i would say the same thing about deb fischer, roger wicker. this is really about do you want to play within the system or do you think the system needs to be broken down and rebuilt in a different way. that's the bannon argument. it's not moderate versus conservative. >> just one final point op this, what role do you think the president plays when the primaries start kicking up? we saw the rnc doesn't get involved with primaries but when it comes to what happened in alabama, donald trump was on the losing side of that. that did not sit well with him, we know that. >> right. >> what happens coming up? >> and that's the big question, right. he was on the wrong side of that race in alabama, in some ways has been fuming ever since then, and that was a mitch mcconnell idea to have him play in that race. >> right. >> vesshe will have to figure o does he try to play in mississippi if there is a primary challenge, does he try to play in any of these other states. baraso, if there's a serious primary challenge against deb fischer. seems like it would b

to spend as much money as possible to defend even the potentially probably safest republican seats, deb fischer in nebraska, john ba ross, so in wyoming, so he wants to expand the field in order to, you know, sort of scramble it a little bit but maybe more importantly, to have a nationalized consolidated message. it's us versus them. they're corrupt, they got the money, we don't have the money, we have the sort of grassroots, about the populist, trying to do that on a national scale as opposed to trying to pick a republican off here and there. >> so he's been meeting with really rich donors in new york city and other states, the mercer family, who is huge for for this president, got a big chunk of money from them, one of these attempts, the idea, choke off the funding from mitch mcconnell. but what's to say it will be successself in. >> it might not. it might not. this is sort of the second part of the strategy, like you said, to try to choke funding for the establishment republicans. we are told that he, bannon, met over the weekend in connecticut with a series of donors who traditiona

they have said in the civil war inside the republican party, why are you going after folks like deb fischer and heller who vote the right way? as bob corker has trashed the commander-in-chief of our armed forces while we have many women in harm's way. he has said he is leaving him on a path toward war three, he is not stable, people have to keep him moderated, it is an adult center and they took the morning shift off. by some u.s. senator in the position of authority for the first time in history of the republic, has mocked and ridiculed the commander-in-chief when we have kids in the field. have i seen barrasso condemned that? have i seen heller condemned that? you have not. these folks are coming for you. no one can run and hide from this. the day of making a few conservative votes and hiding is over. [applause] >> these folks are not rubes. they are not idiots. i am on his graduate of harvard business school and i worked at goldman sachs. if you ask me if i would rather be governed by the first 100 people who walked into this conference today or the top 100 partners at goldman sachs, i w

i was at an event with deb fischer, we probably work the most together on the republican side. she's a neighbor from nebraska. we grew up much the same way. of -- acrossone the aisle, one of the relationships i cherished the most was senator houston gillibrand of new york -- senator kiersten gillibrand of new york. we do have very different -- policy ideas on probably 95% of the issues out 5%re, if you can find that of the policies and issues you want to work on together, then we work on those issues. if we share those passions, why not? when we are outside of the senate, we don't talk politics, we talk about our family. i value that. army background and served in iraq driving supply convoys. tell us about that. were there hair-raising moments? >> there were a few. this was the beginning of the war, the early part of iraqi freedom one. wen we got into country, were permanently stationed in kuwait at cap marathon. what we did was pick up supplies from the ports and warehouses and we would push as far north as baghdad international airport and log-based sites. we would pick up th

fischer come come to a stick and condemn that #you have not. nobody can high than this one. -- hide on this one. that is over. these people are not morons, i am an honors graduate of the harvard business school and i worked at goldman sachs. if you asked me if i would rather be governed by the first hundred people that walked into this conference i would take the first hundred people every day of the week. the test the common sense, decency, intelligence group and determination would ensure that our country is safe and prosperous and so would the world. let's look at the elites and the reason we position hillary clinton as a guardian is a corrupt and incompetent leader. , theyith these geniuses said this guy is unfit to be commander and chief. hoisted upony have president trump in the first couple of months in his administration. got the bay of pigs in venezuela, the cuban missile crisis in korea, vietnam and afghanistan. that's not his doing. what all these geniuses have been doing for the last 20 or 30 years. this is the same crowd that say w

