the south flipped after that solidly republican and has mained republican ever since.his is the southern strategy. and even though william f. buckley and some oth leading conservatives who eventually recanted their position and admitted that they were wrong. is it your view that the die was cast after 1964 for republicans and race? >> n i don't think it was cast. i think the fundamental flaw was when i was working on these races all these years, there was this phenomenon of the republican party hiring african-american political consultants to try to teach those candidates who were white, of which most of them were, and those of us working in the campaigns, most of whom were white, how to talk to african-americans. so the conceit there was there's -- the republican party really should be the natural home for african-americans because we're culturally conservative, the role of faith in the public square, entrepreneurship. it's just that blacks don't understand this. that's why they' not coming to us, which i mean, i think i bought that for a long time. but the reality wa

a republican congress for eight solid years.ive into the redistricting a little more. in some states, what is the difference between being a minority and majority? austin: when you look at the target states across the country, 42 legislative seats could swing congress by as much as 136 seats. that is the public estimates of the best case scenario for the map,lican map to democrat 42-136. in some state you have a one-seat margin and in some you have a three seat margin. north carolina is a critical state. it is as tight as it could get and it comes down to, can republicans hold onto these chambers and make sure there is fair and accurate redistricting? if we do that, we have a shot of having power in washington for the next decade. if not, we will be locked out of state policy power and locked out of washington. reid: you mentioned north carolina. what other states do we need to pay attention to? austin: our main priorities right now are texas, new york, georgia, florida, minnesota, north carolina, wisconsin, iowa, arizona. there

of diversity a lot in the republican party.here is not a lot of diversity for representation on capitol hill on the republican side. to be fair, there was a lot of fear on the democratic side. analysis of what has been going on so far in with a need to do? >> that is a great point there there was fear on both sides. that is because we are living in scary times. what happened on the republican side is they showed you the reality of things and optimism. they discussed many issues that i feel would be awesome when it comes to building momentum. the music.face we have a pandemic. we have riots busting out everywhere. we have police officers afraid to do their jobs. message onsending a the sanity of america, i think with the republican party did show the diversity of america and showed there are people and real people dealing with real crises. there are a lot of people who have hope and faith in america. i thought it was great. the imagery was awesome, and i loved seeing so much diversity. i think they did a great job. >> let me go

clear that senate republicans did not c it. in president trump called a semi- irrelevant, semi- irrelevant is what president trump called the republican proposals. leader mcconnell basically gave up and left democrats and the white house to negotiate the next bill so for strange reasons for leader mcconnell to criticize those who are actually engaged in negotiation while he issut intentionally staying adamant. his alice in wonderland rhetoric flipping everything on his head and accusing the other side of the sins that leader mcconnell is in fact committing was extremely counterproductive. since senate republicans clearly cannot reach a consensus, any agreement will require a lot of democratic votes decisive to say the republican leaders rhetoric impositions are not helpful in that regard. while republican leadership continues to sit on the sidelines, democrats areom in te room working hard, that's what the american people expect of us, they want to see us working to get something done in this time of extraordinary challenge. i

republicans demanded from everyone.it from everyone no matter how exalted or protect did his position might be -- protected his position might be. [applause] menace in our country tonight to personal safety, to life, limb, and churches,and homes, playgrounds, and places of business, particularly in great cities is the mounting concern or should be of every thoughtful citizen of the united states. [applause] security from domestic violence, no less than from foreign aggressive and dutch foreign aggression is the most fundamental purpose of any government. and it is a government that cannot fulfill this purpose is one that cannot command the loyalty of its citizens. [applause] history shows us and demonstrates that nothing, nothing prepares the way for tyranny more than the failure of public officials to keep the streets safe from bullies and marauders. [applause] now, we republicans see all of more as are, much result of mere political differences or mere political restate -- mistakes. we see this as a result of a wrong

