because neither side would accept the outcome. if cruz is nominated and loses badly to clinton, conservatives will blame the media, and say, well, moderates took a walk. and if trump, rubio, bush, kasich or christie gets nominated and loses, the retort will again be they were insufficiently pure. for the republican party, good is perceived as the enemy of the perfect. and as a result, victory, it seems elusive. i've got a lot of voices to weigh in on politics today, including sarah palin, tom ridge, and the political powerhouse of bob beckel, peter wayner and e.d. hill. first up, i wanted to talk to somebody who has been seeing this rift opening up ever since the days of richard nixon, for whom he worked. >> joining me now is patrick buchanan. patrick, merry christmas, thanks for coming back to the program. >> merry christmas to you, michael. >> will you respond to the argument that, for a republican to win the white house, you've got to increase the nonwhite