Brain Trust - Matt Barber

Matt Barber is Director of Cultural Affairs with Liberty Counsel and also serves as Associate Dean with Liberty University School of Law. He joined the Brain Trust segment of the show to talk about the Republican debate and Occupy Wall Street. Here are the "CliffsNotes" of his segment.

Tell us about last night's debate.

It's interesting; all the talk today is about Gingrich and his immigration policy. But it seems like the dust from that is dying down and it's down to the final three candidates.

It looks like it's boiling down to Romney, Gingrich, and Cain here in the final stretch. It'll be interesting to see where this thing ends up.

I just don't think the American people are going to be fooled by Mitt Romney, with his finger in the wind.

Will Gingrich take a hit for his immigration stance?

I myself have kind of evolved on this immigration issue. There is a reality of the existing problem; the toothpaste is out of the tube.

Do we just load everyone up on buses and ship them back? Or is there a way that is logistically possible and compassionate?

This is a tough issue, but it probably does hurt him with the conservative movement, especially with all the other candidates jumping on him. The reality is that he is going to take a hit for this.

Does the Occupy movement actually benefit conservatives?

I completely agree with that. I've said that the Occupy Wall Street movement, for conservatives, is the gift that keeps on giving. 

They can't even vocalize a position on any of the issues; it's just anarchy. Let them continue to be anarchists! 

President Obama said that the Occupy Wall Street movement was the reason he was elected. He's exactly right. 

We need to start calling the OWS camps ObamaCamps, because that's what they are.