legislature tries to overturn those vetoes, savannah. we ll see. coming up next, the man in charge of getting democrats back in charge of the house, steve israel joins us. democrats are launching their own counter strategy, one they hope will hit home with seniors. plus, one of the biggest challenges for president obama in 2012. we ve got a re-election report card coming up. but first, today s trivia question from the almanac of american politics. in describing his time in college during the 60s, what senator once remarked, i never even heard of marijuana? the answer and more, coming up on the daily rundown. na, na.
friday. they have a buffer built in so they can keep going up to christmas time. the prospect of going into deep into the holidays is a levered of force action to go quickly. what looks like a stalemate gets resolved quickly once all the elements of a deal come into place. we want to remind everybody, we are keeping an eye on what s taking place there within the senate. john harwood, thank you, sir. there s a quiet movement among moderate evangelical ministers in the country to challenge their colleagues on the religious right. last week a group of administrators meant to offer a counter strategy to an evangelical america. the outcome could be a factor in how this sees the mix of politics with religion. he s also a spiritual adviser to
rundown with chuck todd. have a great day. happy valentine s day! the posturing around chuck hagel s nomination for a defense secretary, well, it s getting murkier by the minute. are republicans gearing up to deny an up or down vote for the pentagon kick before the weekend? president obama s road show policy push hits atlanta today and we ll take a deep dive into the options and odds of the president having to fall back on executive actions, because his policies won t go anywhere in congress. and the republican ruckus over karl rove s conservative counter-strategy is reaching a bit of a fever pitch. but is the core of this fight really about the messengers or the message itself? good morning from washington and happy valentine s day. it s thursday, february 14th, 2013. this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. let s get right to my first reads of the morning. it may be valentine s day, but not a lot of love for chuck hagel. next week a nato meeting of
to trust, which is already in very short supply. in the longer term, who knows. so the goal has to be, and i think this is where the u.s. is focused, on trying to get abbas, who happens to be in new york, and netanyahu, who happens to be in new york, if they can navigate the traffic and the gridlock, to see if they can get them together. and meanwhile, the quartet, that is the u.s., the european union, russia, and the u.n. are feverishly trying to get together a statement that can provide a alternative course of action to the u.n. strategy. it may not work, we re coming down to the wire, but i wouldn t rule it out entirely, at least not yet. saying a counter-strategy from the interested third parties, that is an alternate path from the palestinian agenda on the floor. is that what you re saying? exactly. and what would that be, theoretically? that would be a formula to try and bring the parties back to the table. because at the end of the day, and we ve done a lot of diplomacy