It's never a good time, when you're the president of the United States and your own party is finding lots of different ways to distance themselves from you.
Amy WalterEven on Ben Carson, he's not exactly steeped in housing policy, but his statements on the issue have also been very conservative.
Amy WalterUsually, you do a shakeup because you know that you have a problem or you gaps and you're going to fill those gaps.
Amy WalterThe only problem with the "children of Reagan" line is it reminds you that Marco Rubio is the young candidate.
Amy WalterDonald Trump is an unconventional president doing unconventional things. And the Trump phone call with the president of Taiwan is not something that the traditional establishment would see as a good idea to do, especially when there's not necessarily a policy behind it.
Amy WalterI think you still have a problem here when you're going and you're looking not just that Trump is winning, but he's winning in a broad swath of voters. It's not just that he's got this one lane, oh, he only wins when there's low turnout, he only wins when conservatives, he only wins in these kinds of states. He wins enough across a broad array.
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