♪ ♪ i'm michael smerconish, new clashes between donald trump supporters and propetesterprote. all this turmoil fueling a big turnout at the ballot box and trump is taking credit. here he is last night. [ cheers ] >> the biggest story in all of politics worldwide is what's happening to the republican party. can you believe this? still, because the voting turnout is massive. and you know who they are, right? the people coming in, where are they from? they are democrats, they are independents and we have, i think, i guess, ultimately millions of people coming in. they have never -- you know what a great thing that is for our democracy when you think about it? >> donald trump claims he's brought millions to the republican party. i can't speak to the number, but i'm sure there are many joining the gop because of him. in fact, i've decided to be one of them, just not for the

reasons that he would want. back in the '80s i was proud to be a card carrying member. it was family tradition as i'll explain later in the program. i proudly served in the bush 41 administration, but in 2010 i left the gop, and for the last six years, i've been registered as an independent but living in a closed primary state, i can't stand the thought of sitting out. the pennsylvania primary on april 26th. registration significant gue -- significant giss there are many voting after supporting john kasich in ohio. apparently, mitt is unwilling to be among the good men that do nothing, me too. is it too late to stop donald trump, his candidacy has completely ambushed, baffled and paralyzed the establishment. the circus hosts put together a

round table of establishment types to discuss trump and it's gotten a lot of attention. here is an excerpt. >> everyone around this table that i know, we've been in every presidential campaign since probably 1980 in various degrees and in trump's problem, he -- you don't know what his compass is. before it's over, it will be hugely problematic. >> why don't you republicans do something about this guy? we can't call a meeting and decide trump is out. >> and we hate that. [ laughter ] >> dictatorship, who is for it? >> everybody is buying into this he's inevitable and he can't be stopped. >> trump is doing well for one reason, he understands the climate and the culture of america today better than anybody at this table. >> republicans are respectful of authority. we fall in line and trump is interrupted that cycle. >> donald trump, nobody thought of him as any kind of political leader until six months ago. >> he's not articulate.

he's not poised. he's not informed. all he has going for him is a lot of votes. why hasn't any of that hit home? we are. here we are. >> here we are now, joining in three people you saw in the circle. ron kaufman is a white house advisor to candidate mitt romney and a poster, work ed on campaigns for 53 congressman and for the anti trump super pac, our principals. isn't it your fault, meaning the establishment fault because you conceded control of the party to men with microphones and happy to take the benefit of what they were delivering and now you've got this? >> we do. we found the six members of the establishment left in washington. [ laughter ] >> they were very generous by joining us for dinner, and being very candid about their

assessment of the situation. the most interesting thing, we had six people and there were six different opinions. >> you reap what you sew. >> well, i would agree with that. i'm a guy that's been saying for years we may have to burn down the republican house to rebuild it -- we can talk for an hour about that but what is clear is the establishment doesn't have a clear idea about what to do and that's advantage trump. >> ron kaufman, wouldn't you be having a similar kind of dinner if ted cruz were in the lead and not donald trump? >> well, maybe, michael and thanks for having me on the show. listen, i think we're not anywhere near the dramatic place people like to say we're in. the process is kind of working well in many respects. donald trump and the rest of the candidates collectively, one reason or the other have brought more people into the polling place republicans than ever be in history. donald trump may very well end up getting more votes than any single republican candidate in

history. for me, i think it's really important that the process play out and be fair and square and no matter who wins, the candidates say it was fair. >> you're satisfied with this outcome, if donald trump should be the nominee of the republican party, ron kaufman who played a critical role for papa bush is fine with that end result? >> listen, clearly, not my first pick as a candidate but what i want to do is win thing, win the white house. no matter who the nominee is in my opinion, there are two words that will unite republican party. those are supreme court. i know one thing, we know who mrs. clinton will appoint because she's been pulled so far to the left by bernie sanders, we don't know donald trump will pick but i guarantee you, it will be better than what she picks. in the end that will mat torete republican voters. >> you said trump can be stopped. give me that path.

