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Hagel is going to be confirmed but these delay tactics are something that republicans are using to either send a message or get more information that theyve been looking for. >> on that note then, to you, john, no matter what it is, theres a list of inputs to this delay as jackie was just describing to us but if it is what john mccain is saying, that he will eventually vote for hagel in this confirmation process, does this, then, play to the brand problem that gop has been dealing with and has b...

Hes part of the -- sort of he has the blessings of the old political establishment. >> this is just surface stuff thats like lipstick on a pig. the bottom line is the republicans have a core values problem, not a who knows who tupac is. >> the tupac problem. molly, hes modern, know who is tupac is. i cant imagine that marco rubio and i get what she was saying, the second thing on the resume of why hes a player. >> well, i dont think it can hurt, right? but i think two good points made in that se...

Does this accumulate more of a brand problem for the gop, or do they just want to take the win? >> the base eats this stuff up. they watch him say that sort of thing about the secretary of state and the reason she might not be able to testify, and they bang the drums and say that must be it. shes afraid to testify. the idea that she would be afraid to testify on this is frankly ridiculous when you are talking about hillary clinton, who is not afraid of anything. it just absolutely looks facial t...

Under mitch mcconnell, saying the republican party has a brand problem and a tactical problem. and the republican national chairman, reince priebus, saying in a presentation to senate republicans yesterday that the republican party needs to do a deep dive on what did wrong. they need to look at more of a 50-state strategy like democrats had. they are going to do focus groups on the republican message. and theyre going to talk to state chairmen, donors, outside groups to figure out how they can m...

Wrong track. again, these are challenging times to be an incumbent. its almost as if the country is collectively holding its breath for whatever next shoe is going to drop. and so to deal with that and to be a candidate running for office, you have to sort of try to create that optimism and do the best you can to sell people on the idea that youre the guy whos going to make things better. thats why i agree with bill on that economic point. >> right. >> the one strength romney has is on the econo...

Finally have one, which they have not have -- a positive narrative. but the problem is, what the president is not doing, the absence of what you are not doing. they are not articulating why the next term would be better. he is the incumbent. this notion of i can attack these people, that will wear thin -- maybe. maybe not. when you point out the brand problem, this tells you a lot. when the numbers doug cited, the republicans have gone down and the democratic party has had a resurgence. >> gregg...

Happen. not just because maybe jon stewart would rethink his retirement. but look, if youre the republicans, you have to cringe. youve identified two and a half years ago that you have a brand problem. now youre going to roll out donald trump who is just about everything that could possibly be wrong with the republican brand. its got to be hugely upsetting over there. >> he may take someones spot on a debate stage, because his polling right now, i believe hes polling 4.5% nationally. which is pr...

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