the dot here in new york. friday, december 27th. i m willie geist. still with us, mike barnicle. the host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the action network reverend al sharpton. republican strategist and msnbc political analysts susan del percio. jiengd our conversation, national politics correspondent for the washington post ann gearrin. columnist for the new york times brett stevens. and professor of history tulane university, walter isaacson. good morning and welcome to you all. brett, i want to start with your piece, one that s got a lot of people talking this morning in the new york times entitled what will it take to beat donald trump? brett writes in part, bill clinton and barack obama both campaigned for and woman the white house on the watch word hope. what watch word it will take for a democrat to win this time? my suggestion, soap. nearly three years in donald trump s presidency, america needs a hard scrub and a deep cleanse. as with most bullies, the key
anecdotal like mike was talking about. progressives have turned the corner and said let s find a candidate in 2020 that can beat him. whatever s happening with nancy pelosi transferring the articles to the senate, i think a lot of progressives and democrats have accepted that he won t be convicted even when it gets to a trial and now have gotten to a place we re coming around the corner to a new year, let s find that candidate who will beat donald trump and that s how you remove him from office. i m sensing a lot of progr s progressives and i consider my set of same, that we ve got to come to a consensus candidate, those left of center and those that are sent troi that are centrist to win. you can t repeat the same mistakes. when we look at that think there that the argument around the impeachment has been messaged wrong. it s not about trump, it s about
white house. so, re-thv, that reads like list of ref i havvie. what do we have. i have an all-star panel this year. i have joy reed, of am joy. i have chris hayes of all in with chris hayes. the big guns. i have ama rosa who was an aide to donald trump and i have superstar susan del percio. you are there on the revvie. we re going to get dressed up and do everything other than have mike barnicle call the shots. that s something to aspire to. heidi, i want to ask you before we let you go for the weekend about lisa murkowski in the senate. one of the few republicans who we ve heard speak up. she said a couple of days ago she s, quote, disturbed by minumitch mcconnell coming forward saying
there you see potentially a block. if there s not four or five, there probably will be none. heidi, did you very much. we ll talk to you soon. coming up next on morning joe, brett stevens is here with his new column on what it will take to beat donald trump parity message f, a message for democrats next on morning joe. message for democrats next on morning joe. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. 1 in 5 people you meet wear yeah. that many! but right now, is not the time to talk about it. so when you re ready, search my denture care . poligrip and polident. fixed. fresh. and just between us. where we can find common ground. big enough to dance on. for a better us, donate to your local y today.
this shutdown? i m very proud of doing what i m doing. i don t call tay shutdown. after 35 days of fighting for funding over the border wall, a presidential retreat that reopened the federal government and a state of the union delayed but delivered. it s called the state of the union, it s in the constitution. a week later. i just want to get it done faster, that s all. a declaration of national emergency at the border, infuriating democrats and instantly setting off a court fight that continues even today. overseas, a spring summit suddenly scrapped early with president trump leaving vietnam and his meeting with north korea s kim jong-un without a deal on denuclearization. that relationship repaired enough by the summer for a surprise visit to the dmz with donald trump stepping where no president has before. it s a great honor to be here. back home the investigation that loomed over the white house for two years coming to a close, robert mueller concluding russia did i