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If you look at former majority leader eric kanter, the powerful congressman, this is the issue that took him out. this is the issue that took him out with a war chest of money, with name recognition that knocked him out of that district. and donald trump, if he's not anything, he understands marketing and what -- how to connect to people. what connects to people. what moves them emotionally. that is what marketing is all about. and he capitalized on this issue because it is working. >> but you can also look at the fact that republicans nominated and elected george w. bush who was moderate on i...

leading the race at this time, jeb bush. the duelling town halls are just mile ace part and already the trash talking has begun. trump tells the "wall street journal" of the town hall timing. quote, beside bush draws so poorly i figured it would be a good time to draw a crowd. no shortage of gop candidates with nearly half the field gathered in the gran it state. but as it has been most of the summer, donald trump is dominating the 2016 discussion. a new poll finds trump closing in on hillary clinton within six points of her in a hypothetical general election match up. that is a sign...

It takes -- >> sure. this isn't the minority group they were looking to reach out to, was it? and you mentioned something before we came on tonight, which is that he's taken the place of eric kanter who is jewish. and here's a guy identifying with the worst possibly anti-semitic crowd around. >> neo-nazis takes the place of the one jewish person in republican leadership. which is weird and tragic. and it's stepping all over their message. should have been a better day. john boehner beat back a challenge. and i think the story is sticking around. i think the real problem, despite what he says t...

Prep beforehand and there are a lot of advance phone calls to make sure the meeting will take place. yeah, this is going to be an issue, i think, and the leadership -- well, the rank and file members should be and are rightly concerned. the leadership doesn't seem to be. they seem to have closed the tents on this and said, we're going to roll with this as long as nothing else comes out. and that remains to be seen. i think it's going to be a very interesting problem for the leadership to have, and i think ultimately, chris, it knocks down the messaging. it takes -- >> sure. this isn't the mino...

and john lewis demands that boehner's number three man apologize for hanging out with the neo-nazi crowd. no, it was not a good day for the republican party. we have it all tonight wrapped up as one big whoopee cushion for a political party that keeps getting dragged back in by the tea party. a party that says it can govern, but has a top governor heading to the pen. i was reading your column today. i think you got it right. but let's talk about this republican party today. 25 people, this has never, ever happened -- 25 members of the republican party in the congress today voted agai...