republicans at about 70%.hy is that? it is not like republicans are attacking asians, or at least not until recently when donald trump started attacking the chinese like he had a list, "i forgot to attack the chinese." they got the joke come if you weren't white, you weren't really welcome in the republican party. that is really a death signal for a party. that is what happened to california. california was the beating heart of republicans. not that long ago. and now the republican party is in third party. not second-place, third-place. i think the history of things happening in california and then rolling across the countryry is pretty good. juan: i am wondering i if you could talk about t the for poliy implicatations, nikki haley spoe last nigight. she was supposed ---- as a formr u.s. ambassasador, be abable t t e picture of whatat the trump administration h has done for policy wise. as the rest of the worldld watcs this convention andnd the langue and the rhetor of the apocalyptic vision that the republica

i worry about the republican party.o be a strong party you need to tolerate differences of opinion. i do not see much of that coming out of the convention or i do not think much of it has, out of the white house over the last 3.5 years. >> are you worried about your party, tom davis? >> i am not worried about it. as we take a look at coalitions, i am worried about our performance in some suburban areas and i think we need to spread our wings out there and be more inclusive in these areas. i actually think the convention tonight, that the speaker from a cuban refugee that you had several immigrants speaking, several african-americans of some prominence -- comfortable in the republican party. they need more voices like that and more diverse forces. they made a start tonight. we see how it goes the next three days. it is not the republican message that is as bad is they need a wider variety of messengers. i think they hit that tonight. we will see that theme over the next four days. know you said, tom davis, your first con

republican nominations and vote. the reason why i'm talking about that is you want to governor race, and to a democrat and he had a very important case. [inaudible]. the former governor also in larger groups. even though the selection absolutely could win in the general election would probably mean the republicans would have to pick up that race. most republicans so in addition to this with georgia, and in north carolina. the idea that the republicans also have to when that, it would be a major blow. bob: will look at some of those races in the course of our conversation. let's get calls. we will your from edward in new hampshire, republican mine. good morning. guest: good morning. i noticed something about joe biden's pick for vice president. and he has to pick a black woman. when they dropped out of the debate, she lost the women's vote. in patrick when he lost, he lost the black vote i guess that he figure woman would cashless people who would the gender and the color because joe biden doesn't have any issues and

the rules of the republican party by the 2020 republican national convention, august when he 4, 2020. the chair now recognizes the delegate from washington from the purpose -- for the purpose of making a motion. jeff kent,rman, i am delegate from washington state. under the emergency procedures set forth under rule 37-numeral e, we will not be adopting an adoptionersion of the of the rules of the republican party until the convention in 2024. however, the republic test republican national committee will update as needed. i moved to strike the following clause from rule 12 -- "no subject shall be adopted -- no a member shall be adopted after september of 2018," and replace it with, "no such rule will be adopted after september 30 two years prior to the year in which the next national convention is to be held. the delegate from washington has made a motion to correct rule 12, the root pool -- the rules of the republican party. is there a second? >> my name is peter goldberg, i am from the largest state in the union, the great state of alaska, and i second mr. kent's motion. the book of

this week it is the republicans turn, starting monday and for four days, the republican national convention. here their vision for the future and their priorities. for the next four years. watch president trump and vice president pence accept their parties nomination for election. live coverage of the republican national convention begins not :00 a.m. eastern as devout delegates meet to officially nominate president trump and vice president pence. at 8:30 p.m. eastern the evening session kicks off. watch live on c-span, life string and at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. -- live streaming. watch c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern for past convention speeches by prominent republican politicians, former secretary of state colin powell and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. speechest convention and the start of the republican national convention, monday, only on c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ 1964, the civil rights act was signed into law. civil unrest over racial disco nation continued across the country. the beatles came to the u.s.. and tensions between th

the republican -- leader mcconnell has admitted that 20 republican senators won't vote for anymore relief for the american people. the senate bill that the leader keeps refer to, the republican leader, lacks the support of senate republicans. he can't bring it to the floor because so many of them will vote against it. the president himself called the republican bill semi-irrelevant, one of the few things that had some truth to it that he said about this crisis. it was not some possibility that democrats blocked. senate republicans spiked it the moment it came out. why? maybe they thought these executive orders would be a way out, so tied in a knot they can't legislate or even join us in the -- to meet us in the middle. they were clinging to the hope that the president could do something on his own through executive orders. but as we have seen, executive orders in general aren't going to get the job done, especially the incompetent ones issued over the weekend. president trump's recent executive orders are so unserious in terms of meeting the large needs of america as to be pathetic. take,

