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Republicans running for national office need to come up with an explanation for the way, for how a lot of base republicans see barack obama and they do see him as someone frightening, challenging, someone who threatens the whole way of life. so a lot of this is trying to come up with some argument that makes that rational. >> if this was marco rubio's kind of audition, how is he doing? >> well, you know what? >> he's just been describe as completely ludicrous. >> one thing that has always been true. he is able to adapt for the republican party at the time. >> do you mean lie? >> i mean, he is ...

Talking about millionaires an billionaires and is really talking about people who make $250,000 and above. >> chris: there were a lot of people who said in 2010, when democrats and particularly the house went for the big 787, $800 billion stimulus plan, they ended up overreading the mandate from voters in 2008 and some people say, when you see the polls, which indicate by a margin of 2-1, people don't want major changes or overhaul of medicare are republicans in danger of doing the same thing? >> there is risk and it goes back to dana's point and nina's point, there is an incredible amount of ...

Government needs to do more number was over 50% was right at the same time a lot of people were getting pessimistic about the economy. that's what we're seeing in this poll as well. when the economy gets trouble-to-some to folks, even more so than it has been, they want government intervention. >> the question is what do people want the government to do? you asked what the top priorities should be. what was the answer? >> not surprisingly it's jobs and the economy. you see there we have first and second choice as well. when you combine the first and second, a majority say jobs and the economy....

Eight feet long and walk around like you own the world. is that what you're supposed to act like? what do they mean by that role modelling? >> what they mean is the thing that got him elected ultimately that had such a cross section of americans that we thought certainly communities of americans we thought would never support the president from african-americans to hispanics to women. and what that was was his fight, his moxy, his willingness to go and shake the system by its throat. that still resonates for a lot of voters out there across the country. and to paul ryan and to mitch mcconnell ...

The conservative movement is concerned about him, because he's not a real conservative, and they see he's appealing to conservative base republicans in a way that he's not even talking about issues, just a cult of personality. so for the conservative movement, especially donald trump is a real threat and that's why they'll go after him. >> and romney strategist told the new york magazine for donald trump to win, everything we know about politics has to be wrong and i don't think it is. the timing of when it falls apart is always more difficult to know than inevitably that it will. do you think...