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Up with resources and labor. and 5 billion people wake up with a need for services. that in a realm of freedom, that -- >> glenn: that is the key. >> crisis moments are the best time to convince them. not about the government borrowing to give you whatever you think you need but government just creating an incentive structure, environment in which were allowed to invest and save without it being crushed. keep most of what we earn. that is a great structure for living, rich world, happiest life w...

Up with resources and labor. and 5 billion people wake up with a need for services. that in a realm of freedom, that -- >> glenn: that is the key. >> crisis moments are the best time to convince them. not about the government borrowing to give you whatever you think you need but government just creating an incentive structure, environment in which were allowed to invest and save without it being crushed. keep most of what we earn. that is a great structure for living, rich world, happiest life w...

>> well, democrats are always in these habitual defensive crouch when it has anything to do with the war on terror and sticking to the rule of law puts people in this precarious, nervous situation. and when you look over the past year, one of the really insidious things that has happened is theres been an incentive structure set up very smartly by the extreme right-wing pro-torture right, wherein anytime the administration does the right thing on one of these issues, for instance, releasing the ...

Situation. and when you look over the past year, one of the really insidious thiows that has happened is theres been an incentive structure set up very smartly by the extreme right-wing pro-torture right, wherein anytime the administration does the right thing on one of these issues, for instance, releasing the oec memo, theres a huge upwell of outrage and dick cheneys on your television and it eats up two or three news cycles. and every time they do the wrong thing, no one says anything, except...

>> the republican party is divided. thats exactly why were here in this moment. thats frankly, this is a deeply tragic moment from the perspective of a center right person who believes we should have as close to universal health care as possible through the free market and free market solutions. and that fixing some of the problems with obamacare was necessary but ultimately, reorganizing the incentive structure, the transparency in the health care system, and the ability to be able to truly pur...

>> well, i think that causing tremendous damage is all they have left. i cant believe that people that are around him would actually think he has a shot at winning at this point. lets face it. theres no way that the october surprises are done. theres no way that donald trump is done making an ass out of himself. over and over. when ted cruz endorsed him, when other people that i used to support endorsed him, they would say, well, this is who he is and we all know who he is and they would forget ...

>> believe me, i understand that. >> not you personally but the great thinkers need to realize this is not complicated for them. until some of the other 15 figure out how to put themselves in that conversation in a way that they can bring serious policy tug discussions, proposals and bigger ideas than donald trump is talking about hell own that space of the stage. it will continue to grow. >> there is a problem that strikes me here. and this to the mike huckabee phenomenon which is the incentive...

Nixon did liberal things that would be unimaginable in todays republican party. in fact, these things can go hand in hand. when you dont care much about the substance of policy, when what you want is popularity and power, your incentive structure is to crush your foes. >> one last question to you. there have been a lot of folks coming out of the wood works these days that say i feel pressured. don zimmer told "the wall street journal" that she requested $100 million in grants for hurricane sandy...

Republicans. and then got renominated and got reelected. >> she got -- heres where the story gets interesting. >> yeah. >> she pushed through this tax increase. she got absolutely hammered by republicans in state and out of state. grover norquist went after her. this is where the incentive structure that im talking about kicked in which is the way she got back in their good graces was the immigration bill. sb1070, part of which was struck down by the supreme court in which she became so associat...

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