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Obama: GOP "Kidnapped" By Bush Administration

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Speaking with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, the Senator says he thinks many moderate Republicans are also "hungry for change" from the Bush years.

Suggests the GOP has been "kidnapped by an incompetent, highly ideological subset" of the party.

"I think there are a lot of Republican voters out there, self-identified, who actually think that what the Bush administration has done has been damaging to the country." Click above to watch.

Full interview airs on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show" at 9 pm ET.

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