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Talk to me, josh, about the larger implications around costs here, and how moderates like joe manchin wrestle with it. >> yeah. i mean, frankly, i dont think these two bills will have a lot of impact on the economic and job situation over the next couple years. i mean, there are large numbers attached to the bills. were maybe talking 1.5, 1.7, whatever the number is on the build back better plan plus several hundred billion dollars on the infrastructure plan. build back better is over ten years....

He took kemp as the running mate, bob dole who had been a sort of eisenhower republican, never bought into the supply side stuff. reinvented himself in the middle of the summer and embraced supply-side economics, embraced jack kemps economic philosophy. he believed he needed to do that to energize the republican base and give himself something "big" to fall on. i saw shades in romneys announcement. have you a same guy, similar guy, not trusted by the republican party base. you need something to ...

By 40 or 50 points. but another thing that is interesting, 1996, bob dole selecting kemp. it was bob dole who had been an eisenhower style republican, a deficit hawk, never bought into the supply side stuff, reinvenlted himself and embraced supply side economics, he embraced jack kemps economic philosophy because he needed to do that to energize the republican base and give him something, quote, big to run on in the fall. i saw shades of that in romney was announcement because he had a similar g...

>> because he didnt believe a word of the right wings crap. he thought this supply side stuff was a joke. he told endless jokes about it before he got the nomination and then pretend he believed it. nobody believed he believed it. >> thats why -- >> he discredited himself to that point by a great degree. do you think romney is a credible tea party leader? >> i think thats a big challenge for all of them. and he culturally and i think in terms of performance sh its a real challenge for him. but h...