NEIL, THE BOTTOM LINE HERE,
SOCIALISM IS NOT WORKING.
NEIL: ALL THAT MONEY THEY’RE
SITTING ON WITH ALL THAT OIL.
TRACE SEE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEIL: PRESIDENT SAID SIGN ME UP,
I’M WILLING TO HELP OUT ANY WAY
I CAN TO MAKE SURE WE CONTROL
BOTH BODIES OF CONGRESS, THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE BUT RIGHT
NOW THE WIND ARE NOT BLOWING
REPUBLICAN’S WAY, PARTICULARLY
SPECIAL ELECTION THIS WISCONSIN
WHICH TYPICALLY GONE REPUBLICAN
SINCE SCOTT WALKER REFERRED TO
DEFEAT IN SPECIAL DISTRICT RACE
IN DISTRICT 10, WON BY DEMOCRAT
AS GOVERNOR SAID TO BE WEAK
UPCALL FOR REPUBLICANS IN
WISCONSIN.
HERE IS THE WORRY.
THAT A LOT OF BIG-NAME
REPUBLICANS ARE NOT ONLY LEAVING
KEY BODIES, INCLUDING THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE, BUT TRYING TO
DRAFT BIG NAMES THAT HAS PROVEN
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
WE SAW THAT PARTICULAR I IN
MINNESOTA WITH TIM PAWLENTY
NIXED THE IDEA OF RUNNING FOR
SENATE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WELL A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING WHAT IS GOING ON NOW,
GOVERNOR, AND SAYING YOU KNOW
YOU SHOULD RUN FOR THE SENATE.
A LOT OF BIG NAMES ARE PASSING
UP SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY BUT IN
YOUR STATE THEY COULD USE YOU.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> WELL, NEIL, I AM VERY
INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND
SERVICE FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAYS TO DO THAT BUT I WILL TELL
YOU TODAY RUNNING FOR THE UNITED
STATES IN 2018 WILL NOT BE A
PART OF THOSE PLANS.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS A
NO.
FEDERALIST BREE PAYTON.
KAT, IS THIS WORRY FOR
REPUBLICANS ONE THING WHEN THEY
RETIRE AND LEAVE, ONE THING
TRYING TO CORRAL BIG NAMES FOR
THOSE SPOTS OPT NOT TO?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPLICIT
ABOUT THE FACT THEY DON’T WANT
TO WORK WITH DONALD TRUMP.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE HE SEEMS TO
SEE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AS
SOMEHOW BEING THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH.
FALL IN LINE WITH HIM BUT HE IS
ALWAYS CHANGING AND THAT IS
DIFFICULT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKES
SPENDING AND CIVIL LIBERTIES,
PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING FOR GOP
CANDIDATES MIGHT NOT REALLY KNOW
WHAT THEY’RE VOTING FOR.
NEIL: I’M WONDERING LOOKING AT
THIS, BRIE, IF THEY’RE SCARED?
IF THIS COULD BE A WATERSHED
ELECTION YEAR, OFTEN PROVED
WRONG, THEY WILL NOT CHANCE IT?
>> I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY BROKEN.
WHY SOME PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
ARE JUMPING SHIP BECAUSE THEY’RE
ACTING LIKE RATS WHEN THE
TITANIC WAS SINKING.
THEY’RE DECIDING TO JUMP OFF A
SINKING SHIP.
THIS IS PARTY WHERE THE
LEADERSHIP IS IN COMPLETE
CRISIS.
NO ONE IS IN CHARGE.
THEY’RE NOT ABLE TO FULFILL
BASIC PROMISES THEY PROMISE
EVERY SINGLE CONSTITUENTLY
RUNNING FOR EIGHT YEARS.
THEY EVEN SHUT DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT COUPLE YEARS AGO OVER
OBAMACARE.
WHEN THEY GET THE CHANCE TO BE
ABLE TO REPEAL IT, THEY GET COLD
FEET AND ACT LIKE CHICKENS.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS GOING ON
HERE.
