Back to normal. Once might not be enough for me. New polling data shows the extent of the political damage that the president s comments have done. 51 of americans now believe that the president is compromised by russian president vladamir putin. Its a message disaster, the likes of which this white house hasnt endured since charlottesville and new details about the intervention that took place upon the president s return to washington in response to a republican revolt over his refusal to accept the universal findings of his intelligence community. One president ial adviser today describing the actions taken by adults in the white house, in this instance that referred to Kellyanne Conway and bill shine, as a desperate attempt to keep Congressional Republicans and high profile surrogates from publicly rebuking the president. This adviser described the tweet from the president as an overcorrection of the original comments and said its surely a response to the political fallout. Joining