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Are in what has moved you to run when it comes to the president. have you reached out to him at all or he to you? >> in the past, not recently. i'm all for justin amash. i think he's likely to run for president as a libertarian. >> that's what i was going to ask you. >> i think he's likely to get the nomination. you know, i ran last time there and our votes came directly out of mr. trump because they were protest votes and change votes. that's what libertarian votes are. none of them were going to come from hillary clinton in the last race. and i think his votes this next time would come direc...

A.b. stoddard, associated editor at real clear politics. mollie hemingway, senior editor at "the federalist." welcome to all of you. byron, there's a lot of money for defense, domestic money. what is it doing to the budget deficit in the long term? makes the budget figure and the deficit bigger. no doubt about that. what it shows is a lot of lawmakers don't want another government shutdown and they are tired from staggering from one continuing resolution to another. the government is going to shutdown in three weeks and then to accept it out of that again. there's no way to do it. republicans ...

The republican congressional leadership goes deeper than any sort of personality cult around donald trump. at the same time, i don't think trump will pay much of a price for endorsing moore's opponent. the fact is these are all protest votes without much of a coherent, positive agenda. and as we have seen, that clearly has its limitations, to say the least. >> well, i think what he stands for is a real abomination. i think that any day when you have someone like corker saying they would leave the senate and someone like moore being elected, you have to say where's the face of the republican pa...

>> look, if the republicans have a plan, prove it. show it to us. they have had six years to come up with a replacement to coalesce around any sort of replacement, and they have not. i have to sit back and laugh a little bit at the democrats because for years, republicans have tried to use this as a political cudgel against democrats, and now, they are getting a taste of their own medicine. it is one thing to cast dozens and dozens of protest votes for repeal that you know the president won't sign, it is another to take away healthcare from 20 million people, including people who vote, kids, s...

>> you've called this election one of the greatest protest votes of all time. donald trump tweeted after he won, the forgotten man and woman will never be forgotten again. he had a message and a movement. a wave that resonated with much of this country, much of we're sitting in nebraska. and i wonder why you think he was able to speak so effectively to men and women who feel left behind by this economy, the growth isn't as inclusive enough for them. >> they had a choice of two candidates, and i think it is indicated that the voting that much of the american public didn't like either candidate ...