the senate keeps referring to the republican leader, lacks the support of senate republicans, it cannot bring into the floor because so many of them will vote against it. the president himself called the republican bill semi- irreleva irrelevant, one of the few things that had some truth to it that he said about this crisis. it was not some possibility that democrats blocked, senate republicans spiked it, a moment it came out. why, maybe they thought that these executive orders would be a way out, so tied in a knot that they cannot legislate or even bring themselves to join us to meet in the middle, they were clinging to the hope that the president could do something on his own through executive order but as we have seen executive orders in general are not going to get the job done especially the competent ones issued over the weekends and the recent executive orders are so serious in terms of meeting the large needs of america as to be pathetic. take for example the payroll tax deferral, it makes no sense and even republican members of congress and according to reports, some members of

how do you see the republican party, just the republican party, not the democrat.you see the republican party now compared to the past years, 20, 40, 50 years ago, it still in the relationship as it was in 1932? steve: my feeling from talking to the delegates, they have emerged through the process to represent their constituencies, these are people who are small businessmen. these are people who are farmers. they tended to represent suburban and rural communities. they tend to be housewives more than professional women. this, the hard core of the party, the idea that the republican party once represented big business, wall street, the eastern establishment doesn't seem to be true anymore. the international businessman can be comfortable or more comfortable indeed in the democratic party. richard: i suppose that's true, you can see the leadership and direction of public policy which he finds very congenial. howard: there is a considerable shift in these 40 years in the source of republican support because in 1936, the republican support from the trade union level or

and it's a pleasure to welcome ralph frind he is a political lobbyist with republicans over seas and his opinion the track record of both counter dates doesn't wash and in the long run quality always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again soraya sarhaddi nelson she is. program director of the english speaking radio station k c r w berlin and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the trump presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you suter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. election history but i think this time it's 2 parties pitted against each other framing each other as sort of enemies for the united states or an existential threat for the united states and that's why it's especially harsh and tha

and it's a pleasure to welcome growth and he is a political lobbyist with republicans overseas and his opinion the track record of both candidates doesn't lie and in the long run. and quality always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again soraya sarhaddi nelson she is the program director of the english speaking radio station t.c. r w berlin and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you souter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. election history but i think this time it's 2 parties pitted against each other framing each other as sort of enemies for the united states or existential threat for the united states and that's why it's especially harsh and that mood

and it's a pleasure to welcome ralph frind he is a political lobbyist with republicans overseas and his opinion the track record of both counter dates doesn't wash and in the long run. quality always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again. she is the program director of the english speaking radio station k c r w berlin and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the trump presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you souter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. election history but i think this time it's 2 parties pitted against each other framing each other as sort of enemies for the united states or an existential threat for the united states and that's why it's especially harsh and that mood of darkness th

to stop negotiating with the republican. it starts as, he is seen as a mccarthyite really. that's a people talk about him here but what happens in the '80s it's interesting, gradually more and more republicans start listening to him. the more success he has with these tactics, the more intrigue they are by him because they want to have power. they start to think about trade-off which can be costly in american politics, do i want power so much i enter into alliances with people i know can be dangerous to the institution? >> parallels between gingrich rise and the parallel of lee atwater in 88. what's the relationship like? >> it's very important relationship and they directly come in contact. the heart of the book, i hope everyone buys and enjoys on the strand, but part of the book revolves around gingrich after this can scan incident and after some of the conflicts with the democrats, in 1987 tip o'neill has retired and there's a new speaker intent, jim wright had been the majority leader. he was from texas. he was an old-school democrat and he was a liberal and he believed

