me that 2012 was a critical election, really a hinge point in american history and the world would look very different had that election gone the other way. for starters we would be in the second year of paul ryan s first term as president. this soundbite of barack obama dealing with medvedev. after my election i have more flexibility. bret: there was a lot of talk about that, at least on this channel. but not on a lot of others. i want to play one more soundbite we talk about the former president saying it s genius the strategy that putin is deploying right now. here is the former secretary of state on putin. very capability. i have enormous respect for him. i have been criticized for saying that. i have renor must respect of him. he was also an interlocutor that
so you have countries like china and russia saying wait a minute, who made you the arbiters to decide what who is eligible to come sit at this table. and there are so many issues taking place as home. so that is the rub that he s up against right now. but you certainly understand why you would want to have this pep rally. you want to reaffirm the values at time when they re most under salt and the democracy is most vulnerable. ron, we love having you on because you re the statistics guy and these voter restriction laws disproportionately impact an the support among blue clolar blacks and hispanics has slipped. is this central to that kind of loss of support, no progress on something like this? it is an interesting question, victor. look, this is absolutely a hinge point in american history. there is no question about the