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Donald trump didn't know, somebody who came highly recommended from condi rice, he was the establishment pick. and now trump is saying he wants to cast another members of this second season of the trump administration. and that is what he is doing with pompeo in this new role if he gets confirmed and it is likely that he will. he is somebody who promised disruption. >> also, he wasn't very well liked at the state department either. and i think they are somewhat relieved to see him go, and also, i'm sorry, if somebody who worked for me called me a moron and went out and didn't recant it, i woul...

Is that their cart is hitched to his horse, meaning they're heading into 2018 as republicans with a republican in the white house. so they have to be very careful not to be too critical of president trump by and by doing so could alienate those in the base they need to try to win in november. >> jeff flake is retiring, not running for re-election, has nothing to lose in that regard. he has made other speeches critical of the president before, so will this one move the needle in any way? >> i don't think so. as mark laid out, jeff flake has the liberty to do this kind of thing, he's not running...

There's truth to that. this predates steve bannon and we saw akin and in christine o'donnell in delaware, and four races we had terrible candidates that cost us senate seats. what we saw last night was alabama as red, as red a state could be, and this is why it should be sending shock waves to republicans and throughout the country to torture a line from frank sinatra, if we can choke it there in alabama, we can choke it everywhere. we need smart candidates that can win, and these fringe candidates have made it harder for the trump agenda to be enacted. >> these fridge candidates win the repub...

Say before they casually make a trip to iowa and head off to new hampshire. [laughter] what do you think the chances are, john? >> well, i don't know. it's really going to depend on the state of the economy, james carville is still right, it's still the, quote, economy, stupid. if the economy's growing in 2020, i don't think trump will have a major challenge. it's going to depend on what happens in the midterms in 2018, and also the state of the world. if either of those go haywire, you could see a challenge. my former boss, tom coburn, challenged the establishment pick in 2004, and i think tr...

Perez who is just been named the chairman of the dnc. perez, the former secretary was widely viewed as the establishment pick in this race. it's at a time when the washington establishment is very unpopular with voters. republican and democratic voters. just a note to the viewers ãit had been before.president nixon back in 1972 set out to dinner and jimmy carter in 1978 ãdid not go and ronald reagan after he was shot by hinckley. he was unable to attend. it has happened but it's pretty rare. with a victory and they went with conservative values.