guest: republicans in d.c. aren't too concerned about the senate majority are concerned bout nominating kris kobach. , kris could win with a plurality of the votes. the reason why republicans are concerned about that is because he mocked a governor's race in and has a mocrat fervent base but the former governor made him a larger risk and though kris could absolutely win a general election it probably would mean that republicans would have to invest in that race. kris could lose the general election of kansas which most republicans could not. in addition to this kind of understanding map with georgia and montana, competitive races in north carolina, the idea republicans would also have to invest in kansas would be a major blow. host: we'll look at the course of the races in our conversation and get the calls. we'll hear from edward first up in marry mack, new hampshire. republican line. good morning. clinton: caller: i noticed something about joe biden's pick for vice president and says he has to pick a black wo

republicans going to have to agree to some of the things that were not crazy about? of course we are. the democrats are going to have to realize they're not going to dictate every word of the bill. the bill which passed the house i might add, 1800 pages long. the bill that we had proposed in the senate was 165 pages. mr. president, it falls in the democrats court, falls and the republicans want the task of the coronavirus relief bill, we are ready to g negotiate, the democrats are going to have to decide and come to the table, our way or the highway is not in a negotiating position. democrats continue to insist on getting everything that they want, they are going to be responsible for congress' failure to deliver additional relief. i hope that the democrat leadership will remember what it means to negotiate and work with republicans to arrive at a compromise bill that can make it through both positive congress and actually become law. mr. president, yield the floor. >> madam president i asked a unanimous consent. >> without objection. >> negotiation on the next round

those republicans don't get. we know you like the private sector over government but there are times when there's nothing but government that can step up to the plateand solve the problem and this is one of those times . faced with the greatest economic threat in 75 years, the greatest public health crisis in a century more than a third of the senate republican majority will not to help the american people. those very same republicans gleefully voted to give a $1.5 trillion tax cut to help giant corporations pad their profit margins. put helping americans food on the table, go back to school safely and keep a roof over their heads and survive a global pandemic is a bridge too far. how out of touch can they be? these folks cannot be allowed to dictate our policy. by their own admission they won't vote for anything. remember that emwhen leader mcconnell claims senate democrats are the obstacles to progress. more than a third of senate republican caucus doesn't want to vote for anything so this week our republican c

i'm a republican. i've always been a republican.nd i hope there will be a republican party that i can continue to support. but today it is a different world than 2016, chuck. as you all know. you've been talking about it. 2016, i just didn't have a role in it. i didn't take a role in it. didn't take a position. this time i am. i'm concerned about the future of this country. what's been happening the last 3 1/2 years, the incompetency, corruption, the dangerous erosion of our alliances, our allies, our trade. and that's why i have come off the bench and still a republican, but i'm not the only republican supporting joe biden. >> and what is the case that you would make to fellow republicans that they should trust joe biden when donald trump is arguing you may like him personally, but it's aoc, it's bernie sanders, it's elizabeth warren who will be pulling the economic strings. what would be your case to a republican that could be persuaded but is nervous about some parts of the democratic party. >> well, first, i would remind everyon

i am a republican, just not trump republican.re he calls himself the chosen one above christ? you know what that title is. that belongs to jesus christ. he never recanted it. help the poor and the disabled. donald trump steps on them. this is not right. donald trump is the divider of america. i watched last night, he was spewing hate left and right. i am a republican, i am not alone. when he called himself the chosen one and did not recant, you could google it. he also told anderson cooper he needed no forgiveness. there are people that make themselves look like they believe in god and that is donald trump. he held the bible upside down as a prop. he fired rubber bullets and tear gas through a peaceful protest. you, a lot of these protesters are not what they seem like they are. down,ou look from the top this is what is happening. let me get into the coronavirus. to have mr. perkins respond because we are running short on time. caller: we have a choice before us. we have joe biden and kamala harris, the most pro-abortion administ

the republicans are going to pick what they want to talk about. it's going to be those three debates. and i hope the debate commission provides us fair moderators. >> i hear you on that. and i hear you on the point about the second amendment. hugh did, one thing not address when it comes to the couple with the guns on the front lawn is who they were pointing their guns at, the black lives matter protesters. to your mind, when you saw the news that they were invited and will be speaking at the republican convention, what message did that send to you? shocking.pretty i think it sends the message protestersthose that, keep in mind, these are protests that span across the country, that are intersectional come across so many race and gender lines, that the couple was pointing their at an american. this has nothing to do with the second amendment. this had to do with intimidation , with a threat, and i think the message that that sense on the podium of the republican national convention is that in order to win, republicans are willing to threaten everyd

