push for gun control. the campaign was expected to fail, but it failed faster and quicker and more abruptly than the white house expected. they managed to take a step forward on immigration. that was a big deal in the spring. the president couldn't convince the house and the reform has taken two steps backward and they opened things up in the spring of 2014. when summer arrived, so did the subpoenas as they testified in a variety of hearings from the irs fiasco to the benghazi investigation. then there was what was the biggest story of the year politically in a negative light for the president. the nsa leaks. they stole the spotlight and tied up well into the fall creating problems domestically and internationally. the rough year culminated with the biggest headache of all. let's bring in the monday gaggle joined by the grio. "the washington post" chief correspondent and dan, you wrote