>> well, first of all, i want to go back to a little bit of what is being said here. first of all, i was the only one in the room that was a pure campaign person as opposed to part of the washington establishment from being a lobbyist or working at that level. and i did approach it differently. i look at donald trump from a perspective of what the voters are out there saying and what i see the voters out there saying in the republican party is you have a third of the republicans that really do like trump. they feel like he's going to fight for them but there is an equal number of republicans turned off to donald trump because of his approach, because of his brashness and his crudeness he has. the way he insulted his way to his position. and i think the party is in deep trouble. as much talk as there is about his supporters will riot in the streets eluding to what would happen if he didn't get the

nomination, there is an equal number we're looking at that are considering either socievoting hillary clinton or staying at home and on the supreme court argument ron put out there, there is a real concern you look at he's the on candidate, everyone today that is losing to hillary clinton and if, in fact, there are a lot of republicans that stay at home as oppose to come out and vote not because they are against her, because of his position on issues but because of the character of the man, then we're also in trouble in terms of the senate. we may be sitting there with a democrat president and a democrat senate, which is going to put us at a much deeper position on the supreme court. >> ed makes the point there are a number of republicans, more like two thirds who are unsettled with the trump prospect. what about kasich? >> well, kasich, you know, all along has been saying he had to win ohio and had the simplest strategy. the problem is where does he go

from here? your next guest -- >> yeah. >> he wins by losing. the real path for kasich to get to a contested nominee, he knows that, he's admitted that. he has to get to a contested convention. the best way may be to lose winner take all states. >> ron kaufman, john kasich, is there a path for him? >> there is a path for him for an open convention, absolutely. i think it's going to happen. i think governor romney actually is making this point very str g strongly by backing kasich in ohio and backing cruz in utah because if cruz gets the 49, 50%, he gets all the delegates and trump gets none. that's playing by the rules. that's a good thing to do. i agree with other folks that this will probably be an open convention and once that happens, lord knows what the outcome will be. >> ed, do you worry the handling

of the nomination of judge garland will reinforce this image of the gop as being a party of no and will impact negatively the presidential race for the gop? >> what we're seeing right now is it's about the intensity of the base on both sides and if anything, it will be an equalizer on the democrats raising intensity. i want to come back to the convention. the numbers i am looking at is that trump would have to win 100% of delegates to put this thing away by april 10th. with one-third of the delegates being proportional, this is going to go at a minimum to california, and one of the things if you study the history of california, i'm talking about john kasich is the history of california and republican primaries is if it's a conservative versus a moderate, the conservative always wins. if it's two conservatives versus a moderate, the moderate wins. so i don't know that writing off john kasich on not winning any

states because he's being perceived as being the moderate, he could very well win california but more importantly, if this goes to the convention, once it gets past that first vote, the real decision of those delegates that are there is who and right now, those numbers are worse for donald trump than any of the other two candidates in the race. >> mark, the dilemma for the republican party is they need that trump constituency or hillary or bernie election in the fall. so how do you both keep them in the tent and perhaps handle the situation where he doesn't get to -- >> well, that's the real challenge. if you look at the republican prospects conventionally and you look at what mitt romney did last cycle and where the demographics are in this country, we got to do something different in order to win and part of what donald trump is doing is something different. he is bringing in new voters. the question is what voters are we losing at the same time, and how can we bring all those

voters together, add to the equation and not subtract? >> ron kaufman, if donald trump is the nominee and he wins, he owns. this party becomes one in his image. what if trump is the nominee and is defeated badly by hillary or by bernie? my thought is there will be a big dispute as to what the lesson was. what would the lesson be? >> well, the same lesson we learned in '64. the party like all parties just like the democrats did. i think we'll be fine and i don't think it's going to happen. i think we'll win in november and hold the senate in november and we're majority party and i think we'll continue to be the majority party. >> i mean, i always hear about if it's ted cruz, you know, we get to run the experiment. what happens when you run a pure conservative, is that what we need? ronald reagan or more bridge building? would cruz resolve in that

respect? >> his candidacy is based on the notion there are a lot of voters who haven't had a pure conservative candidate. he says let's try it. we haven't done it in a long time. let's put out a true c conservati conservative. >> gentleman, i have to move. a one-word answer if you don't mind. ron kaufman, will donald trump be the republican nominee? >> unclear. >> ed -- >> probably not. >> that's one word so okay. ed, go ahead. yes or no. >> questionable. >> questionable. >> in the air, we got to keep it going for good tv. >> three guys unsure. >> for you and for me it's good tv. >> certainly. mark, ron kaufman, ed, thank you gentleman, appreciate it. while the power brokers try to broker a convention, there are two candidate whose can actually win this thing and mitt romney who people were trying to draft just announced he'll vote for ted cruz in tuesday's utah caucuses and he encouraged others to do the same.

that has to be good news for my next guest that joined ted cruz' national finance team and thinks taking away the nomination from anything is a bad idea. neal brush, sibling of jeb. neal, thank you for being here. what do you make of my previous guests not enbracing ted cruz. what do you read into that? >> i think it's very early in the process and i have great respect for all three of your guests. ron kaufman has been an old friend and political mentor of mine personally. i think they are wrong, though, in the following way. ed threw out the statistic which is flawed that donald trump would have to get 100% of the delegates going forward to lock it up. he needs 55% of the delegates going forward to lock up the nomination. ted cruz needs 79%. kasich is mathematically eliminated from this and

michael, if you look at the process going forward, there are 22 contests that remain. 14 of which are closed contests, which means only republicans can vote. donald trump does poorly in closed contests. and in most of these, they are winner take all consequences and so we need to rally the party in a one on one contest, donald trump cannot win. it's just clear. the evidence is there as the pack is narrowed, cruz' numbers have gone up. trump has a very solid core, you know, base of support from an art and following. no one is going to peel any of those voters away. there are more people that have come out to vote for other candidates and against trump, so to his credit, he is bringing more people to the polls, but i'm not so sure all these people will stay in the republican party when he loses and he will lose in an open transparent process if not before the convention, at the convention. >> neal, is yours a full

throated endorsement of ted cruz? >> i'm engaged in strategy politics. i was heart broken at my brother jeb's lack of success. he had a record and temperament that proves he could be a great leader. ted cruz wasn't my second or third choice. i don't particularly like his style. he went to washington to be disruptive and clearly did that and lost a lot of friends in washington. he'll rebuild friendships when he becomes president. mine is a move to bring our party together. it would be a disaster to put up the most flawed candidate as a head of the ticket. donald trump has proven -- yes, go ahead, please. >> i was going to say, i'm glad to hear you differentiate why you're for ted cruz. here is something that's troubled me or made me question. i want to run a montage brief of

things cruz said and tell you whey was thinking as he said these things. roll the tape. >> the washington establishment is refusing to listen to the american people. >> your fellow republicans said you led them over a cliff. >> do you feel like you oh your party an apology. >> shutting down the government or defaulting is the wrong thing to do. >> comparing it to those who are the appeasers. >> a once proud republican party is driven off the cliff under cruz control. >> ted cruz is a fraud and no longer have any influence in the republican party. >> do you like green eggs and ham? >> neil, i think your dad, 41 is the gold standard, a class act. when people say establishment, i think in a good way of george herbert walker bush as he ran in '80s a president we won't have to train, cruz seems totally at

odds with that vision. i'm questioning how you could be supportive or him. >> i'll put it differently. i'll say if you look at my dad as the gold standard, in my mind because he put service above sel self and he was all in in reaching out and working with the other side to make things happen in a positive protective way in domestic and foreign. donald trump is self before service and would be the worst standard our party could put up. i would put cruz more in the regan camp. a compass clear and set. he was conservative to the core. when ronald reagan got to washington, he worked with the congress and we have a historic opportunity, michael. we'll bring you back into the republican party. you pronounced you became independent. we'll have a historic