, was 33% republican and the one in 2016 was 33% republicans.hat is relevant is, the modeled after the 2016 turnout, yesterday they had him at 51% job approval. what is important about that is the last two presidents to be reelected is really polarized. 9/11, the parties are really polarized. reelected,ay he was he had 51% job approval and he got 51% of the vote. obama, hurricane sandy, he had a renaissance and got reelected with 51%. i do not think the president is that low. is the highrange 40's, and some of the polling 51%.im touching that is about getting reelected. there models eight years ago, they had barack obama, when he got reelected, at 48% at this time. i think the president is doing better than the morning consult poll states and i think that has to do with methodology. four years ago, there was no job approval. but there were similar polling between clinton and the president. the president knew we were in a close race and he worked hard enough that we won that in a very close election. right now, i am thinking the president is cove

it was sabotaged by the republicans in 1920.must see that the united nations continues it strong body so we can have everlasting peace in the world. [applause] harry truman: we've removed the trade barriers in the world, which is the best assets we can have for peace. those trade barriers must not be put back in again. we have started the foreign aid program, which means the recovery of europe and china in the far east. we instituted the program for greece and turkey. and i will say to you that all these things were done in a cooperative bipartisan manner. we are taken with the full confidence of the president and everyone of these moves. don't let anybody tell you anything else. as i have said time and time again, foreign policy should be the policy of the whole nation, and not the policy of one party or the other. >> i would like to say a word or two now about what i think the republican philosophy is. i will state from history and experience. the situation in 1932 was due to the policies of the republican party control of the

republicans hated that. he called his campaign on farm policy statements as "campaign oratory" before a congressional hearing in 1941. he ran again in 1944 for the nomination, but he had so embittered the republicans by becoming roosevelt's, almost four policy agent, that he had a chance against dewey. the really was pro-roosevelt with regard to foreign policy. for the purposes of the campaign, he took an opposite position, but after the election, he came around and really endorsed roosevelt's pour to england toent over store on behalf of roosevelt. in 1944, roosevelt and willkie had met. i think roosevelt wanted his endorsement. before the election he died, so he never endorsed dewey or roosevelt. >> you bring up a number of key points. we are going to talk about this book, "one world," and his post campaign visit to new york. you also brought up the 1940 fall campaign. let's touch on that. if we could. in the next hour, will focus on the second part of your phone call. he went in with such great promise. h

, the conservative republican, the socially conservative republican and send out the talking points thate them feel comfortable to re-elect donald trump and did the same thing four years ago, talking about judges and the economy and law and order. he is doing it in a different way and a different approach than president trump might do and everyone if you're a republican that isn't a fan of the president's tweets, concerned of his character, you see in mike pence perhaps more of yourself and you see mike pence aligned himself with president trump then maybe it's still okay for you to support president trump and this is specifically pushing back the group of so-called never trumper. all these different groups that have been really pushing hard against president trump and even differently than four years ago have taken the step to endorse vice president biden. we saw a group of former republican members of congress come out today to say they support joe biden and mike pence's job here to remind you if you are republican that if you vote for vice president biden you are voeting for a suie of

republican. >> yeah. i want to compliment the democratic party for the association, their grassroots booster. i know it's something funny there in the contributions. black lives matter is their largest contributor. since they have 400 million from the ford foundation for and i don't see how we republicans can never catch up with their numbers. with them cutting off all of our social media and the news media that's on tv, it's really tough for us to even fight back against that large amounts to deal. i do have to compliment the democrats on the very good way they are cutting off the republicans. the more riots, the more protests and everything, the more black lives gets and the more they donate to the democratic party. that's just an amazing feat of engineering. >> leah askarinam, let me ask you about campaign spending. this report in the wall street journal over the weekend, the trump campaign taking a break with tv ads. they reported that this comes in the wake of the change of the head of the trump camp

