INSTANTLY POPULAR IS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY
WHO CAN SPEAK THAT LEFT LEANING
IMAGE.
IMAGE. >> MEANWHILE REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS IN WISCONSIN AND
MICHIGAN TWO STATES THAT WILL
MATTER NEXT ELECTION ARE USING
LAME DUCK POWER TO TAKE POWER
AWAY FROM THE INCOMING
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS. IN WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS HELD A
HEARING FOR LEGISLATION THAT,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, PREVENT THE
NEW GOVERNOR FROM WITHDRAWING
FROM A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING
OBAMACARE AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR
HIM TO IMPLEMENT STATE LAWS.
GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER DOWNPLAYED
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PLAN
WHILE TALKING TO REPORTERS
TONIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL.
HE SAID, QUOTE, I THINK IF YOU
LOOK AT MUCH OF WHAT THEY’RE
TALKING ABOUT IS CODIFYING
PRACTICE FOR ALL THE TALK --
THIS TALK ABOUT REINING IN
POWER.
POWER. IT REALLY DOES.
ANYWAY, IN MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS
HAVE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE,
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE INSTEAD
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
INTERVENE IN COURT CASES AND
TAKE CAMPAIGN FINANCE OVERSIGHT
AWAY FROM THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
STATE. >>> HOWARD, THIS IS SORT OF
REVAUNCHISM.
REVAUNCHISM. YOU DON’T WANT THE NEW GUY TO
HAVE POWER.
HAVE POWER. >> THEY’RE LAYING TRAPS AND
MINES OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE
CITADEL EVERYWHERE THEY CAN.
THIS IS NOT AN EXPANSIVE PARTY.
THIS IS NOT A THEORY OF
EXPANDING YOUR TENT OR EXPANDING
YOUR APPEAL.
YOUR APPEAL. IT’S FOCUSING IN ON WHAT YOU CAN
PROTECT.
PROTECT. >> THE LAUGER.
>> WHAT YOU CAN PROTECT, THE
LOGGER, THE INERREDS OF THE
CASTLE.
CASTLE. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
>> HOW DO YOU SEE T RON?
>> THIS IS NOT JUST A REPUBLICAN
THING.
THING. IT HAPPENS TO BE IN WISCONSIN
AND MICHIGAN RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE’VE SEEN THIS IN YEARS
PAST.
PAST. CONSTITUTIONALLY I QUESTION
WHETHER THIS STUFF CAN BE DONE.
>> PASSING STATUTES AS YOU
LOSE --
LOSE -- >> IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE POWER
OF A STATE OFFICE JUST BECAUSE
AN INCOMING MEMBER HAPPENS TO BE
OF ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY.
I THINK THERE IS SOME
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS HERE
THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF WILL
NEVER --
NEVER -- >> LET ME ASK YOU A BROADER
QUESTION.
QUESTION. HOWARD, YOU’LL GET INTO IT.
WHEN YOUR PARTY RECOGNIZES
YOU’RE FACING A DEMOGRAPHIC TIME
BOMB, THIS ASSUMES A COUPLE
THINGS.
THINGS. AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE GOING TO
STAY 90% DEMOCRATIC, SINCE THE
’60s.
’60s. IT USED TO BE 2 TO 1, PARTY OF
LINCOLN.
LINCOLN. HISPANICS ARE IN PLAY.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE MEXICAN
AMERICANS, CUBAN-AMERICANS VERY
MUCH IN PLAY.
ESPECIALLY MEXICAN-AMERICANS.
ESPECIALLY MEXICAN-AMERICANS. THEY’RE NOT ALL LEFTIES.
PUERTO RICANS MAY BE.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GIRDING
ITSELF FOR BEING A MINORITY
PARTY, WHETHER IT’S VOTER
SUPPRESSION, WHATEVER GAMES
RATHER THAN GET IN THE GAME AND
TRYING TO BE A MAJORITY PARTY.
>> A LOT OF TIMES SHORT TERM
GAIN IS FOCUSED IN THE MODERN
ERA.
ERA. YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
VOTERS, INCLUDING HISPANIC
VOTERS, LATINO VOTERS WERE NOT
MONOLITHIC.
MONOLITHIC. THERE WAS A TIME CUBAN REPORTERS
WERE RELIABLY REPUBLICAN.
IN STATES LIKE TEXAS, FLORIDA
WHICH MAKE A HUGE, HUGE
DIFFERENCE, BUT AFTER REINCE
PRIEBUS, REMEMBER THAT SEEMED SO
LONG AGO IN 2013, SAID THEY HAVE
TO LOOK OUT AND LEARN HOW TO
LOOK OUTWARD AND MAKE THAT PITCH
TO A BROADER GROUP OF PEOPLE.
REPUBLICANS ARE TURNED AND GONE
THE EXACT OPPOSITE WAY DOUBLING
DOWN ON A SMALL PORTION OF THE
BASE AND REALLY CATERING THEIR
POLICIES TO THAT.
>> I THINK A LOT OF REPUBLICANS
SEE THAT AND WANT TO PIVOT.
AND I THINK THAT THEY WANT TO
BROADEN.
BROADEN. I THINK IT BECOMES VERY
DIFFICULT WHEN THE PRESIDENT
JUST DOMINATES THE DISCUSSION
AND, FRANKLY, YOU HAD A LOT OF
VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS,
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. IF THEY DIDN’T LIKE THE
PRESIDENT, THEY WERE NOT VOTING
FOR THEIR MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
YOU HAD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
STATE SENATORS, STATE
REPRESENTATIVES WITH
REPRESENTATIVES WITH FAVORABILITY RATINGS AT 55, 60%
GET 45% OF THE VOTE BECAUSE YOU
HAD REPUBLICAN VOTERS GOING IN
SAYING, I’M A REPUBLICAN, BUT I
CAN’T DO IT THIS TIME.
>> THERE IS A RURAL IMBALANCE, A
GROWING RURAL TILT IN THE SENATE
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REASONS
BECAUSE OF TWO SENATORS FOR EACH
STATE.
STATE. YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF REPUBLICAN
SENATORS UP IN RED DISTRICTS IN
2020.
2020. YOU’VE GOT MITCH McCONNELL UP IN
KENTUCKY WHERE TRUMP WON BY MORE
THAN 20 POINTS.
UNLESS MITCH McCONNELL -- AND I
DON’T MEAN TO MAKE HIM A BIGGER
PLAYER THAN HE IS, BUT HE’S A
BIG PLAYER.
BIG PLAYER. UNTIL THE SENATORS RESPECT HIS
POLITICAL
POLITICAL POLITICAL ACUMEN, UNLESS HE SAYS
ENOUGH, WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR
TACTICS AND CHANGE OUR VISION,
NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT MITCH HAS SAID IS WE’RE
GOING TO KEEP PUTTING JUDGES ON
THE FEDERAL BENCH WITH OUR
MAJORITY OF 53 REPUBLICAN
SENATORS, AND WE’RE GOING TO
BUILD A LEGAL CITADEL TO GO
ALONG WITH THE POLITICAL ONE TO
ALLOW US TO PLAY OUT THIS STRING