Amanpour and Company

>> LOOK, WHEN I HEAR THIS TALK OF CIVIL WAR IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, I WISH THAT WAS THE CASE. I DON'T REALLY SEE MUCH OF A WAR. I THINK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, LIZ CHENEY, MITT ROMNEY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS VERY CONTENT BEING A TRUMP PARTY. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER YOU GO BACK TO THE PLATFORM AT THEIR CONVENTION IN 2020, INSTEAD OF THESE HORRIFIC PLATFORM FIGHTS WE USED TO HAVE OVER POLICY THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY POLICY EXCEPT TO SUPPORT WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTED. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY IS AND WHERE THE PARTY IS CONTENT BEING. >> OKAY. BUT AS YOU SAW WITH YOUR OWN EYES, THE WHOLE WORLD SAW, THAT LOST THEM THE WHITE HOUSE. IT LOST THEM -- KEPT THE HOUSE IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS AND IT LOST THEM THE SENATE. WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT IT? LET ME JUST, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, REITERATE SOME OF THIS 86% OF REPUBLICANS CONSIDER DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY A SUCCESS. 79% OF REPUBLICANS STILL HAVE A FAVORABLE OPINION. 75% DO NOT BELIEVE THAT BIDEN LEGITIMATELY WON THE ELECTION. 88% OPPOSE TRUMP'S REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS BEFORE HE LEFT AND WHILE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT. SO YOU'VE GOT THAT. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT WHAT I CORRECTLY LAID OUT ABOUT HOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE LOST IN THIS CYCLE. WHAT DO THEY NOT GET, STUART STEVENS? >> WELL, THAT IS A PROFOUND AND GREAT QUESTION. I THINK THAT WE SHOULDN'T ASSUME POLITICAL PARTIES ALWAYS ACT IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS. I THINK POLITICAL PARTIES, HISTORY SHOWS US, GET IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND UNTIL IT SORT OF BURNS ITSELF OUT, THAT SPIRAL WILL CONTINUE. AND ANY LOGICAL SENSE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN GEORGIA, FOR INSTANCE. LOSING TWO SENATE SEATS IN GEORGIA IS EXTRAORDINARY. THEN THE NEXT DAY THEIR OWN CAPITOL IS INVADED BY REPUBLICAN TERRORISTS REALLY. THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO SHAKE THE PARTY. I THINK IT IS GOING TO TAKE MORE. I THINK THEY'LL HAVE TO LOSE MORE. I THINK ONLY THE REALIZATION THAT THERE IS NO FUTURE GOING DOWN THIS PATH WILL NUDGE THE PARTY TO CHANGE. >> OKAY. SO THAT'S WHERE STRATEGISTS LIKE YOU COME IN. WILL THEY LOSE MORE? OR WILL THEY RIGHT THE SHIP? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THEY'VE GOT TWO YEARS, RIGHT, UNTIL THE MIDTERMS. THE DEMOCRATS HOLD ALL THE LEVERS OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POWER AND CONTROL RIGHT NOW. DO YOU SEE A WAY FOR THEM TO, FOR THE REPUBLICANS, TO LOSE MORE OR ACTUALLY TO MAKE UP GROUND? >> I THINK THAT THE LONG TERM TREND IS VERY BAD FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. LIKE ALL TREND LINES I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN.