Needed. Says campaign i s united. Republicans, it is your opportunity to tell the campaign what you think. Some say intervention is needed but what you think . If you support donald trump, 2027488000. If you are opposing donald trump, 2027488001. You can also send a tweet or poster comments on post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. From donald trump yesterday. He tweeted this out. At unity in my campaign, perhaps greater than ever before. Thank everyone for your tremendous support. Beat crooked h he repeated that at a rally in florida yesterday. First joining us on the phone is a political reporter. And whoo as panicking thinks there needs to be an intervention . Alex the people who are oficking are a number different people throughout the Republican Party who are panicking over this. Importantthe most are those overseeing house, senate races and who are concerned about this election and what it could mean for the partys house and Senate Majorities. There are a lot of people who are trying to come to the increasing conclusion that trump wont win. But in light of that, what happens if trump losese . How do we maintain our house and Senate Majorities and what does that mean for the party in terms of keeping house and senate seats . People are looking close to these polling numbers that came out yesterday which shows secretary clinton pulling into a big lead over donald trump in battleground states. In states with competitive house and senate races . Host who is behind the idea of an intervention . It is happening, what is the status . Alex it is unclear. There were some reports yesterday that rnc chairman Reince Priebus wanted to stage an intervention along with trumps children and Rudy Giuliani and former House SpeakerNewt Gingrich and perhaps a few others. Newt gingrich is him to push back on those reports. Its unclear whether others could be involved in some way. Its very clear there is something happening at this campaign, that theres increasing concern about his standing in this contest. Host why . Reason why is because if you look at a number of polls that are coming out today, in states like new hampshire, in states like pennsylvania, you see secretary clinton with a lead of around 10 . Trumpss more, you see numbers crumbling in a lot of different areas following these two conventions. Republicans feel like the Republican Convention did not go well. They feel like trumps speech did not go well. And they feel that the Democratic Convention went a lot better. Some theres concern is as as we get closer to labor day and voter start to tune in, the choice here is beginning to crystallize. And the states that are going to determine the outcome of this contest. Host those that are saying that donald trump needs to change in order to win, what are they asking him to do or not do . Alex its interesting because people have been asking trump to change for a long time. Been asking him to be more on message, to use the teleprompter more. Better communications team, a better ground game. These are the kinds of things people have been telling donald trump for some time. And he hasnt changed. There is a lot of speculation that yesterday, after having and so off message talking about how he would refuse to endorse paul, people thought yesterday he would be more on message. Guess what . He wasnt. Perhaps maybe a little bit more, but he went off on a number different tangents on two events in florida. This is a candidate who is running his own, very unscripted, unvarnished campaign and it may be starting to weigh him down. Host what is happening inside Donald Trumps campaign . Your piece, trump fires two aides. How are they responding to republicans outside of the inner circle . Alex the people i have been talking to in this campaign are insisting that everything is fine, that a lot of the media chatter, people like me and you, our discussions about this race are overblown, and that perhaps too negative. They dont necessarily see it the way other people in the press seeit. This is a campaign that is really struggling, having a hard time. And this is what happens at a lot of campaigns, they you head down the final stretch and into the final weeks before an election and they are losing, denial about where they stand. Host you can follow his reporting on political. Com politico. Com. This is what we are going to do on washington journal. We are going to let you talk and let the party know and let the nominee know what you think. Is an intervention needed . That is what folks are talking about in washington but what do think . Jacob in baltimore, you are opposing donald trump. Republicans only for this first part. What do you think . I got to push the line. Sorry, go ahead. Caller good morning. So, the intervention should have happened months ago. I know the establishment leaders in the party did not want trump from the getgo but they should have done an intervention along time ago. You cannot change the nation of whom the nature of who a person is. This is clearly who donald trump is. He has not put on any fronts. Now they are surprised . Host what you going to do in the fall as a republican . Caller unfortunately, because ent giving any other options because they did not support any decent candidates, im going to end up voting for hillary because you cannot trust theseat of power with person of Donald Trumps temperament. Host what is it about, what do you mean trust the seat of power . Caller he falls for the smallest insults against his personal character. He is so gullible. It was clear with the kahn family that that was a line wa that was thrown out there by the Clinton Campaign and he fell for it, hook line and sinker. All his reactions are like that, way if yout be that are going to be the head of the executive branch of the United States. Host did you ever think about supporting donald trump . Caller i considered it. I gave him the option. A few of the things he had to say but the fact of the matter is he is too willing to say whatever needs to be said that he feels will get him to the position of. President. Host matt, you are undecided. What do you think about this idea of the republicans, some saying an intervention is needed . Caller you know, something i think the unity right now should be the clear message. And what defines unity. Im quite of set of both parties to tell you the truth. Republicans,the every time something happens, it seems like the democrats are ahead of them. And they are always on the reactive side. They start throwing out the conservative values but they wont publish the message of ehat they stand for, of what th conservative values are, so they can almost like a mandate, because right now we are this country is bipolar. We are so polarized it is not even funny. It is almost like watching a game, sadly. Its just, it hurts to see what is going on. And host you do not know what you are going to do this fall . Have you thought about voting for the libertarian candidate . Caller you know something . Thats a good question. Id love to. I would love to see someone in the middle that can bring the proper nature of things in order. But at this point, as history has shown, every time there is a Third Party Candidate all it does is siphon votes from one party or the other. To think my like vote counts but it is a political machine. And theres a lot of things going on with trump right now that people are ripping him apart, but do you really think you should put his platform out there just to have a torn apart because there will always be two sides of both stories . And so, he might just be waiting end to put out a proper platform. You know what you say, the rest of the cream rises to the top. Lets hope that happens with him. Because with hillary, on forcibly, she has been in their for 35 years and have things gotten better . The only thing she should be working on right now with technology. And lets hope thats used for the better of this country. Thank you. Host matt is undecided in germantown, maryland. Put the spotlight on the Libertarian Party last night at a town hall meeting with the president ial ticket of gary johnson and william weld. The libertarian magazine says this, that the two, they are not sure the two succeeded in seeming very libertarian or selling the partys position as an outlook on politics and government that someone could understand. They often seem to go out of aeir way just seem like centrist, independent mixture of what someone might see as good aspects of both by the parties. David in greensboro, north carolina, your supporting donald trump. What do think of what is happening by Republican Leaders and others you are saying that they need donald trump to change . Caller well, i personally like the tournament in front of the lady that just spoke. He hit a mess load of points. Ill say this, and then it will get to my message to trump. Citibank was allowed to change and chop up 71 pages of frank and dodd. They rewrote it. We understand to be able to make a mistake and 300 trillion would be left in the taxpayer hands. Trump, whoever is running this country, they need to set up a committee. Women, im sick of the 30 million women sold on the internet with kids. That has to do with the u. N. Out of georgia and serbia. We have several areas in this world where we have got people going in and killing the people. Ive been running my mouth about the sudan and what is going on with china supplying the guns. Than we have got boko haram. We are not taking care of women and children. Wherever roses country news december committee of native americans, black, white, spanish and women. Keep the mouth shut about what is going on with the abortions. Right now with the vaticans. I have awe, the History Channel years, notin four been correct about two president s. Loraine, supporting mr. Trump. You are on the air. Him becausepport with hillary getting into office she already she says she is going to raise taxes like you would not believe. And bill still have gotten money from undisclosed places. They wont say let her off the hook. They didnt let Martha Stewart off. I dont understands. Is still in jail, and he has done less than hillary has done. I dont understand this. They are always picking on donald trump. Host do you like the way the donald trump talks about issues . You have no problem with what he has said . Caller yes, because he says it it. He sees he sees i think things are rates by the hillary and the burning campaigns. Bernie campaigns. He says, and listen to all of what he says, he is not against anybody. He just wants the best for america. Host in College Station who is undecided. Dave, it is your turn. Everybody seems to want their president to be a soft, cuddly teddy bear. They want to, somebody like george w. Bush. In reality, we need somebody who is going to fire 750,000 federal employees and rip unions from government, slash Social Security, slash medicaid. Somebody who realizes the debt is too high, the obligations are unsustainable. Whoever does that is going to be hated by all the people that are affected by that. But that is what is going to solve the problem for our grandkids by cutting the debt and literally taking a shovel to this government. Host it sounds like you do not think either one of these candidates, Hillary Clinton or donald trump, are capable of doing that. Caller for sure, Hillary Clinton is not capable. I think barack obama has been, has set the pattern in play for what she is going to do. As far as donald trump is concerned, tough call. Already he is starting to be hated by everybody already. Hell get used to that. I hate to say that he would take a businesslike approach, but certainly if anybody took a spreadsheet to him and its