so the republicans get rid of him. on the one hand it's the downfall purred and the other hand it's kind of fitting. he kind of showed that leaders are not good have their power very long leaders can be brought down. it was almost predictable that at some point he would have the same fate. >> so he stands in kind the range of speaker. we talk about o'neill, we talk about right, gingrich, the ones who come after him. were you rank newt gingrich in say the post-world war ii speakers? so i don't think, and speakers that particular position he is not one of the most influential speakers. i think certainly if you compare him with democrats like sam rayburn who was the speaker for the late new deal the early 1960s. he is much more consequential with legislation. nancy pelosi also has been more consequential. and so much you can say john weiner transform the major caucus was important checking like what obama was doing. i don't think that was his high point. i think the. before coming speaker in some ways is when gingrich leg

according to the president, that's the future of the republican party and the future star of the republican party, i think you-all are a very different party than under regan. >> that is not the future of the republican party. >> okay. i'm just listening to the president. >> that's a conspiracy theory to believe in. trust me, that in my opinion is not the future of the republican party. >> i hope not. that's what the president said. >>> we're moments away from hearing from colin powell and would be first lady jill biden caps the night and a revealing interview with her on her reluctance to say yes when joe biden popped the question. it's starting to happen every day. people are surprising themselves the moment realize they can du more with less asthma. thanks to dupixent, the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and help prevent severe asthma attacks. it's not a steroid but can help reduce or eliminate oral steroids. dupixent can cause serious

let's go to another republican.hat did you think of the vice president's acceptance speech, eileen? --ler: the except his speech acceptance speech was great, and what he said, america has to stay america. we cannot be a socialist country. we cannot be a communist country. america was built on capitalism, and that is what we have to keep and sustain. thank you for calling in. we went to hear as many of your voices as we can. let's go to john, democrats. i am a lifelong democrat , and my family comes from the kennedy democrats, and i will be voting for trump this election. host: why? caller: through my teachings of social justice, one of the biggest movements for social justice is the education system, and it really has me leaning towards trump, school choice. democrats talking about racism, but i do not think they are addressing it. i really do not recognize my party anymore. and my principles as a toditional democrat seem lean towards trump come which is ironic, but my heart just tells trump. john, we are going to l

the league was sabotaged by the republicans in 1920. we must see that the united nations continues a strong and growing body, so we can have everlasting peace in the world. [applause] we've removedan: trade barriers in the world, which is the best asset we can have for peace. those trade barriers must not be put back into operation again. we have started the foreign aid program, which means the recovery of europe and china, and the far east. we instituted the program for greece and turkey, and i will say to you that all these things were done in a cooperative and bipartisan manner. the foreign relations committees of the senate and house were taken into the full confidence of the president in every one of these moves, and don't let anybody tell you anything else. [applause] as i have saidn: time and time again, foreign policy should be the policy of the whole nation and not the policy of one party or the other. partisanship should stop at the water's edge and i shall , continue to preach that through this whole campaign. [applause] pres

this is from the republican leader. quote, about 20 of my members think that we've already done enough, end quote. it's obviously referring to republican members of the senate caucus. these are members of the senate republican caucus. they think all is well. we've done enough. don't need to do anymore to expand $spanned access -- don't need to do anymore to expand access to personal protective equipment, don't need to do anything else to help our schools. we've done enough. don't need to do anything more on unemployment insurance, where the additional $600 a week has expired. senator mcconnell said that 20 of his members thought they'd already done enough. addiction moratorium coming to an end, both nationally and in many states. but 20 members of the senate republican caucus, their leader says, have done enough. here's what senator lindsey graham said on fox. quote, i think if mitch can get one half of the conference, that would be quite an accomplishment. end quote. referring to the republican conference. so senator g

