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He has affected. >> and now its a little late. >> i dont know that its late. i dont want to underestimate how much water has gone under the bridge and how difficult the task is now, but were just coming into the period where people are going to be really paying attention to this for the purposes of the election. >> lets move on to an eyebrow raiser. karl rove is going back to work in a new role for a day. rove, who was as everyone now knows, george w. bushs go-to guy for politics will be the fil...

Those plants, if i were helping them, i might put him together with some of the workers and have them talk about the difference that his administration has made, but the only way they are going to get any traction, if they get any in time, is just to keep with it. >> robert, let me ask you, because i hear on the trail a lot republicans and independents using against the president. they say he -- it was a government takeover. >> not only was it a government takeover, as we all know but heres the ...

With me is robert trainham, former governor of pennsylvania and chair of the dna, ed rendell, also nbc news political analyst and "washington post" media columnist margaret sullivan with us as well. ed rendell, let me ask you about the path forward for the consumer financial protection bureau, something i know you were following closely through its incarnation. senator elizabeth warren intimately involved from its creation, she fighting for what richard cordray picking his successor himself. how...

Robert, millions of americans dont care what their health care is called. obamacare, trump care. they just want affordable health care. by the way, obamacare is not in a complete death spiral, but president obama is currently a private citizen. president trump owns health care. does he not see that? >> no. and the reason why he doesnt see it, the president is not an ideological person. it is us versus them, me versus obama. to go back to both your points which are relevant, this is now an entitl...

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>> joining me now, democratic strategist and msnbc contributor, crystal ball and robert trainham. crystal, robert, what is your reaction to giulianis opinion that romney is more of an elitist than gingrich? >> mayor giuliani has interesting points. as someone that ran for president in 2008, he does have some perspective. however, at the end of the day, when you look at the tendency of overall republican voters, they want president obama defeated no matter who the republican nominee is going to b...

Speaker probably shouldnt be talking about that given a $500,000 bill at tiffanys. >> robert, these are both wealthy guys here. can either of them convince middle america that they will only fight not just for the wealthy but going to fight for them, too? >> sure. they can certainly make that argument. the question becomes whether or not the independents in the battleground states will buy something like that. republicans for the most part are going to vote for the republican candidate. hard-cor...

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