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>> reagan was wrong? >> he was wrong when we said we -- >> why at no tididnt you tell ? >> i told him that. >> you had to go to the wood shed and pretend he was right and you were wrong. >> we tried to do things that seemed reasonable but they didnt add up. when it was clear they werent adding up by the summer of 81 he had to make a mid course correction. defense got totally out of control. the tax cut was a bidding war. >> i was there on the other side. i was right and you were wrong. at least ...

Philosophical course correction is what kind of got them in this position in the first place. and i think if he is too heavy handed or the rnc is too heavy handed in trying to change either the tactics or the positions on -- which i think were probably going to be headed for. >> oh, yeah. on that point, in the autopsy priebus mentioned out reach to gay voters at least four times. but then he calms mike huckabee no fan of same-sex marriage, a, quote, model for the gop on social issues. so which i...

Theres this myth-making just how violently conservative the base is, but that doesnt trickle up into actual legislation. theres no course correction. >> i think policymakers lift in an alternate university, the people theyre supposed to represent. i go back and forth on whether this is because theyre out of touch or if this is because this is what they actually mean to do. both parties are awash in a sea of corporate money, for example, and the people who give the money are the people who get hu...

Political arrangements so people understand what are the constitutional arrangements, how are they going to live under a sunni majority government? how are the syrian christians, the kurds, et cetera, and the alawhites as well. there has to be some better articulation of what the political arrangements are so that once everybody gets what theyre heading to, people dont want to be the last person to die in a civil war. >> thn take it step by step. does that make sense to you? >> i think it does. ...

Will. so im not surprised they will focus on the economy because even if things are getting bett better, they will be the first to acknowledge that there are still steps they want to put in place to get more people back to work. >> fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling, immigration he said theres room but, look, republicans need to get religion on this. do you expect a similar tone in the state of the union? >> he has a limited amount of time. they feel they have a so-called m mandate from their victor...

Short-term. the question is its a long-term thing, and thats two, three, four, five, ten years out, and thats what you are fighting against. yeah, short-term, i dont think anyone will care. >> nobody goes to fish to decide -- >> why do they rate treasuries? go, fitch. go away, s&p. we know what the interest rates are. thats how people think of debt. >> what we are capable of, and are we -- >> pa what our standing should be and what our rating should be. theres no question. i dont think in the sh...

People when there arent others around to check on him? well, not really because hes shown so little empathy and yet, youre right, megyn, i agree, there seems to be alcohol or drugs involved. s he not quite himself. hes looking at a tape, not a person and we get a look at this in the law as well. i weigh in on cases where people do crazy things online that youd say theyd never do that. remember anthony weiner, texting photographs of himself. do you think theres a chance hed hand a naked photo out...

If only in the interest of self-preservation, republicans are giving up on these policy stances that cost them so much in the last election that made their party seem pre-modern. all of the stuff that alienated young people, women, gay people, if you listen to the beltway media, the course correction on this problem post-election is totally underway. >> we didnt sell a positive vision. we didnt explain to people what were for. >> we have to show were serious about reaching out and helping everyo...

In the last election that made their party seem pre-modern. all of the stuff that alienated young people, women, gay people, if you listen to the beltway media, the course correction on this problem post-election is totally underway. >> we didnt sell a positive vision. we didnt explain to people what were for. >> we have to show were serious about reaching out and helping everyone. everyone in this country to live their peace and the american dream. >> its one thing to shoot yourself in the foot...

Self-preservation, republicans are giving up on these policy stances that cost them so much in the last election that made their party seem pre-modern. all of the stuff that alienated young people, women, gay people, if you listen to the beltway media, the course correction on this problem post-election is totally underway. >> we didnt sell a positive vision. we didnt explain to people what were for. >> we have to show were serious about reaching out and helping everyone. everyone in this countr...