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Obama campaign, strategically as an economic advisor in a campaign if you were now, how much time would you say a candidate should devoted to pointing out the fraud of donald trump when it comes to promising more coal jobs, promising more steel jobs? >> i don't know. look, i'm just the policy guy. what do you ask me about message? but i think some effort on that is absolutely warranted. to just say here's what he told you four years ago he was going to give you. did he? and i think that's as the economy, if it slows down, i think that message is going to resonate with a lot of people. because ...

Much time would you say a candidate should devoted to pointing out the fraud of donald trump when it comes to promising more coal jobs, promising more steel jobs? >> i don't know. look, i'm just the policy guy. what do you ask me about message? but i think some effort on that is absolutely warranted. to just say here's what he told you four years ago he was going to give you. did he? and i think that's as the economy, if it slows down, i think that message is going to resonate with a lot of people. because they're going to say, yeah, wait a minute, he said he was going to change everything and...

To watch between the new democratically controlled house and the white house, to see if they can work out a deal in the new year to get the government running again. >> we also want to talk about him being omb director. he still has a job. boyd, if he has to prioritize one office over the other, which do you think for him is going to take priority? >> that's -- i mean, that is tough. those are both very tough jobs and the job of chief of staff is just never ending minutia. i do think it's a good thing that it's the first time the president has someone in the chief of staff role who really is a...

These hearings to confirm the new department of defense head would even get some pushback from republicans in there asking some serious questions about how this person would counter the president if they think the president is wrong on something like syria in the future. >> vivian, what do you know about the defense secretary, the new acting one and currently deputy patrick shanahan? >> so patrick shanahan was an executive with boeing prior to taking any role. he was looked at in 2017 as a possible candidate for the defense secretary job, essentially being passed over and mattis taking the job...

House speaker paul ryan is retiring from congress and today the wisconsin republican gave his farewell speech in which he offered more of the schtick he's been honing for decades. he's a think tank, policy guy, problem solver who rolled up his sleeves too fight the corruption of politics. paul ryan has built a very successful con. since before ronald regan the gop has said it's the party of low spending and budget deficits. ryan convinced a lot of people otherwise. here's the truth, ryan began his career pushing for more spinneding, not less during george w. bush's term he mocked the green eye...