2018 bad year when republicans lost the house, was 33% republican, and the one in 2016 was 33% republican. now what is relevant about this is, the president, modeled after the 2016 turnout, yesterday they had him at 51% job approval. and what is really important about that is the last two presidents to be reelected is really polarized right now. the two parties since 9/11, really polarized. w. on the day he was reelected, he had 51% job approval and he got 51% of the vote. in 2012, obama after hurricane sandy, he had a renaissance and with a 51% job approval and he got reelected with 51%. so the key thing here is the president, i do not think he is that low. i think he is operating in a range of the mid to high 40's, and some of these polls have him touching on 51%. and that is really about getting reelected. because their models eight years ago, they had barack obama, when he got reelected at this point in time at 48%. so i think the president is doing better than the morning consult poll states, and i think that has to do something with their methodologies. but four years ago, there was

there were a lot more liberal republicans in washington than the republican party today.but ultimately, politics is personal. you've been writing about it for a long time and you see it. politics is about the person. reagan was a able to work with democrats. dan rostenkowski with the tax bill deserves most of the credit for the 86 bill through congress. because more than o'neill because o'neill is getting ready to retire. go back to reagan could bring them over to the republican fold. i think also, look at reagan speeches. his commentaries. look at his q&as. he did not come to washington to declare war on the media. he had attacked the bureaucracy that was for sure, but he realized he needed democrats to get his programs through. he needed the media, to at least be open to the idea that he had. and i tease you about the washington post, but the washington post editorial is often very supportive, and they said after he got the nomination, they said reagan brought a new intellectual revolution to the american politics in that something to be thankful for. and reagan put tha

for the republican presidential candidate.long, deep loyalty of hispanics. many have been voting for republicans for a long time. there are also policy positions related to venezuela or chris i christianity. >> when you watch the rnc this week which appeals will you be looking for to latino voters? >> he has the lieutenant governor of florida speaking and a woman whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant in arizona. i think that he will be harping on many of the issues. i think there will be an economic argument, want idea that until covid hit the economy was better for latinos than it had been. i think there will be a strong anti-socialism message from many of the speakers. i think that will speak to latinos in political and a religious freedom message as well. >> trump's disapproval for his handling of covid among the latino voters is at 70%. how much is coronavirus going to play into their thinking? >> i think it could play into their thinking quite a bit. small business owners who the trump campaign has seen as a real g

republican. i am proud to say i will be voting for joe biden and kamala harris. donald trump has done so much damage to our democracy. i cannot imagine another four years of him being in office, untethered by the thought of having to run again so he will be free to run amok. i get emotional even thinking how awful he would be. membersost three family to covid. i lay that responsibility at his feet for his ineptitude of handling this virus. i know he did not start the virus, but he hid it from us. he played it down. he said it was a hoax. i can go on and on about that. voting for joely biden. host: who did you vote for four years ago? caller: honestly, i did not vote for trump. i actually voted for hillary. hillary, shocking, i was not a hillary fan, but i listened to her when she spoke when she was in front of the awful people trying to blame her for benghazi and was shocked and amazed at how strong she was. ofave never been a proponent trump. living in new york, we know what trump is about. i wo

a lot more liberal republicans than there are in washington or in the republican party today. but ultimately politics is personal. you've been writing about it for a long time. you see it. politics is about the personal. reagan was able to work with democrats. like dan rostenkowski won the '86 tax bill. he actually deserves mostly credit for getting the '86 tax reform act through congress more than o'neal because o'neal was getting ready to retire. but reagan -- but go back to what i said is that there were a lot of conservative democrats known as boll weevil so that reagan could bring them over to the republican fold. but i think also is that, you know, look at rang's speeches. look at reagan's commentaries. look at reagan's q & a is that he didn't come to washington to declare war on the media. is that he had attacked the bureaucracy, that's for sure. but he didn't -- he realized he needed democrats to get his program through. he realized he needed the media to at least be open to the idea that he had -- i tease you about "the washington post," but "the washington post" edit

republican party's most powerful black republican in the senate is not lost on many people. many are looking forward to what he is going to say tonight. >> right. >> o'donnell: and. >> you couldn't have the republican party as democrats defined it that would have tim scott speaking in last. >> tim scott from the great state of south carolina, to all of you tuning in and participating in the political process, god bless you. this isn't how i pictured tonight. but our country is experiencing something none of us envisioned, from a global pandemic to the deaths of george floyd and breonna taylor, 2020 has tested our nation in ways we haven't seen for decades. but regardless of the challenges presented to us, every four years americans come together to vote. to share stories of what makes our nation strong and the lessons we have learned that can strengthen it for further generations, because while this nald trumps between donald trump an and joe biden, it is not solely about donald trump and joe biden. it is about the promise of america it is about you and me, our challenges an

