>> see you on the other side. >> right. >> drink to my health. researchers say that the mayo clinic is saying that drinking more than 24 to 36 ounces of coffee a day may be has czar gus dust to your health. i drink that before like 6:30 in the morning. the reasons for the higher death risk aren't clear since coffee also has health benefits. with us now, the chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen. he's here with the morning playbook. mike, let's just look ahead here. so you've written this story "eve of destruction" fascinating read talking about how republicans are concerned, they of course -- nobody will express this on the record because they're afraid they'll get killed by people on the far right. but republican leaders are very concerned that the party may be in a worse position now than it was even after mitt romney lost last fall. why? >> yeah. joe, you said earlier that you thought it was mellow dramatic but you have these conversations as well and you know that top