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court. yesterday the state supreme court ruled that the former president should be barred from holding office under the constitutions so-called insurrection clause. however state justices have agreed to pause their decision until january 4, meaning donald trump has time to appeal, which he said that he will do at the u.s. supreme court, quote, swiftly. so how much of a shot does he have of reversing it? the use of this little known civil war era provision is unprecedented, and yesterda...

Especially at the irs. >> do you know how far issa is from that? >> i know how far he is. >> hes guilty, lets have a hearing and prove it. >> i know. what i also know about darrell issa is hes a guy who chafes under what -- what he sees is the idea is hes not properly respected in washington. >> youre talking about id here. >> davids engaging a little psychology. i was going to do the same. >> he spent 13 million bucks and threw it away trying to be a big shot senator from california. hes trying...

Personal sense, have they put a finger, have they touched the president here? the irs thing is run by a republican, doug shulman. hes probably a bureaucrat, not a bad guy, but he didnt run a very organized shop over there. nothing to do with president obama. you get the stuff with benghazi. i havent heard one word that put a finger on the president, what he did in that horrible tragedy. look what happened to us on 9/11. we lost new york, lost washington. nobody blamed bush for being a bad guys. ...

And campaigning to make it about darrell issa and not about what happened at the irs, right, david? >> thats what im doing. i dont think it is about darrell issa. let me ask you this, as a former loyalist to the president and permanent lifetime loyalist in a personal sense, have they put a finger, have they touched the president here? the irs thing is run by a republican, doug shulman. hes probably a bureaucrat, not a bad guy, but he didnt run a very organized shop over there. nothing to do with...

Loyalist to the president and permanent lifetime loyalist in a personal sense, have they put a finger, have they touched the president here? the irs thing is run by a republican, doug shulman. hes probably a bureaucrat, not a bad guy, but he didnt run a very organized shop over there. nothing to do with president obama. you get the stuff with benghazi. i havent heard one word that put a finger on the president, what he did in that horrible tragedy. look what happened to us on 9/11. we lost new y...

Who stood in the way of change? the cynicism were talking about does come back to sort of who lost washington. >> yeah, you know, david, i read all these articles this morning and i find them interesting, because, in one of the critiques ive had of president obama myself is that, one of the ways you get to the white house is you dont understand those republicans are. they have been trying to block us from day one. to which i say, i totally get it. its, you know, its obvious to me. i have one que...

Benefit bill that we could not afford. we are in this situation, ladies and gentlemen, because we republicans, and democrats, okay, it was not an iota, history started the day obama was elected. >> george you have the only person who talked about bipartisan compromise was chris christie who said we can and we should achieve bipartisan compromise while still adhering to our conservative principles. but no real -- this is what i thought was important. given everything were talking about, there was...

The cynicism were talking about does come back to sort of who lost washington. >> yeah, you know, david, i read all these articles this morning and i find them interesting, because, in one of the critiques ive had of president obama myself is that, one of the ways you get to the white house is you dont understand those republicans are. they have been trying to block us from day one. to which i say, i totally get it. its, you know, its obvious to me. i have one question, why are they getting away...

Bargain, the thing fizzles out. its he said/she said, and the president never goes to the american people and says here was the grand bargain we were going for. here is why its so important. here is why it will lead to jobs. here is my friend, warren buffett, who says this is the right thing to do. we never had that. >> but on the other side of that, speaker gingrich, you were quoted in a book talking on election night, hours after the presidents inauguration, laying a foundation with other repu...

Show me the money. people feel a sense of detrayal after the last, not just last four years, but the last twelve years. they feel a sense that theyve been buffaloed and they cant believe anything anymore because it always seems to be bait and switch. one quarter its going to get better. the next quarter its worse. so i think thats what both campaigns have to address this time. they have to restore the confidence of the american people that they have big ideas, theyre going to advance the entire ...