The McLaughlin Group - March 5th - CBS-NY, PBS Nationwide

FULL EPISODE

My time linked comments:

GOP is teetering on the edge of civil war - Cruz vs. Trump vs. Identity

Challenging Pat's point that Trump wants to avoid new conflicts (see my National Review)

Mentioning Robert Byrd - as an example of Democratic Party racism

How Republicans should increase their attractiveness to minority voters

Understanding the rise of Trump - but recognizing his instability

Hillary Clinton's fundraising will be helped by Trump's rise

Rubio needs endorsement of both Bush and Scott to win Florida

Pakistan will remain hotbed of chaos and terrorism until relations with India re-aligned

Pakistani extremism is a reflection of usurpation of Islam into political extremism

President Obama doesn't like facing up to troop-mission deployment needs

Rating probability of Pakistani nukes falling into ISIS hands. Noting US contingency response for that possibility

India will not allow Pakistani terrorists to seize nukes. India will launch preemptive strike

Teasing Siraj and Dr. McLaughlin - fun moment

Improving economy is good. But... major reforms are still needed to build a better economy

PREDICTION: Rick Scott and Jeb Bush will endorse Rubio