they have said in the civil war , whye the republican party are you going after folks like deb fischer and heller who vote the right way? as bob corker has trashed the commander-in-chief of our armed forces while we have many women in harm's way. him onsaid he is leaving a path toward war three, he is not stable, people have to keep him moderated, it is an adult center and they took the morning shift off. theome u.s. senator in position of authority for the first time in history of the republic, has mocked and ridiculed the commander-in-chief when we have kids in the field. have i seen barrasso condemned that? have i seen heller condemned that? you have not. you. folks are coming for no one can run and hide from this. making a few conservative votes and hiding is over. [applause] these folks are not groups -- rubes. they are not idiots. i am on his graduate of harvard business school and i worked at goldman sachs. if you ask me if i would rather be governed by the first 100 people who walked into this conference today or the top 100 partners at goldman sachs, i would take first hundred

have i seen deb fischer condemn that? have i seen heller condemned that? you have not. no one can run and hide on this one. these folks are coming for you. no one can run and hide from this. the day of making a few conservative votes and hiding is over. [applause] >> these folks are not rubes. these folks are not morons. these folks are not idiots. i am an honors graduate of harvard business school and i worked at goldman sachs. if you ask me if i would rather be governed by the first 100 people who walked into this conference today or the top 100 partners at goldman sachs, i would take first hundred people every day of the week. [applause] >> because of the common sense, decency, intelligence, great and grit, and determination would ensure that our country would be safe and prosperous, and so what would the world. let's look at the elite, and why we positioned hillary clinton as the guardian or tribune of the a corrupt and incompetent elite. geniuses set of president trump. this guy is unfit, trump is unfit to be commander-in-chief. look at the voices on president trum

fischer from nebraska, john barrasso, these are not fare thee well conservatives. these are rock-ribbed conservatives, so why are you opposing them? and simply throwing the word "establishment" out, the problem here is that you end up forcing these people, these incumbents to spend a lot of money to fend off potential primary candidates. that's money the republicans cannot use to go out and beat the democrats they need to beet out there. ashley: right. so the republicans turning on the republicans, but you could argue on the senate side there are several different republican parties. >> yeah. and by the way, it's always a lot easier to turn around and shoot into your own trenches -- ashley: true, true. >> -- than it is to go out and actually win some of these races. look, we'll see what kind of candidates he puts forward and backs. the republicans have been through this before, and it's why they didn't take over the senate in 2012 and 2010. ashley: right. >> they decided they were going to have all of these primaries. remember christine o'donnell, sharron angle, al

deb fischer nebraska, dean heller of nevada, called upon to condemn senator corker's recent comments or face primary challenges. steve bannon divided the defeat of strange, endorsed by trump and mcconnell, but was bested in a runoff election by rowing moore,a longtime -- orroy best known for being removed from the supreme court after refusing to comply with a court order to take down a monument of the 10 commandments outside of the courthouse. again, the story from the chicago tribune. good morning, where are you phoning from? hello? you are on-air. go ahead. caller: ken you hear me? host: good morning. caller: i agree with the gentleman that called a couple calls ago. you cut him off unnecessarily before he finished. that should be why black americans are kneeling against the flag to advise america of what we are going through, being shot by police officers. thank you. host: 202 is the area code. 748-8001 for republicans. (202)-748-8000 for democrats. good morning, where you phoneme from? caller: good morning. my name is anne, calling from raleigh, north carolina. host: good morning

why are you going after folks like deb fischer and all of these guys who vote the right way? has trashed the commander-in-chief of our armed forces, the we have young men and women in harm's way. he says that he is not -- that he is leading us on the path to world war iii, that he is not stable, that he has to be kept moderated. senatoring from a u.s. in a position of that authority for the first time in the history of our republic has mocked and you killed a commander -- mocked and ridiculed a commander in chief what we have men and women in the field. -- nobody can run and hide on this one. these folks are coming for you. the day of taking some nice conservative votes and hiding is over. host: that was steve bannon at the family values voter summit. one columnist writing that he is alarmed i the republican -- by the religious right adopting steve bannon. the word for it is called "ideology." you can find his column today in the washington post. next caller on the line for independents. matt, who is responsible for the lack of major legislative competence at this point -- le