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Platform. and so to sort of link around, you know, to put as an albatross around the necks of republican candidates the fact they're backed by billionaires, maybe that could have some success. but, again, we haven't seen either of those really working thus far at the ballot box. >> all right. well, you know what, i think harry reid figuring out you have to run against somebody, doing a version of what republicans did with nancy pelosi in the 2010 cycle. ken vogel from politico. thank you. >> my pleasure. joining me now, charlie pierce, writer at large for "esquire" magazine and political blo...

You said speaking to the base, obviously this was on op-ped that doesn't seem to be aimed at persuading to people who don't believe the koch brothers to be awesome. it definitely was speaking directly to the base. how does that counter what harry reid is trying to do which is trying to speak to the larger public about who the koch brothers are in his estimation? >> well, i think that, you know, there's a fine line between, you know, rousing the rebel and educating the base. i think harry is doing a little bit of both. the difference between the two, of course, is harry is starting from a deep ...

Before this crisis and part of the sochi coverage is the fact for a certain generational cohort, there is this impulse toward cold war frames. you're seeing everyone, it's like the dam has burst. people have been holding back for 20 years for being able to run through their red dawn scripts. this comes out and you start seeing it everywhere. >> for people, i think i'm probably at the low end of the age thing as far as that particular generation, but it's probably the only group of that generation i am at the low edge of. but i think that, you know, it's very easy to understand the world that w...

Played suggest an understanding of foreign policy and geopolitics in which strength is a supreme virtue and weakness is the supreme vice and the winner is the one who exhibits the most strength. that framework is one vladimir putin seems to have, and it's a framework that too many prominent people on the right seem to share. joining me now, charlie pierce, writer at large for "esquire" magazine and political blogger for esquire.com. everything i've been hearing for the last 48 hours from the right has resolved around feckless, feckless, weak, indecisive, feckless, weak and indecisive. >> yeah,...

Those three examples i just played suggest an unctioning of foreign policy and geopolitics in which strength is a supreme virtue and weakness is the supreme vice and the winner is the one who exhibits the most strength. that framework is one vladimir putin seems to have, and it's a framework that too many prominent people on the right seem to share. joining me now, charlie pierce, writer at large for "esquire" magazine and political blogger for esquire.com. everything i've been hearing for the last 48 hours from the right has resolved around feckless, feckless, weak, indecisive, feckless, weak...