the chairman of the new group will be a man named jim messina. he is not exactly a political lightweight. his last job was in fact running president obama s 2012 reelection campaign. to have jim messina in charge of this thing means this is not a place where emeritus your friends to keep them on the payroll. this is something that is going to be an active operation with some of the biggest guns in politics at the helm of it. democrats are turning their brightest lights from the two successful campaigns of this president into a political operation that will operate throughout president obama s second term. nobody has any idea what that is going to be like or how that is going to work, because nobody has ever done this before in american politics. joining us now to talk about the inauguration and this development in our politics is dan rather, the anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. happy inauguration day. thank you for joining us. happy inauguration day to you,
so they ll be poking around. and if they can find anything on which to attack they probably will. dan rather, anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. it s good to have you here. thank you. the bigger the news the more excited i am that talk to you about it. thank you, rachel. what remains of the cold war is mainly archives, dramatic and world-altering history, john lecarre novels and the memory that we used to hate and fear and know very little about the soviet union. but there are remnants of the cold war that are fully alive and that matter a ton in the most dangerous place on the planet right now. that story s coming up. yo, give it up, dude!
it has been a day of high-stakes politics in washington today and not a little bit of intrigue. joining us now is dan rather. he s the anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. mr. rather, thank you for being here. i m always honored to be here. susan rice withdrawing her name from consideration for secretary of state. this is not the most unforeseen thing in the world but it still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. what do you think is the most important thing that just happened or that we should watch for happening? the most important thing that just happened is that president obama has once again been backed down and away. let s make no mistake. this is chalk one up for the republicans. they can hopefully in private smile, even smirk, wink at one another. they have the professional scalp of susan rice now hanging on their door. they backed president obama down and away. president obama for whatever reasons, and i thought andrea mitchell, a lot of the pot
withdrawing her name for consideration for secretary of state. it has been a day of high-stakes politics in washington today and not a little bit of intrigue. joining us now is dan rather. he s the anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. mr. rather, thank you for being here. i m always honored to be here. susan rice withdrawing her name from consideration for secretary of state. this is not the most unforeseen thing in the world but it still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. what do you think is the most important thing that just happened or that we should watch for happening? the most important thing that just happened is that president obama has once again been backed down and away. let s make no mistake. this is chalk one up for the republicans. they can hopefully in private smile, even smirk, wink at one another. they have the professional scalp of susan rice now hanging on their door. they backed president obama down and away.
and if they can find anything on which to attack they probably will. dan rather, anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. it s good to have you here. thank you. the bigger the news the more excited i am that talk to you about it. thank you, rachel. what remains of the cold war is mainly archives, dramatic and world-altering history, john le carre novels and the memory that we used to hate and fear and know very little about the soviet union. but there are remnants of the cold war that are fully alive and that matter a ton in the most dangerous place on the planet right now. that story s coming up.