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I know you go up to washington you're going to say exactly what you think. if i need you to fight for me you're going to fight for me. and i learned -- i was a very ideological guy. but howard like you, it's not about ideology. it's not about position papers. for the most part it is a gut decision based on instinct by the voter. and it is a very gut instinct. >> yeah i just think this is the day that i think the washington establishment better look seriously at donald trump. a guy that has 23% in a field of 16 that's a guy who's going to be in this race for a lot longer than i thought. >> comi...

Clearly. and maybe unlike any candidate we've seen before maybe bill clinton is in that class, too. but he doesn't want to get off the phone. he doesn't want interviews to end. he wants tone gauge the press and get his message out there. on two points, one to mark's question about immigration, he made news. to amy's question where donald trump said yes on some issues. i identify as a democrat. i have for a long time. whether or not those are controversial for him, whether or not they affect his standing among republicans, people support him remains to be seen now. >> yeah. you know it just doe...

Everyone in the public as much as the media. i'm not sure hillary clinton book is driving the conversation in the democratic base or that dick cheney is concerned about isolationist resonates. look at the politics for a second. i don't think dick cheney is hitting a resonant chord with the conservative base when he says anyone who wants to pull back from the world right now is a, quote/unquote, isolationist. when we look where we are with john kerry in egypt and involved in ukraine and figuring out the mess in iraq and what to do with afghanistan and other things. if you look at the export/imp...

They don't want the minimum wage to be raised, because they don't want to pay the workers more money. this is the way washington works. why pretend there's some independent institute that's churning out position papers. why not be clear about what you guys are up to? >> we're not pretending anything. the employment policies institute has been around for 20 years. we are a 5013c nonprofit. >> anyone can do that. >> economists from the university of chicago. here's the thing. the only reason this is a story -- >> how many economists do you have on staff? >> the only reason this is a story -- >> ...

As omar and the wire would say. you guys got a lobbying operation in washington, d.c., you got clients. they don't want the minimum wage to be raised, because they don't want to pay the workers more money. this is the way washington works. why pretend there's some independent institute that's churning out position papers. why not be clear about what you guys are up to? >> we're not pretending anything. the employment policies institute has been around for 20 years. we are a 5013c nonprofit. >> anyone can do that. >> economists from the university of chicago. here's the thing. the only reason t...