Second time, you have to get the illegals off your lawn if youre headling for the white house. Can he run for president a third time . This fella showing his deep commitment to the fight against poverty. Thats right, a guy who as elevator foss his car, who throwing illegals off hits lawn but ties rover onto the room. Hes still for the iraq war, still for marriage between one man and one woman, has to keep the numbers straight for selfdeportation, and now hes betting he can sell himself on the personal well doing the Elizabeth Warren third try the trick . How does affect the rest of the feel . Could they carve up the establishment vote leaving a clear lane for a rand paul other even scott walker to win the nomination on the right . Joining mess is former rnc chair Michael Steele and former dnc chair ed rendell, both of msnbc political analysts. I want to start with governor rendell. How can mitt romney do this complete change from who le is for a guy who was a intel, who know is a Bobby Kennedy kind of guy, i dont get it. It seems like a fast switch for me. Its a difficult switch but i think jeb bush sort of set the tone. If you read what hes been talking about, hes taking a page out of the play book of george w. Bush and actually chris, Rick Santorum starteded this, when he said republicans have to care more about people who are disadvantaged and people who are who are poor. I think theyre getting it. I would be cynical enough to suggest, and i think michael might disagree with me is theyre not really care about people who are poor but they realize thats how to get moderate and independent voters can it work . Im not sure. Its a tough sell. I think jeb bush probably has a better chance to make that work than governor romney does but youve got bush Romney Christie carving up the establishment vote but youve got a number of conservatives on the other side as well. It looks to me michael, like hes put a patch on his tire. He blew the tire in the last election by looking too elitist, so he said ill fix that im for little people. Do you believe it . No i dont believe from a cynical standpoint. Look i believe that what mitt romney has decided to do in taking on this third opportunity, is to be himself, is to try to do this less the way the consultants and the people who get out and promote president ial candidates want him to do it and really wants to come out of the box a little 2ki69ly. I think the governor is right to the extend that jeb bush rand paul for example, both of them have started this conversation about poverty, but criminal justice, and theyre both right. For those of us republicans who have been talking about poverty and trying to push this issue, going back to the jack kemp days its refreshing to see it come to the foreearly on in the campaign. I think its just interesting to watch. Im skeptical. What is happening in mitt romneys life to change him from a hardnosed conservative on market issues let the market prevail. We have a 47 of the country hanging on living off welfare or food stamp, and all of a sudden into you hes going to make another try of it going through this philosophical shift. Thats what im very skeptical about, michael. Very skeptical. What has changed in his life. Has he had an epiphany . Maybe. Has he gone through some Human Experience . I dont know if its a Human Experience with poor folks, but look romney comes out of a tradition of service. Hes a mormon as a man of faith, he spent a lot of time. Hes been out in the world. Hes worked in some tough places as part of his Mission Growing up. He brings that experience i think to the conversation something he hadnt done twice before. I think this is him trying to be authentically him. Well see how it works. Some of romneys selfdestructive gaffs came when he betrayed how much out of touch he is with hess health. Lets review how he talked the last time he ran. We went to the company and said im running for office for peets sake i cant have illegals. Tell you what, 10,000 . 10,000 bet . There are 47 of the people who i know a lot of people employ people who may not have documentation, and nobody considering it really criminal by anybodys standards, but a guy is openly saying only if you run for president should you stop doing it. Thats what im suggesting hes up to here a flip a crossdress. I go all of a sudden from a guy who would normally hire people illegally, but since im running for president , i cant do it anymore, but ive got to be for poor people. It sounds very convenient politically, this change of heart. And i think hesss going to bump up against jeb bush and christie. Hes still against common core though he was for it when he was for massachusetts. Hes against common core because jeb bush theyre trying to pin common core on jeb bush one of best things that jeb bush ever did. That is a fascinating distinction. He takes conservative positions, but he says believes in immigration reform. He respects people in samesex marriages. It seems like he hayes beliefs, where romney is so versatile here governor. Let me get back to mike on this so versatile that he can put on anything he has to put on whatever apparel is necessary to the occasion hes ready to switch. I think, chris, that is going to be the rub here. Youve got two president ial candidates campaigns that predate this. Youve got this now movement if you will, in a new direction, so hes going to be buffeted by two competing interests. One is having to go back and explain. Youve run the catalog. And then hes going to have to look to his right. He said hes going to run to the right of jeb bush and presumably rand paul thats going to be interesting in and of itself. So this is a campaign while it is in its infancy, looks interesting, will be procedure problematic longer term if they dont come out of the gate the right way, explaining this new tone, this new approach. Romney or jeb bush which one is the conviction politics, which one is the opportunist . Im not stepping on that one i think they are both oh, come on. Governor, which one strikes you as a conviction politician 57d which is it depends on the dance called tonight . Jeb bush whether you agree with him or not, sticks to his positions, he says what he believes and he believes things that arent put into easy boxes. Common core is an idea that was visionary, and may be a little progressive, but it was an idea that was important. I mean is there anybody who thinks that kids should graduate from high School Without having a decent education . Thats all common core is meant to achieve, make sure that that didnt happen so jeb, has principles, hes strongly principled. He was easy to work with when we were both