There was tremendous animus to President [Barack] Obama. Many of people said he was un-American, not a Christian and worse.
Mara LiassonThe lesson is that voters in both parties are in a very anti-establishment, populist mood. Hillary Clinton is the establishment candidate.
Mara LiassonMichael Rubio said Trump's plan was impulsive and not well thought out. The other thing that's really annoying Republicans is that this was supposed to be their great week. The president gave a speech on terrorism that was not well received. They were working hard to tie Hillary Clinton to the president. Then along comes Donald Trump, and the story changes dramatically.
Mara LiassonFor a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away.
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