republicans a bit queasy about the whole endeavor. like congressman peter king for one. we can t let the government shut down. we can t be cam kaz is. is it all for one, one for all or every man for himself. we have a diverse caucus. we have 233 members, all of whom have their own plan. i have not watched our conference be so united as we walk into this battle. great. i am glad we got that cleared up. let s get right to our panel with us from washington is david and mother jones magazine and dana mill bank. dana, your latest column says the house gop is undergoing shake up with title changes and spokesman boehner, majority follower cantor, and whipped mccarthy, quite a scoop but isn t this more a case of the
clinton s worst day in office. to your point, brian, things are hard, there are no good options, and i can t get anything past those republicans. mr. fournier writes here s the problem. even if you concede to obama every point in his tuesday news conference, a president looks weak and defeated when he shifts accountability to forces out of his control. and dana mill bank wrote in the washington post that a lively leadership is the way to resuscitate a moribund presidency. we need a leader. some are saying there was no leader in the white house yesterday. gretchen: maybe the president is hoping on the fact that maybe people aren t paying attention because if you look at the latest poll numbers on obamacare, a lot of the american public appears to not be paying attention. look at this startling number: are you aware of obama, that it is the law of the land now? 42% of americans say they are unaware that obamacare
that to recognize the fact we have the level of importance of immigration reform and also, you know, the importance in recognizing the importance that immigrants play in the likes of the united states. paul chavez, thank you so much, son of cesar chavez, also the president of the cesar chavez foundation, this on the 86th birthday of the latino civil rights leader, cesar chavez. thank you so much. now to the big three in today s topics, america s gunfight revival, the immigration debate and, of course, our panel s must read. we ll get to all of that. the staff writer for salon.com, syndicated radio host armstrong williams and washington post political columnist dana mill bank. you just wrote a column in yesterday s washington post that said, quote, obama made an impassioned bid to revive prospects for gun control legislation but it s difficult to escape the conclusion that his efforts come too late, end
tlets from primaries. the natural thing to do is move further and further to the rooigt. not to compromise. not anything that has to do with this president in particular. it s not, in that case, a malter of lunacy. but they re just being cool and rationale about it. i don t see how they can how we can get around that. you can t ask for them to behave themselves because they are behaving in a rational way. giving the districts that they re running in. i m going to have to leave it there. krystal, dana mill bank, thanks for your time tonight. thanks. be sure to catch krystal on the cycling right here on msnbc. still ahead, hillary clinton is back at work and gets a big surprise from her staff.
election day. they also re-elected a republican majority in the house. in doing so, they gave us all a mandate. it was not a mandate to raise taxes on families and small businesses. it was mandate for us to work together to begin solving a massive debt that threatens our country s future. joining me now is political columnist for the washington post dana mill bank and reid wilson. dana, i will begin with you. are there any plausible scenarios where they get everything done by january 1? this is the season of miracles. so we can t say absolutely that they will not get anything done. there is not a whole lot of optimism in this town particularly now that the president has gone to the beach in hawaii and members have gone home. the likely scenario is we have to go over the cliff and members can see the ravaging of the american economy as a result of the pan take would instill. and that may move them back to the table to a point they feel