blow everything up was going to help them, they now have a record to look at. in addition to the other stuff we talk about around this table every day. that s how i sort it and i think the biggest problem for trump is that he s not just the x factor anymore. we now know what it means to have donald trump be president. and those people in those swings states do too. trump people will tell you that they understand that everything they re doing, all the lists they re building, and, by the way, it is they are on the cutting edge in every way. somebody goes to their rallies, they tag them and they start sending i mean, it is a campaign operation that no democrat is going to be able to match really for unless it s bloomberg for some reason who s at 3% right now. but, they understand, though, as well. they say, listen, if this will help us if this is a two or three-point race. right. but if it goes in any other direction, it s going to be a
by the way badly worded, dumb question. it was a question that was intended to pro voke. a far different response than what he got. what she talks about, it s always very moving. she talks about her faith and she does that also behind the scenes when we visit her and we talk about her parents and we talk about her family and we talk about, you know, her legacy. innocence talks about her faith a lot. again, when no cameras are on. and she talks about, you know you don t have to look very far. i remember asking her about her faerther, what would your father think? i believe actually my father is watching over me every day, so is my mom. i m a catholic, i have faith. and they guide me. and my faith guides me. again, behind closed doors. and what a contrast to the two dimensional left-wing coastal characters that trumpists try to
way, even from the beginning, that there are a thousand cuts here to tree and kill a bill. it s easy to do. the hard part is actually passing a bill. dumb question. is there like an inbox where you bring your bill? yes. you literally put it on an inbox on the house floor? yes. it comes in and gets printed. gets given a number and a high staff person decides which committee this bill should be referred to. okay. so you introduce it. but it in the in-box. it goes to the committee. this is very broad. the number of bills that the committee ever acts on, we re now getting very narrow very quickly. because why? a chairperson says we have to do hearings on this? yes. the committee chairpersons has their own agenda. this is a complaint. they want a hearing on ideas but if my chair of my committee isn t interested, it s going nowhere. and even if a bill does make
nice to meet you. the restaurant is a hot spot for wheeling and dealing. and those wheeler dealers are often lobbyists who help write bills. that is where i met up with meredith, a lobbyist. every year it seems like they keep saying this is the most do-nothing congress. the system is set up in a way, even from the beginning, that there are a thousand cuts here to kill a bill. it is very easy to do. the hard part is actually passing a bill. dumb question. is there like an inbox where you bring your bill? yes. you literally put it in on inbox on the house floor. it comes in, gets printed, gets given a number and a high staff person decides which committee this bill should be referred to. okay. so you introduce it, put it in the inbox, it goes to a committee. the number of bills that the committee ever acts on we re now getting very narrow very quickly. because they have to do hears on the bill? yes.
march d meredith, a lobbyist. every year it seems like they keep saying this is the most do-nothing congress. the system is set up in a way, even from the beginning, that there are a thousand cuts here to kill a bill. it is very easy to do. the hard part is actually passing a bill. dumb question. is there like an inbox where you bring your bill? yes. you literally put it in on inbox on the house floor. it comes in, gets printed, gets given a number and a high staff person decides which committee this bill should be referred to. okay. so you introduce it, put it in the inbox, it goes to a committee. the number of bills that the committee ever acts on we re now getting very narrow very quickly. because they have to do hears on the bill? . yes. this is one of the frustrations of the rank and file members.