the #1 fastest-growing men’s health brand in America.
>> HE RAN AS A MODERATE BUT AS health brand in America.
>> HE RAN AS A MODERATE BUT AS
SOON AS HE GOT ELECTED HE
SIGNED UP FOR BERNIE SANDERS’
AGREND AND THAT AGENDA DID NOT
WORK.
WE’VE HAD EARLY INDICATIONS OF
THAT IN VIRGINIA AND NEW JERSEY.
I THINK THEY ARE HEADED TOWARD
A VERY, VERY TOUGH ELECTION
THIS FALL.
>> Dana: SENATE REPUBLICAN
LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL TELLING
US THAT LAST HOUR.
KARL ROVE JOINS US NOW.
ANYTHING TO QUIBBLE WITH THERE?
>> NO, I THINK HE PUT HIS
FINGER ON IT.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE IN
THE SPEECH LAST NIGHT BRINGING
BACK THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN
AND TRYING TO REPACKAGE IT.
THE WORDS BUILD BACK BETTER
NEVER PASSED HIS LIPS BUT IT
WAS ALL THERE.
LET’S DO THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
THING.
WORRY ABOUT CHILDCARE AND
CLIMATE PROVISIONS.
NOW I WILL DESCRIBE IT AS AN
ANTI-INFLATION MATTER.
PASS BUILD BACK BETTER COSTLY
AS IT IS AND IT WILL REDUCE
INFLATION DOESN’T SELL AND A
BAD DECISION.
>> Bill: HOW DID YOU SCORE IT
LAST NIGHT?
EASIEST WAY TO INTERPRET HOW
YOU ARE READING IT?
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO DIVIDE
IT IN TWO.
YOU HAVE TO DIVIDE UKRAINE AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
I THOUGHT ON UKRAINE IT WAS A
STRONG START.
HE WAS SMART TO ADDRESS IT AT
THE BEGINNING.
IT IS WHAT THE NEWS MEDIA
WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT AND WHAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANTED TO
HEAR AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
EFFECTIVE.
I THOUGHT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS
NOT SO EFFECTIVE.
LOOK, THESE SPEECHES WE ENDOW
THEM WITH A FALSE IMPORTANCE.
WE THINK OF THEM AS BIG,
DRAMATIC MOMENTS.
THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE
PAGEANTRY AND PRESS COVERAGE.
IN REALITY THEY HAVE VERY
LITTLE EFFECT ON PUBLIC OPINION.
THE ONE RARE EXAMPLE HAVING A
BIG EFFECT ON PUBLIC OPINION
WAS WHEN BILL CLINTON SHORTLY
AFTER FAILING TO BE IMPEACH IN
THE SENATE APPEARED IN 1998.
THE CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION
IMPROVES THE PRESIDENT’S RATING
BY 1 OR 2 POINTS ON AVERAGE.
WHAT WILL WE DO OVER THE NEXT
YEAR?
WHEN HE SAID LAST NIGHT IN THE
SECOND PART OF THE SPEECH AFTER
UKRAINE WAS WE’LL TRY TO DO THE
SAME THING I’VE FAILED FOR THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF DOING,
PASSING THE ELEMENTS OF THE
BUILD BACK BETTER WITHOUT EVER
MENTIONING THEIR NAME AND I
WILL TRY TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT
THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO
INFLATION.
AND I DON’T THINK THAT’S IS
GOING TO BE -- I HATE TO SAY IT
BOUGHT BY INDEPENDENT VOTERS
AND SWING VOTERS IN THIS
ELECTION.
THEY THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE
GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MONEY IT
DOESN’T HAVE.
DIMINISHING THE VALUE OF THE
DOLLAR, INCREASING DEMAND AND
INFLATION IS TOO MUCH MONEY
CHASING TOO FEW GOODS AND WHAT
WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY.
>> Bill: I WILL PUT YOU DOWN
FOR A 2.
>> Dana: ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ BLASTED THE
PEACH, TOO.
WATCH HERE.
>> I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE
SOME THINGS THAT WERE LEFT
UNSAID.
THINGS LIKE STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
LARGER CRISES IN EDUCATION AS
WELL AS THE PIECE ON
IMMIGRATION.
IT DEFINITELY WAS A LOST
OPPORTUNITY.
THERE IS PROFOUND BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT FOR A LONG-TERM SHIFT
AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS.
>> Dana: IT WAS THAT KIND OF
APPROACH THAT HELPED HER HELP
ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT SHE
WANTED TO HELP IN TEXAS WIN IN
THE TEXAS PRIMARY.
>> WELL, HER CANDIDATE SHE CAME
DOWN AND ENDORSED TWO.
ONE WAS A GUY NAMED GREG IN
AUSTIN.
IN A VERY DEEP BLUE DISTRICT HE
WAS BACKED BY HER AND WON AND
HE WILL BE MENTIONED BY I
SUSPECT EVERY REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE IN A COMPETITIVE RACE
IN TEXAS TODAY BECAUSE HE IS
NOT ONLY IN FAVOR OF DEFUNDING
THE POLICE.
HE HAS ACTUALLY CUT THE BUDGET
OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND AT ONE POINT SUGGESTED WE
BLOW UP THE EXISTING POLICE
HEADQUARTERS AND CREATE A NEW
ENTRY WAY TO THE CITY AS A SIGN
OF OUR COMMITMENT TO CHANGING
POLICING.
THAT KIND OF NUTTINESS WILL BE
FRONT AND CENTER.
SHE ALSO BACKED A CANDIDATE
DOWN IN A CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT AGAINST CUELLAR ALONG
THE BORDER.
IT IS GOING TO A RUNOFF.
I DON’T KNOW IF CUELLAR OR THE
WOMAN WINS.
SHE IS IF FAVOR OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OF KILLING ENERGY JOBS
IN A VITAL ENERGY PART OF THE
COUNTRY THAT ALREADY BEGAN TO
SHIFT RED LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF
THAT ISSUE.
SHE IS ALSO IN FAVOR OF GETTING
RID OF THE BORDER PATROL IN A
DISTRICT THAT BORDERS THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY WHERE THERE ARE A
LOT OF LATINO VOTERS AND MANY
HAVE A RELATIVE OR FRIEND WHO
SERVES IN THE BORDER PATROL AND
THEY STRONGLY SUPPORT THEM.
SO LAST NIGHT IF TEXAS WE HAD
SOME PROBLEMS CREATED FOR THE
DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL ELECTION.
>> Bill: INTERESTING.