intensify in the ukraine. we have to do a little bit of a flashback. yesterday, to let you in on the newest info here, the president says he doesn t regret digging into romney in their debate which you had the exact date on. october 22 of 2012. remember this moment in the presidential debate? mitt romney versus barack obama. watch. russia indicated is a geopolitical foe. excuse me. it is a geopolitical foe. in the same paragraph i said iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. i m not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. the 1980 s are calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. it s kind of remarkable to watch that because i remember when we were on the air and looking at the mainstream media coverage a few days after that debate
extension. and if they don t, it s going to be an election in 2014. jonathan capehart, on which side does gravity paul fall? the republicans saying it s going to be all financial issues that affect real people. this whole thing is about economic security if you want a rebranding, if not income inequality, economic security. and the longer that obama care, the affordable care act is up and running, fully operational, there might be problems here or there. but the longer it goes on, and the more people are happy with what is happening, the less of an issue it is for republicans. and on the flip side, when it comes to unemployment insurance, minimum wage, that strikes to the heart of what i remember speaker boehner harping on the president in 2010, 2011, 2012. remember, where are the jobs, mr. president. every day there was a tweet. every day in a press conference he would ask that question. and here we are 2014.
i m more optimistic. i think they can win on this one. it may take six mornts of work, but a smart president putting his focus on this. now the trouble is he will focus on immigration and everything else and then touch this. i think he s got to push this. ic i think he needs to get a double. get the guy in scoring position. thank you, gene robinson. thank you, joy reid. coming up, what started out as offensive comments by the star of a reality tv show has turned into a real political story. ted cruz, bobby jindal, and yes of course sarah palin, are all out there defending the star of duck dynasty, phil robertson reminding everyone the republican party is ignoring the lessons of 2012. remember that autopsy? well, still dead. plus, the big fight brewing over sanctions against iran. if imposing higher sanctions this deal could come apart. that could be bad news for those
conservative views on social issues. 52% of the voters today in the state of virginia said he was too conservative. the argument will be, did republicans nominate someone too far to the right? and among those who said he was too conservative, look at this. a huge margin for terry mcauliffe. has the virginia governor s race. why do we care so much? we see how important this date has been. this is 2012 when president obama won big and of course he carried virginia. let s go back in time to 2008 when he won big. he carried virginia. i m going on circle a few more states. the president carried florida. he carried ohio and he carried eye wax let me stop right there. let s go back to 2012. remember, all carried by president obama. let s to go 2008. all carried by president obama. if republicans are going to be competitive again, this is what they have to do. george w. bush won all four states including virginia in 2004 and he won three of the four. iowa sichd back in 2000. for the sake of ar
and i think they had to wait too long to get to the convention. i would limit the debate to a reasonable amount. i don t know, maybe seven or eight. you know, how much damage to the republicans did these debates do? reverend, it s a stage for the republican party during the primary debates to showcase their fractured nature, their extremism. so if you re a strategist, a republican strategist that wants to get somebody into the white house and wants to appeal to a more moderate constituency, get those independent votes, you re crossing your fingers, and you are hoping that you can get down to as few debates as possible during the primary season so that you can get away from the surface of the extreme elements that we saw in 2012. remember the gaffes of rick perry and the gaffes of newt gingrich. you want to get away from that. get the cameras away and focus on the issues and focus on building up the moderate base. so priebus, i think he is baiting the networks to keep the movies goi