opportunity for president cruz and it's not smoothly coming off my mouth but president cruz to work with speaker ryan and the senate majority leader mcconnell, even though those guys are probably finding ted a bitter pill to swallow. they will work together to reform washington -- >> quick final question. >> okay. >> i want to know, is jeb cool with what you're doing? >> i mean, he's not uncool with it. let me put it that way. i'm my indown independent guy. i don't speak for jeb or my mom. i can't wait for you to talk to her. i'm no the going to take the hail trump kind of deal and step up there and do the politically correct thing and say yeah, i'm going to support him. i'm not going to support donald trump. i'm going to support ted cruz, the only guy in the race we need to unify around him. he's got a clear path to winning this contest before you get to

the convention so he can use the convention for the positive message. i'm on the finance committee, give money to ted cruz. look him up. >> neil, when poppy comes back, then i'm back for good. thank you, appreciate you being here. >> you're a good man. thank you, michael. what do you think? tweet me your thoughts and i'll read some later in the program. still to come, president obama's supreme court nominee is 63 years old and a sen tryst did he get out foxed by the gop? heals faster. for a bandage that moves with you and stays on all day, cover with a band-aid brand flexible fabric adhesive bandage. for a limited time, great deal on this passat. wow, it looks really good... volkswagen believes safety is very important... so all eleven models come standard with an intelligent crash response system... hmm. ...seven stability-enhancing systems... hmmm... ...and equipment for two child seats.

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so, who is winning this bitter stand off between supreme court seats held by anton scalia. the president nominated merit garland of the d.c. court of appeals and pointed praise about garland from orin hatch. so is president obama sticking

it to the gop forcing them to consider him or look foolish or did the gop win by forcing the president to pick the candidate, a 63-year-old white guy who might not be very liberal? my next guest is an expert on this for several reasons. jeffrey rose's up coming book tells the story of the judge whose confirmation battle a century ago was the most contentious in supreme court history. jeffrey, thank you for being here. it was 125 days. by my calculations, when justice scolia passed, president obama had 341 days on the clock. is this unprecedented? >> it is. that was the longest wait a nominee had before, nominated on january 28th 1916 and confirmed on june 1st when this book came out and no nominee waited a

longer period. no one suggested wasn't close but ade democratic senate. >> republicans this week are invoking the quote unquote biden rule. i did see glen gave three to the claim there is a senate responsibility to take up a nomination. do they have a valid argument? the republicans on the senate judiciary committee? >> the constitution does not speak clearly about this. it is politics. there is no question politics has been at the center of this. in 1800, john cadams is staying up all night to nominate and appointments his chief justice john marshall confirmed by a federal senate. i think we can't say that the constitution requires one thing or another but this is the longest wait. >> politically speaking, did the president get out maneuvered.

he put out the name of a white guy who is a centuriest and a kin to scalia going on at his young age. >> he may have taken someone younger. garland is ideal judge's judge, model of bipartisan. he's so respected by both sides. john roberts said when garland disagrees with you, you're in a tough spot and no question. the bottom line he'll be with the liberals on all big cases where scalia was on the big side. so to say he's a scentrist, someone absolutely respected as the model of a judge's judge. >> what do you make of some republicans saying well, maybe in a lame-duck session, maybe if we're waiting the swearing in of president hillary clinton or president donald trump, then

maybe we'll move on this nomination. >> it would make a lot of sense for them because the odds are that anyone hillary clinton appointments would be more liberal. you know it's also possible that if the democrats take the senate, there might be three weeks between the time the new senate starts and inauguration day when the democratic senate could push through anyone they want. this is the window for garland that after the election, after a democrat wins republicans will recognize and absolutely the best nominee they could get. they have been asking for him for years. >> you ought to get the publisher on the horn and say you know that brandeis book, it will be hot when you get it to the stands. >> from your lips. i'll tell them. just ahead, donald trump lost the big primary in ohio but i'll talk to one of the best in the political prediction business who says he really won by losing.

