry brand stead, who told the wall street journal last week that it outlived its usefulness and completed those thoughts during a press conference today. i m trying to look to the future and say let s come wup a better system that welcomes all the candidates. that gives all people from the state of iowa a chance to participate. a lot of people have had real questions about the way the straw poll thing has evolved and the straw poll aspect of it.
kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some won t mind if it s wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arrested in in connection with the violence and looting there we have seen over the past week. maybe you didn t stay up and catch the republican presidential debate last night, but let me tell you what you missed. you missed a doozie. it was a heck of a night with high tensions and stakes for some, it could have been a make or break event of their campaigns and some will even tell you today that maybe at least one person on that stage was broken last night. we will get back into that. meanwhile, th
It. it s a part of the dog and pony show and the parade and i m not really interested right now in having everybody speculate and the whole straw poll thing, i think it s typically a pay for play. if you want to pay people s registrations and it looks like you ve done something great. i just don t want to get into all that. dave: of course many 2012 contenders did go to cpac, haley barber of mississippi is expect today run, but he says it s about one thing. the main thing is electing a republican president next year. year. [applaus [applause] we can t put america on the right track until we elect a republican president 2012 and a republican senate and republican house in enacting those crucial policies.