but that s a reality, chuck, that s going to permeate throughout the remainder of this campaign for these guys. can i tell you, our friend james hoeman who writes the daily 202 had this, you know, noted, had this lead in, had this anecdote from matt bennett, a former adviser to vice president gore, talking about this rule of law. he said this, one of the scariest things about donald trump s assault on previously trusted institutions is the risk it pose the to peaceful transfer of power. can anyone imagine trump doing what al gore did in 2000. it s impossible to even summon the image of trump selflessly declaring the recount effort over, congratulate lacing his victorious oh, by the way, not criticizing the supreme court for making a political decision. yeah, well, look, you had the exact scenario, that was a topic in 2016, what would trump do if he lost the election, came to having to make a concession speech. why won t x stick when it comes to trump, when it comes to
is james hoeman from the washington post did a nice job on this. it really is straight from the roy cohn handbook, always be on the attack, always be the guesser. otherwise you re weak. why do you think it s so hard for him to say sorry? how about this, because it works. say what you will will the man, he s the president of the united states. how do you think he got where he is, right? notice when he s citing these sources, every time he cites these sources from conservative media outlets, he s reading from the oracles on which his base relies. only when there are no longer any sources from which he can read because the conservative media has shut him out, only then will it become interesting as to what s he going to say now. sean spicer was able to get up there yesterday and read a laundry list of outlets that
james, thanks for your time. good to see you, tamron. absolutely. so you have a list, ten i believe, for each candidate. we broke it down to two that you believe should be posed to the candidates. let start off with the president. first thing up, you say that you would ask about the stimulus, that it was not big enough. specifically, what do you say to the millions of americans who might have jobs today if you had made the 2009 stimulus package bigger? as many leading liberal economists argue it should have been? you came to office promise bold action and in the eyes of many of your supporters blinked with devastating effects on the economy. why do you believe that is an important question for the president? tamron, stimulus has become a dirty word and the president has been very defensive about it. they don t like to use the word stimulus. they use the word recovery act.
because the truth is if he is the barack obama the country has come to know and trust, he is going to do a great job. i tell him that, you know what, sweetie, you had five boys, you learned to argue really well and make your points years ago. just go with that. so of course that was first lady michelle obama and ann romney offering or telling us the advice they offered up to their husbands before tonight s big debate. so, here is quick look at the format, just to catch you up to speed early. president obama won the coin toss and will be introduced first there are no opening statements, the first will answer the first question. the 90-minute debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments on domestic policy, three on the economy and one each on health care, the role of government and governing. closing statements, governor romney won a coin toss and chose to go last, wrapping up the debate. each candidate will have two minutes. as for questions for each candidate, politico s jame
didn t change the way that he promised. . let me put the romney list. people can look at it on politico. many people tonight deduct mortgage interest from their income taxes, slashing their tax bim buys thousands of dollars every year. can you guarantee to those viewers you won t eliminate the cherished tax break from the middle class? and at the same time, name one tax loophole you have in your plan to eliminate to help balance the budget? he has been charged is question several time now john james, you know that of course. romney s problem is he hasn t given us specific, but he hasn t been. he could do change toys the tax code that hurt them. the obama administration running around saying he wants to raise taxes on the middle class. this is his opportunity with 60 million-plus watching to say he wouldn t get rid of the mortgage