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john kasich is still in the race because we won his home state of ohio and many assumed that was bad news for donald trump. no so fast. listen to this clip from tuesday night. >> a princeton neuro scientist who has a good record at crunching numbers puts forth the theory that john kasich winning ohio is actually good news for donald trump. and the thought process is that that crowded field is one where trump excels and the longer its delayed, there is a one on one contest between cruz and trump, the better it is for donald trump. so file that away. >> i actually think -- >> that is -- >> dr. wong happens to be an -- >> [ laughter ] >> no david axle rod, he is not

ted cruz he is however not only a neuro scientist but one of the best in the prediction business and 90% sure trump will win. he's made quite a name for himself predicting the exact 2008 presidential results and he joins me now. do you think it was good for donald trump that he lost ohio to kasich? >> absolutely. i do think it was good in a divided field. trump has the advantage in a one on one race and trump has a problem because he one on one surveys and falls well behind cruz. >> don't make my eyes glaze over and remember, i'll a knuckle head but explain the grass and what they mean, dr. wong. put those up, if you would. here we go. not that, the graphs. thank you. there we are. what does that mean? >> this is the conventional political thinking if kasich wins ohio he stays in the race and below, that's a three-way race and that's all the possible

outcomes that i've calculate using polls and the red vertical line is where trump needs to get. he gets super close and needs to pick up a few dozen delegates in most scenarios. >> bottom line for that slide is it benefits donald trump to have three people in the race -- >> that's right. >> -- not two. go to the next slide. what does this accerepresent? >> this is the crazy fox scenario where kasich realizes all he's doing is helping trump. if he drops out of the winner take all races, he crete yatua head-to-head. now that trump is far away from 1237 delegates, in that scenario, it goes to an open convention and improves kasich's chances. >> you're saying now he should utilize game theory, he john kasich and should not campaign in every state that remains. explain. >> if he has self-restraint and he listens to what mitt romney suggested a week or two ago, what he should do is pull out of the winner take all states, only

campaign in the proportional representation states, utah is one of them and take delegates where he can but also minimize donald trump's delegate sdp. >> he would have to say look, folks, don't vote for me. vote for ted cruz. >> rubio did that for kasich and he would have to do the same. >> in similar fashion to mitt romney and we've been talking about this constantly, this notion of strategic voting, the same way mitt romney went into ohio and campaigned with john kasich and casting his ballot in utah for ted cruz. if kasich would do similarly than he could prevent donald trump from getting to 1237? >> yes. if he had enough self-restraint, he could apply the game theory and do that, follow that path. >> if he pursues game theory, i love that description, he runs the risk he pushes ted cruz over the hump. >> it's unlikely cruz will get

to 50%. there is no denying somebody will get the delegates. cruz could get 40, 45% of the delegates that creates a situation kasich might not like but certainly better than trump getting 50%. >> when all is said and done, dr. sam wong who vested nate silver, you think donald trump has a 90% shot of winning the republican nomination? >> it's hard to say for sure because of human factors and the convention but feels like about 90%. >> okay. what would be the odds if kasich were to pursue the strategies you've just set forth? >> oh -- >> less than 90. >> 50/50. >> 50/50. >> yeah. >> say this clearly, if john kasich does that which you've advocated based on your number crunching, you say what? >> i think it will be a tossup. we have no idea who would be the nominee at that point. >> because it would definitely go to cleveland and the determination would be made at the convention. >> cleveland. >> i wonder if they are all going to come to your conclusion when it's over and too late and

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monday night, donald trump is scheduled to speak at a major proisrael conference by the public affairs committee.

