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Richard, what is the problem. the hatch act is clear and if you take a job at the white house you learn it. as a journalist we learn things and they are clear from the first day with people around you to let you know if you aren't sure. why does the white house keep coming up against this thing? >> well, i don't know if they have an ethics office over there to help people understand what the rules are. i told everybody coming in about the hatch act. the rules are quite simple. you do not in your official capacity endorse a political candidate. so if kellyanne conway wants to endorse someone fo...

Him? >> i think what he's doing is he's not talking to the national media. that's a smart strategy for alabama but he's active on the campaign trail, doing events. >> letting himself be the story without -- >> i think he's happy to have roy moore and his proclivities be the story and doug jones tell the story about his public career. >> bob costa, you were on the campaign trail nonstop. you heard the populist banter coming from the trump campaign. how is this corporate tax cut give away -- how is this playing in trump country? >> consultants and strategists i'm talking to aren't sure. they loo...

You can be a person who supports common decency to buy that argument. >> i'm not sure. i think what you've got right now is sort of a breakdown of three camps. the die-hard moore supports. doug jones supporters who are exciting to have a competitive democrat in alabama , then you'e got establishment republicans, many of whom are trying to figure out what to do with their vote. some believe the women but aren't sure that should be the deciding factor. others don't believe the women but aren't 100% sure. i think there's a lot of doubt right now in alabama. i think that will affect things. i do t...

Office job anymore. paul ryan's republican house members know better. none of them are going to risk their careers for donald trump. it's every man and woman for themselves in the republican house of representatives now and they know it and some will be best served in their re-election campaigns sticking close to donald trump. but the others, the others who can only get re-elected by rejecting trump will reject trump. and the ones who aren't sure which way to go, watch them. republican house members who have some doubt about whether to stick with trump or strike out on their own and convince t...

Is it going to be a choice for republicans? bush or trump? >> we already made that choice. we're with trump. we already made that choice. that's a choice we made at the beginning of the year. that's a choice we made in the campaign. we merged our agendas. >> we're with trump. that used to get you into some sleazy nightclubs in new york if it was at least half true but we're with trump -- if you're with trump last night, you don't have a job. you don't have an elective office job anymore. paul ryan's republican house members know better. none of them are going to risk their careers for donald t...