CRISIS OF LIMB AND REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS DYING A VERY SLOW AND
PAINFUL DEATH WE ALL SAW COMING
WITH DONALD TRUMP’S RISE IN 2016
AND YOU KNOW DONALD TRUMP BROKE
THE PARTY AND NOW WE’RE JUST
SEEING THE SLOW, PAINFUL DEATH
OF IT.
NEIL: I THINK YOU’RE BEING A
LITTLE JADED.
HE ALSO ORCHESTRATED THE TAX
CUT.
YOU MIGHT NOT PERSONALLY LIKE
HIM BUT THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF
THINGS GOING THEIR WAY BUT
HAVING SAID THAT I DO WANT TO
BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO RAND
PAW, NOW THE LATEST TO SAY HE
CAN’T VOTE FOR A CONTINUING
RESOLUTION, I GUESS THEY WILL
TAKE UP IN THE HOUSE.
IF YOU ADD THE FACT THAT JOHN
McCAIN WON’T BE THERE BECAUSE
HE IS STILL BATTLING THIS BRAIN
TUMOR AND ALL THE TREATMENT HE
NEED FOR THAT YOU’RE GETTING
UPHILL BATTLE GETTING THIS EVEN
REMOTELY CLOSE TO APPROVAL IN
THE SENATE.
WHAT I’M CURIOUS, KAT IS, WHO
WILL TAKE THE HEAT FOR THAT IF
THAT HAPPENS?
>> CONGRESS WILL TAKE HEAT FOR
IT.
REPUBLICANS WILL TAKE THE HEAT
FOR IT.
I DON’T THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP
WILL TAKE HEAT FOR IT.
HE WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR IT.
THIS COMES BACK TO THE IDENTITY
CRISIS IN THE GOP.
WE SAW THIS ALREADY HAPPEN WITH
THE ATTEMPT TO REPEAL AND
REPLACE OBAMACARE.
THAT WAS COMPLETE DISASTER
BECAUSE THERE IS PEOPLE IN THE
PARTY WHO WANT ONE THING, PEOPLE
WHO WANT ANOTHER THING.
IT IS NOT UNIFIED PARTY.
IF IT IS NOT UNIFIED, HOW WILL
THEY BE UNIFIED TO PASS
ANYTHING?
NEIL: A LOT OF THEM SEEM TO
BE -- THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING,
IT COULD HAPPEN, THAT BECAUSE
THE TAX CUT WAS IMMEDIATE, ALL
FEATURES OF IT ARE KICK IN AT
ONCE, SOME OF THESE PROVISIONS
FOR COMPANIES WERE SO INCREDIBLY
GENEROUS, AND SUCH A CURSE OF
RICHES TO COMPANIES THAT,
THEY’RE DOING LOTS OF THINGS
BEYOND JUST HELPING SHAREHOLDERS
THAT WILL HAVE IMPACT JUST IN
TIME TO SAVE REPUBLICAN’S BACON
IN NOVEMBER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> YEAH I THINK THAT REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS NEED TO STOP
OBSTRUCTING WINNING.
THEY BARELY GOT THIS TAX
OVERHAUL DONE.
THEY BARELY GOT IT DONE.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET A LOT
OF OTHER THINGS DONE THROUGHOUT
THIS ENTIRE TIME WHEN THEY HAD
BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
AND REPUBLICAN SITTING IN
OFFICE, IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY NEED
TO GET IT TOGETHER.
KAT IS TOTALLY RIGHT THERE IS
LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS IN
THE PARTY.
THERETHERE WILL BE ALWAYS COMPEG
INTERESTS IN THE PARTY.
LEADERSHIP IS COMPLETELY UNABLE
TO WIELD CARROTS AND STICKS IN
THIS SITUATION.
IT’S A LEADERSHIP CRISIS IS
PROBLEM WE’VE BEEN SEEING.
THERE IS A ROCK IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND IT DIDN’T
START WITH DONALD TRUMP.
THIS IS LONG TIME COMING.
IT STARTED WITH BOEHNER AND
REPUBLICANS HAPPY TO APPEASE
THEIR DONORS OVER THEIR