unsustainable. Host how would you characterize yourself . Do you like the Tea Party Movement . You can align yourself with those sort of ideologies . Is that how you would characterize yourself, or more establishment conservative part of the party . Caller i can probably summon up by saying i did vote to legalize marijuana in colorado. Host ok, so libertarian . Theer well, but i like smaller government. I do not have a problem with the marijuana. I got some liberal tendencies. I think Everybody Needs a hand up. But its got to be some way that we can afford to do it. We are at point right now where the key phrase has been kicking the can down the road. The can is sitting in the middle of a culdesac right now. Host that is what some republicans are saying. Donald trump needs to focus on the Economic Situation and debt. He needs to talk more about that and less about the kahn family. Do you agree . Caller well, youve got 24 hours a day to fill. He has got the same problems as all the networks. He has got a lot of content to come up with. The fetus going to say the Hillary Clinton is no good over and over again, no one would listen if he was going to say Hillary Clinton is no good over and over again, no one would listen to him. His twitter account and what have you, so the people latch on to one particular comment out of a days worth of a diabt i tribe, so be it. At the very least, he keeps throwing logs on the fire. When it gets close to the election, he starts spelling things out, which i hope he a a, as long as hes got lot of stuff on the chopping block, then i think a lot of people will wise up to that. He hurting the republican brand and reputations along the way . Go tot toll, i mean, i think we are all adults and the sticks and stones mentality has really taken on a life of its own. If you cannot handle getting, having some names thrown at you, youre in the wrong racket. Host george wills column, conservative in the Washington Post, similar to what youre saying. Deep. s shallowness runs he seems to understand if you produce a steady stream of stupefying statements there would be no time to dwell on any one of them. He talks about one instance is that in recent interview before ended, donald trump expressed his displeasure with the schedule for president ial debates george will says that mike running mate, indiana governor is the most recent example of how the rubble of ruinge reputations will become deeper befor november 8. E sooner or later we all sit don to a banquet of consequences. The Republican Partys banquet has begun. John in arizona. You are supporting donald trump. It is your turn. Good morning to you. Caller yes. My name is j arizona. Ohni was on the fence until i saw hillarys america. After id seen that movie, i was convinced i was going to vote for trump. I think it calls on hillary. And i think she should be locked up. The wayu dont mind donald trump talks about issues . Think he is right on the ball. He is a businessman in the is out there for the businessman. We do not need more taxes. And i think he can shake things up enough, set things right with america. Host does it bother you that he could be telling fibs, that he could be lying . Caller he is not telling fibs. Hes telling it like it is. Host steve, you are opposing the republicans only this morning. What do you think, is an intervention needed . Caller i think an intervention eta, here ist gr the thing. I will be voting republican on the down ballot. I wont vote for donald trump hurt i think he is bad for the country and bad for the party. We all know his appeal is that he is a breath of some kind of air from washington politics. He is not an establishment politician. He does not do business in that building behind you through that back window we see there. He is likable and a china shop. He is outrageous. That is attractive to some people. But here is the thing let me say something. Im very disappointed that the only people in the green party and the Libertarian Party. I will be voting for Darrell Castle of the constitution party. I wish people would take a look at that. The fact that only two parties are allowed on the National Stage in debates is proof. And is the reason donald trump is popular, is proof the media and big money control politics in this country and control washington. It is clear as day. Nobody else will be invited to be on the stage. Here is the thinker people tell me im wasting my book. Im voting my conscious. I wont be wasting my vote. You know what your state will be right now. Here is the biggest question of all, that nobody asks. For all those big shot Establishment Republicans who are antitrump and wont support him, who are they supporting . Dont tell me they are going to support hillary. They need to make a movement to get behind a good Third Party Candidate. Remember George Wallace got 46 electoral votes in 1968. I hope somebody set you down and says, who are you voting for . Host a couple of things i want viewers knowd our who are interested in the constitution party. We spoke to the candidate on washington journal. You can go to cspan. Org and learn more. Also on monday, we are going to have a group headed by republicans looking at a Third Party Candidate, specifically the Libertarian Party. Cnn last night, gary johnson and his running mate did a town hall meeting with cnn. Mike, cary, north carolina, you are supporting donald trump. Go ahead. Caller im supporting him reluctantly. [laughs] needsot think mr. Trump an intervention. He is what he is. He was delivered to us on a silver platter because of th establishmente, the behavior of Establishment Republicans and the dislike of the mainstream candidates they served up. Here is my point this morning, ok . Yesterday a story breaks that back in january, my personal opinion is that pbs and most of the Mainstream Media needs the intervention, not dona