Luke Russert: Will GOP Nominate Cruz or Paul and Have a ‘Barry Goldwater Moment’?

Luke Russert: Will GOP Nominate Cruz or Paul and Have a 'Barry Goldwater Moment?' (NewsBusters)

MSNBC journalist Luke Russert on Thursday reported live from the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and dismissed two potential presidential candidates. Russert wondered if the Republican Party might nominate a "pragmatic governor" like Chris Christie. 

He added, "Or are we going Ted Cruz? Are we going Rand Paul and the GOP is going to have their 2016 Barry Goldwater moment?"

Russert has a history of verbal gaffes. On September 24, 2008, he talked to Matt Lauer about the presidential election. Asked which way college kids were leaning, he blurted, "You have to remember, the smartest kids in the state go there, so it's leaning a little bit towards Obama."