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Charlie is also the league political blogger for esquire.com. the president feared routine in this. he fears exactly what i fear when one of these things happen. how do we come on and treat this as something that is not routine even though it has tajicily become routine. and the presidents comments are far from routine. >> youre right. it was a very powerful speech by the president. a lot of it seemed to be extemporaneous and from the heart. the way he worked through this issue and the way he so...

She ran hewlett-packard into the ground. i said, i will not say it. that her stock value tanked. that she laid off tens of thousands of people. and she got viciously fired. i said, i will not say that. >> thats donald trump just moments ago in hampton, new hampshire, talking about carly fiorina. fact check, largely true, basically about her record at hewlett-packard. joining me now, michelle goldberg from the nation and paul pierce, politics blogger for esquire.com, in iowa, of course, in clear ...

Persuading to people who dont believe the koch brothers to be awesome. it definitely was speaking directly to the base. how does that counter what harry reid is trying to do which is trying to speak to the larger public about who the koch brothers are in his estimation? >> well, i think that, you know, theres a fine line between, you know, rousing the rebel and educating the base. i think harry is doing a little bit of both. the difference between the two, of course, is harry is starting from a ...

Elections when, perhaps, income inequality will be a top democratic plank in their platform. and so to sort of link around, you know, to put as an abatros around the necks of republican candidates the fact theyre backed by billionaires, maybe that could have some success. but, again, we havent seen either of those really working thus far at the ballot box. >> all right. well, you know what, i think harry reid fig wruring out you e to run against somebody, doing a version of what republicans did ...

Believe the koch brothers to be awesome. it definitely was speaking directly to the base. how does that counter what harry reid is trying to do which is trying to speak to the larger public about who the koch brothers are in his estimation? >> well, i think that, you know, theres a fine line between, you know, rousing the rebel and educating the base. i think harry is doing a little bit of both. the difference between the two, of course, is harry is starting from a deep hole because he doesnt ha...

Platform. and so to sort of link around, you know, to put as an albatross around the necks of republican candidates the fact theyre backed by billionaires, maybe that could have some success. but, again, we havent seen either of those really working thus far at the ballot box. >> all right. well, you know what, i think harry reid figuring out you have to run against somebody, doing a version of what republicans did with nancy pelosi in the 2010 cycle. ken vogel from politico. thank you. >> my pl...

You said speaking to the base, obviously this was on op-ped that doesnt seem to be aimed at persuading to people who dont believe the koch brothers to be awesome. it definitely was speaking directly to the base. how does that counter what harry reid is trying to do which is trying to speak to the larger public about who the koch brothers are in his estimation? >> well, i think that, you know, theres a fine line between, you know, rousing the rebel and educating the base. i think harry is doing a...

Before this crisis and part of the sochi coverage is the fact for a certain generational cohort, there is this impulse toward cold war frames. youre seeing everyone, its like the dam has burst. people have been holding back for 20 years for being able to run through their red dawn scripts. this comes out and you start seeing it everywhere. >> for people, i think im probably at the low end of the age thing as far as that particular generation, but its probably the only group of that generation i ...

Played suggest an understanding of foreign policy and geopolitics in which strength is a supreme virtue and weakness is the supreme vice and the winner is the one who exhibits the most strength. that framework is one vladimir putin seems to have, and its a framework that too many prominent people on the right seem to share. joining me now, charlie pierce, writer at large for "esquire" magazine and political blogger for esquire.com. everything ive been hearing for the last 48 hours from the right...

Those three examples i just played suggest an unctioning of foreign policy and geopolitics in which strength is a supreme virtue and weakness is the supreme vice and the winner is the one who exhibits the most strength. that framework is one vladimir putin seems to have, and its a framework that too many prominent people on the right seem to share. joining me now, charlie pierce, writer at large for "esquire" magazine and political blogger for esquire.com. everything ive been hearing for the las...