governors, so was mitt romney in that regard but jeb bush is clearly a principled candidate. We have the news that mitt romney will attend the rnc meeting this week in san diego. Hell make his first Public Comments since the news first surfaced this friday that he is considering running for president for third time. Hes scheduled to deliver marks on friday evening, which means it will be one of the last events of the evening. Let me go to michael on this because its your party. It to me like they two establishment figures, romney and of course jeb bush round out the establishment. Is there anybody else who fits into that category who can actually beat both of them and win the nomination . Or will it be those two guys against the right wing . Thats a very good question. I know theres conversation about a Chris Christie potentially potentially. I think that will be more of a reality if and when he puts together those pieces to run, but right now, chris, i think in terms of the establishment when we say establishment at this point, were not talking politically, but money interests. Those two men definitely cover those two areas for the establishment. The rest of the field is going to be playing catchup. But the fact of the matter is those two, romney and bush really cover all the bases there. If christie gets in cha thanks the dynamic a little bit. The question is by how much . That remains to be seen. The other piece is governors. When you get a mike pence or john kasich or someone like that, a scott walker for example, that then becomes another equation that has to be factored in for the establishment on the money side. Okay. I think youre right. I think its going to be governor jeb bush if he wins the nomination pairing up probably with one of the mid western governors. 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In that address, christie made sure to take a shot at the president. This is americas leadership at the world. Its called into question, and inconsistency. And during this time of uncertainty it seems our leaders in washington would rather stoke the vision for their own political gain. When we stand here in one year and by the way, ill be standing here in one year. [ applause ] for some reason i see less applause on this side of the room. I dont understand. Ill give it one more try. Ill be here in one year. Meanwhile, its being reported that federal prosecutors are running a batch of criminal charges for up to eight of the governors staffers. Those charges would also come at the end of this month. That is reported from brian thompson. Brianwise is here who once represented tom delay and tom butler a professor at georgetown university. Gentlemen, what do you make of this christie . Sort of like hes one of those characters that keeps walking and doesnt look down, hes not looking down yet, brian . You knee hes a nightclub act. For somebody who faces the potential, some of besties. And the not too das futures. In the next couple weeks at 6 15, 6 30 p. M. Last month, this is last month, investigating the lane closings last year are considering charges fraud statute under which they could argue that they use the bridge for a pert other than its intended one. Let me ask you about that. It will be somewhat enterprising here. I think they ask themselves for fundamental questions. Is this the imagine who we can have confidence and that hes in the upandup. He has a reputation as being a bully bully, as being petty and he says, i knew nothing about it. Is that credible . I dont think so. Then theyve got obstruction of justice, conspiracy abuse of federal funds. At the end of the day, i dont think its going to be a problem to find a federal crime to pin on him. You know when governor thats a lot of time for something he probably thought was fine. If the krnt current standard is you cant bully people around or you can be punished for it. Heres a guy, it looks like what he did was set up an operation in his office that went around to all the democratic mayors of the stays. If youre not with me the bridge closes things like that happen to you. You dont back me on a waterfront development, and all of a sudden you dont get any federal money. Could that be seen as in itself, brian . Im remind of that great scene with gordon gekko, if you do good you get lots and lots of perks. I think this is the case. Now everything guys is the proverbial federal case in the official misconduct i think of a sheriffs deputy who uses the sheriffs departments wifi to surf porn. I dont think that ought to enter into the big picture. What happens if a prosecutor brings the case the indictments, and gets a jury for convict . Thats not hard to do today. You put them in a defense stand. He wants to use the considerable resources of is the resources of the fib to go after the big fish. Its always something. If its not bridgegate. Private information about state employees. If its not that its how is he traveling . So, again, anyone of these by themselves may seem like the crime of the century, but stuff adds up. Do we have confidence in this man or is he abusing public trust . I want to bring up something i havent talked about, the public behavior of this governor, and how that might square in a jury box. Juries are wary. Hes been dogged by overly aggressive nature on the political trail. Lets watch him over the years. You conduct yourself like that in a courtroom, your rear end will get thrown in jail idiot. Damn man, im governor. Could you just shut up for a second . You know. Are you stupid in on topic, on topic. If she wants to get on a plane to come here to new jersey and ask to competent me ill have a conversation with her. Until that time she should shut up. And you know what . You know what . Let mess tell you this. Sit down and shut up. Brianwise, how will that sell before a jury . It wont. Let me tell you. All i can tell you is juries dont like bullies, if god forgive Chris Christie ever sees the inside of a courtroom, if any of hess subordnance, hes going to have to do something to tone down that posturing. Im listening to that audio, and im chuckling. This is a guy who at some level, chris has become a cartoon caricature of himself. Thank you, brian and paul. Up next dramatic new video of the terrorists shortly after the terrorist terror attack as Charlie Hebdo publishing its magazine. Depend on a unique set of nutrients. Thats why theres ocuvite to help protect your eye health. As you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. Ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. Ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts at bausch lomb. 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