without knowing what the president is going to back is really hard. the white house refers these to the president s private counsel. saying quote the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal. now, i don t know if mark has information none of us has, but he says the fbi leak. this was something that came out in news reports, the washington post first and elsewhere after bob mueller met with members of the intelligence committee up here on capitol hill. i don t know where the leak came from. but the fbi leak, that is a political strategy, again talking to the trump base conservatives, trying to pin this back on comey as the president is now in essentially a war of wills and sometimes word with james comey. also many of these people have a right to be annoyed by the fact that things that leak are always the things that are bad for them. i think that is a fair point and something to be they re annoyed by. that s part of what s going on.
this was the question, do you support or oppose president trump s decision to launch a missile strike on a syrian air base? all right. maybe a complicated issue but it s a straightforward question. do you support or oppose. that s from the washington post abc poll this past week. here s the fascinating thing. that same poll, the washington post /abc poll asked that same question now, this week, but also asked that exact same question back in 2013 when it was this guy, president obama considering a missile strike in syria. so we not only have the new polling on the question this week, we basically have the act same polling question from 2013. and just look at the response. everybody who has ever told you that democrats and republicans are mirror images of each other, they both have all of the same problems, look at this. look at the democrats numbers first. back in 2013 when it was president obama considering
also asked that exact same question back in 2013 when it was this guy, president obama considering a missile strike in syria. so we not only have the new polling on the question this week, we basically have the act same polling question from 2013. and just look at the response. everybody who has ever told you that democrats and republicans are mirror images of each other, they both have all of the same problems, look at this. look at the democrats numbers first. back in 2013 when it was president obama considering missile strikes in syria, the number of democratic voters who supported that was 38%. now new year, 2017, new president, it s 37%. different of one point. basically, a rounding error. that s how democrats have changed their minds on that issue over four years. now let s look at the republicans. 2013 when it was president obama, the proportion of
base? all right. maybe a complicated issue but it s a straightforward question. do you support or oppose. that s from the washington post abc poll this past week. here s the fascinating thing. that same poll, the washington post /abc poll asked that same question w, this week, but also asked that exact same question back in 2013 when it was this guy, president obama considering a missile strike in syria. so we not only have the new polling on the question this week, we basically have the act same polling question from 2013. and just look at the response. everybody who has ever told you that democrats and republicans are mirror images of each other, they both have all of the same problems, look at this. look at the democrats numbers first. back in 2013 when it was president obama considering missile strikes in syria, the number of democratic voters who supported that was 38%. now new year, 2017, new
that effect. larry, give us a sense, because you re a pro and you inspire young students and all. you re sort of one of the god fathers, and i put in a positive term of teaching political science. is it still a science, or can we finally step back and say it s an art? i call my center the center for politics. the department here instead of department of political science is the department of politics. there is a scientific element to it. but i believe it s more of an art than a science, or at least that s the way i ve lived it. i ll tell you something. the painting that we painted this year is really ugly abstract art. we ve got to get back to the masters. yeah. in terms of studying what is going on. thank you so much, larry. so glad we had you on today. thank you. a historic night. celinda, you are a pro. thank you. how people s attitude comes across in the polling question. because i think it s there. there must be some reason why the guy stays hidden who is a trump. in t