the welcome will be mixed at best. many jewish leaders are planning to protest. others want him to repudiate his promise to be neutral in israeli palestinian negotiations and his stereo typing at a jewish forum. >> look, we're negotiators. i want to rene -- maybe more. >> joining me now, jeremy, president of jayjewish advocacy and sid, a former palm beach county florida republican chairman, trump will be the keynote speaker tomorrow night and he's a trump supporter. jeremy, you have said that donald trump is unfit. why? >> well, this is a man who has

created a toxic brew playing to the people's worst fears, stereo typing people based on ethnic background and religion. he is speaking in a way that is counter to the very values on which this country was founded and certainly the values of the jewish people, and it is the way in which he has gone about this campaign that should disqualify him to be president of the united states. we need somebody that will bring this country together, not drive it apart. that's the theme is coming together. he's the exact opposite of the very theme of the conference he's speaking at. >> sid, respond to that, if you would. >> i think that the accountability issue is important one. nobody should ever ask jay street to speak about jews. they are an antis-semitic organization which for your voters must be shocking. there is no other religion that

has people from their religion out to destroy israel. they are a one-person organization, george soros born george schwartz who proudly -- >> who is this person? >> sent hundreds of thousands of jews to their death and took their money -- >> michael, please. >> sid, sid, hang on, sid. >> who is a funder or -- >> we're way afield. we're way afield. we're talking about donald trump. george soros isn't running. >> we're exactly on point. >> do you -- i have to ask you -- >> hold on. hold on. >> on point. >> sid, i want to ask you a question. >> donald trump to get walked out on by jay street is a matter of great pride. we as jews want to be walked out on by jay street -- >> jeremy, i want jeremy -- sid, you said it.

let him respond. jeremy, the floor is yours. you can respond or i'll respond, go ahead. >> yeah, no, look, i'm not here to talk about him. i'm here to talk about donald trump. the issue with donald trump is he's going to have trouble getting support from anybody beyond, let's say, sid and a few people like him perhaps in palm beach. he is representative -- >> people beach counties pry march -- >> jewish community stands against -- >> in palm beach counties -- >> as a minority in other people's lands. we have suffered oppression. we understand what it's like to be stereo typed and singled out -- >> in palm peabeach county -- >> gentleman, i want to show you both, i want to show you both a quick snippet. it's donald trump saying something and ted cruz responding. roll it. >> let me be sort of a neutral guy. i have friends of mine that are tremendous business people and really great neg yeotiators andy

it's not doable. i don't want to say whose fault is it. i don't think it helps. >> well, let me be very clear, as president i will not be neutral. [ cheers ] >> america will stand with the nation of israel. >> sid, who has the right answer as between those two candidates on that issue, neutrality? >> oh, both of them. all republicans are good for israel. all democrats are not. jay street, hillary, barack obama, al sharpton, they are all proiran. they are openly pro iran. al sharpton is the david duke of the jewish community and jay street, hillary clinton, barack obama stand with al sharpton with his anti-semitism. >> jeremy, jeremy -- >> not -- >> jeremy, hang on, sir. jeremy, it occurs neutrality is something jay street advocated.

i don't want to speak for you but in this respect, does donald trump have the right idea? >> next time i hope you can find someone that can talk with us about the issues. the best way the united states can be a friend to the state of israel is to help it to achieve a two-state resolution to it's conflict with the palestinian people. that's the core premise of jay street is that the future of israel as a democracy and true to its jewish values will depend on its ability to separate from the palestinian people, something that prime minister of israel gives at least lit service to, every former prime minister, all of the leaders of the other parties support a two-state solution and in seeking to help to get to that outcome, a president of the united states would be acting in the truest sense of friendship to the state of israel. so that is what we want to see. >> that was the irony that i wanted to highlight. i know jeremy thanks you've written as sons and daughters of those who suffered under

regimes, you are alert to demagogues and yet, i listen to what donald trump said on that issue and said to myself, that sounds very jay streetish. gentleman, thank you. jeremy, sid, i appreciate you're both being here. why i left the gop and why i am headed back again, at least for the primary. and some of your tweets like this one from diamond and silk. hello, ladies. because covering heals faster. for a bandage that moves with you and stays on all day, cover with a band-aid brand flexible fabric adhesive bandage. for a limited time, great deal on this passat. wow, it looks really good... volkswagen believes safety is very important... so all eleven models come standard with an intelligent crash response system... hmm. ...seven stability-enhancing systems... hmmm... ...and equipment for two child seats. hmmm...

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