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Joy Behar told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that former President Donald Trump has to participate in the Republican primary debates because he was a “proven loser.” Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, “He frames it, he says, well, I have the lead, so I shouldn’t have to, and they’re hostile to me, so why should I do it? Because it’s for the country. When you run for the president, you work for the country. When you debate you work to ear voters’ votes. He’s not going to do that. He thinks he should be coronated, which is funny,...

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that former President Donald Trump has to participate in the Republican primary debates because he was a “proven loser.”Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, “He frames it, he says, well, I have the lead, so I shouldn’t have to, and they’re hostile to me, so why should I do it? Because it’s for the country. When you run for the president, you work for the country. When you debate you work to ear voters’ votes. He’s not going to do that. He thinks he should be coronated, which is funny, because...

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that former President Donald Trump was a “proven loser” whose influence on the Republican Party is “fading fast.”Anchor Jake Tapper asked, “What if you were advising Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans right now? What would you tell them to do about the U.S. economy?”Ryan said, “We can make good on our social contract, which I would argue, center-left and center-right, we agree on. We believe in Medicare and Social Security and Medicaid, so let’s make these things solvent. Let’s make them work better. Let’s make them...

With the latest Gallup Poll showing that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is leading the pack of potential GOP Presidential nominees, serious questions need to be asked of the candidate. Although Sarah Palin comes in 2nd in the polls and is actually in a statistical tie with Romney, Palin is the one who has been scrutinized to the point of navel-gazing. Romney, on the other hand, has so far received a pass from the media. If Republican voters are going to turn to a moderate governor of a very liberal state to be its standard bearer even after the policies...

In the wake of a political setback for national health care legislation, Senator John McCain, the losing candidate in the last presidential election, advised his victorious 2008 adversary on Sunday that the way to get meaningful changes passed is to “start from the beginning” by meeting with Republicans. Mr. McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said on the CBS news program “Face the Nation” that President Obama should sit down with Republican leaders and begin adopting some of their ideas for improving the nation’s health care system such as overhauling medical malpractice lawsuits, allowing residents of one state to buy health...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that it was time to start over on the health care debate - and that Republicans would be willing to try to meet common ground with Democrats on several key issues. Appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation," McCain said Republicans should "say we'd be willing to start over from the beginning," saying the party would like to address malpractice reform, and transportability of coverage across state lines. "There are many things we can do," McCain suggested.