some say it is now moving to lean republican versus solid republican.y, there is not a more solid republican state van south carolina. guest: yes, and the democrat, jamie harrison, has been a strong candidate, has done the right thing. mainly, lindsey graham, a longtime republican from south carolina, has been weakened in many ways. to 2016, he said donald trump was the third cousin of the devil. now he says he is the greatest thing since string cheese. i do not think donald trump has changed all that much. there was something about the way graham approached donald trump and the dilemma democrats had in 2016 and really the dilemma they have to date your having said that, i think we would all be very, very shocked if graham actually lost. it is one thing to have a race lean your way, it is another thing to have an upset. there is a big difference between having a close and having it go against the incumbent, so we will see. it is possible. anything is possible. i can see the campaign moving in a way were democrats actually get comfortable, but i could al

the republican national convention. after having seen the four nights of the democratic convention, what are you expecting to see from the republicans next week? dan: my guess is it will be quite a different convention. for one, they have not done the kind of production work that the democrats spent months putting together. this will be next week, a much more of a live event and without some of the packaging and entertainment value of it. the other thing we know is that although it is called the republican national convention, it will be the trump national convention. trump will be the centerpiece throughout. they will probably have tricks up their sleeve to top what the democrats did. the other aspect we should anticipate is there will be a relentless attack against joe biden and kamala harris, and the democrats in general. there will be a lot of negativity. i suspect the tone of it is likely to be different than what we saw this week. as dan just said, joe biden's speech had policy, not too much and not too little. wh

you are republican.ler: every time trump tries to do anything, the democrats blocked it and blame it on him. the people on social security need that extra little money. the democrats blocked it. these illegals, i call them terrorists, they should not get money because they are not americans. weaver, any thoughts about the argument he is making? rings the one thing that with that, immigration remains a big issue for the president. that was one of the hallmarks of his 2016 campaign, one of the same arguments he is trying to make. but the messaging is not getting through as effectively as 2016. he is still dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, a whole host of other issues, millions of job losses. at least a million most weeks. the economy is struggling along. that is the argument he is trying to make, he is the right person for the rebound. some of those issues like immigration are not getting the play they did a couple years ago. i'm not sure the effectiveness this year as far as getting that message out.

my name is jay and i am a republican. i am also a catholic donald trump republican. by the grace of god, i am an american. so let us pray. thank you, o lord, for all the gifts you provide us, not because we deserve them, but solely through your grace and mercy, let us acknowledge the many gifts that god has bestowed upon us, starting with a president and vice president that reflect the values of our founding fathers. and are willing to fight for those values, starting with life, knowing that all life is precious, from conception to natural death. there is no choice to fight for the unborn. for those of us who are true to our catholic faith, we pray for an end for the intrinsic evil that is abortion. give us the strength to fight for our religious freedom as our president does, and instill in us a spirit and commitment to stand with the poor in a continued fight for religious freedom. we pray in thanksgiving for the members of our armed forces and their families who sacrifice greatly to ensure our sacred freedom. that we all too often take for granted so that we can l

a few days along republican governor john kasich noted that he expected a former republican member of congress to join him in crossing the political collide a collide -- divide. as cnn's mj lee reports, an aide tells cnn that harris hopes people will see themselves and their life stories in her acceptance speech. >> reporter: night three of an unconventional democratic national convention poised to make more history tonight. senator kamala harris, the first woman of color on a major party ticket will deliver the biggest speech of her career as joe biden's vice presidential running mate. >> joe biden had the audacity to choose a black woman to be his running mate. >> reporter: the daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants, harris will share her story in hopes that americans of all backgrounds see themselves reflected in her remarks. in 12 years after making history as the first black man elected president, barack obama will also speak tonight vouching for the character and experience of the biden/harris ticket and address the ongoing attacks on mail-in voting. >> it's time to call the