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Fmr. Reagan Adviser Bruce Bartlett: Donald Trump Would ‘Lose in a Landslide’
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RealClearPolitics
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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
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Lawrence O’Donnell
, Bruce Bartlett
Name: Lawrence O’Donnell
Employment: MSNBC
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Name: Bruce Bartlett
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O DONNELL Bill Clinton ░░░░░░░░ a gas tax increase ░░░░░░░░ was actually smaller than ░░░░░░░░ reagan s gas tax ░░░░░░░░ and has now been ░░░░░░░░ years since the gas ░░░░░░░░ has been increased which ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░ Thomas Friedman today to ░░░░░░░░ this question which he ░░░░░░░░ someone will ask tomorrow ░░░░░░░░ the Republican presidential debate ░░░░░░░░ part of a 1982 ░░░░░░░░ bill President Ronald Reagan ░░░░░░░░ to boost the then ░░░░░░░░ cent a gallon gasoline ░░░░░░░░ to 9 cents Do ░░░░░░░░ believe Reagan was right ░░░░░░░░ and would you agree ░░░░░░░░ raise the gasoline tax ░░░░░░░░ 5 cents a gallon ░░░░░░░░ so we can pay ░░░░░░░░ our highway bill which ░░░░░░░░ now stalled in Congress ░░░░░░░░ funding Former Reagan administration ░░░░░░░░ Bruce Bartlett said in ░░░░░░░░ essay in Politico that ░░░░░░░░ best thing that can ░░░░░░░░ to the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ for Donald Trump to ░░░░░░░░ the Republican presidential nomination ░░░░░░░░ then lose the election ░░░░░░░░ a landslide Bruce Bartlett ░░░░░░░░ The Trump phenomenon perfectly ░░░░░░░░ the culmination of populism ░░░░░░░░ anti intellectualism that became ░░░░░░░░ in the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ the rise of the ░░░░░░░░ Party A Trump rout ░░░░░░░░ Republican moderates best chance ░░░░░░░░ take back the GOP ░░░░░░░░ us now Bruce Bartlett ░░░░░░░░ domestic policy adviser to ░░░░░░░░ Reagan former deputy assistant ░░░░░░░░ for economic policy under ░░░░░░░░ W Bush Bruce Bartlett ░░░░░░░░ have the floor make ░░░░░░░░ case to moderate Republicans ░░░░░░░░ they should all vote ░░░░░░░░ the least moderate candidate ░░░░░░░░ in the field BARTLETT ░░░░░░░░ basically I m thinking ░░░░░░░░ 1964 A year in ░░░░░░░░ the moderates were defeated ░░░░░░░░ tea the Tea Party ░░░░░░░░ the day the John ░░░░░░░░ Society and people of ░░░░░░░░ sort took control of ░░░░░░░░ Republican convention and nominated ░░░░░░░░ hard core libertarian Barry ░░░░░░░░ who is at that ░░░░░░░░ was probably best known ░░░░░░░░ having voted against the ░░░░░░░░ Rights Act of 1964 ░░░░░░░░ the result of that ░░░░░░░░ that he lost in ░░░░░░░░ landslide one of the ░░░░░░░░ landslides in history And ░░░░░░░░ result of that was ░░░░░░░░ the moderates were then ░░░░░░░░ to pick up the ░░░░░░░░ of the smashed Republican ░░░░░░░░ and say to the ░░░░░░░░ the Tea Party the ░░░░░░░░ old ladies in tennis ░░░░░░░░ we gave you your ░░░░░░░░ the perfect candidate the ░░░░░░░░ you wanted and we ░░░░░░░░ you your chance and ░░░░░░░░ supported him and he ░░░░░░░░ lost Therefore your ideas ░░░░░░░░ not win As much ░░░░░░░░ we might even support ░░░░░░░░ ideas it s stupid ░░░░░░░░ support ideas that cannot ░░░░░░░░ The result of that ░░░░░░░░ that Richard Nixon by ░░░░░░░░ standards of that time ░░░░░░░░ a moderate certainly governed ░░░░░░░░ as a liberal was ░░░░░░░░ to pick up the ░░░░░░░░ and win in 1968 ░░░░░░░░ again in 1972 when ░░░░░░░░ Ford governed in the ░░░░░░░░ moderate philosophy So I ░░░░░░░░ that as the possible ░░░░░░░░ of this election if ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump were to ░░░░░░░░ the nomination I don ░░░░░░░░ think there s any ░░░░░░░░ he would win I ░░░░░░░░ he d lose in ░░░░░░░░ landslide.”
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