the politics and the politics and the polls say let it be right now. even if you don t agree it s going to create a ton of jobs and have lasting impact. we have time for one more comment. the billionaire raising $100 million for democrats that will go against the pipeline, will be proenvironmentallists, you have to say that stinks. if you re an independent, and you see one guy treated one way, the koch brothers and this other guy treated in a completely different manner by the senate, you have to say, that s not fair. that s not balanced. well, i mean, look. i dope think theirs any question that koch brothers are sending in money, often aknopp newsily, not only to their own pac but other groups which is legal. he is supporting democrats and and putting his name on the check. i m not questioning the legality. i m questioning the treatment from the senate floor. harry reid saying the koch brothers are antiamerican and harry reid opening up the senate
in syria we have evidence against of chemical weapons being used in syria. a place he talked about red line and let it get crossed, and talk about it again and let it get crossed. and perceptions do matter in politics. especially in geo politics. this is not a manhood issue with obama. this is an issue of a complete absence of strategic thinking. it s not a question of the heart. it s a question of the head. this administration, this president did not have a strategic idea in their head. let me remind you that the first grade speech that obama made about foreign policy. he was at the u.n. in 2009 and he actually said no nation should or dominate another. without a doubt the single stupidest remark about foreign policy ever uttered by a president of the united states. he continue to say no balance of power can ever endure and he went on to say that no alliance based on the divisions of the cold war, the obsolete divisions
i think it s transparent here that it s politics. it seems to me it s not only politics in terms of the mid-term elections, as your prior guest was saying. think it s long-term policies. i m not sure the obama administration wants to make this call themselves. i think they d rather have it left to the next president. why do you think they made this around i believe it was around 2:00 or 3:00 on friday afternoon before a holiday weekend, easter weekend. this is so typical of this administration. they do these document dumps right after noon on ohio weekends when the think peek are out of town. everybody doeses its. republicans, democrats, that s the way white houses handle explosive information they ve hope the saturday parents the friday evening news shows get less attention from the public. but in this case, the legitimate reason was that the nebraska district court, as you know, ruled against the governor s decision to allow the pipeline to go through, and said it could hav
pipeline. democrats are taking exceptions to accusations of political motive. i know there s a great urge to make this about politics. i want to make sure that the right decision is arrived at and that the president makes that decision carefully and doesn t factor politics into his decision. which i don t think he is. that s the thing the party chairman has to say sometimes. of course it s about politics. it s all about politics. the president s concerned about the enthusiasm of democratic voters going into the 2014 mid term elections and he doesn t want to do anything that s going to depress that turn out. many other democrats have not been so understanding. louisiana senator mary landrieu, calls the decision, irresponsible, unnecessary, and unacceptable. the president is ramping up to make decisions that could release long term drug offenders from prison. the obama administration has
not take politics into account. take a listen. are you worried as the party chair this shouldn t be resolved before the election because of the potential impacts it could have? as a member of congress, i want to make sure the right decision is arrived at and that the president makes that decision carefully and doesn t factor politics into his decision. which i don t think he is. but nbc s political director chuck todd had a different tennessee opinion on morning joe. it is only politics that has been involved in every part of this process. it s only been the political process. all right, shocking that politics would play some part in the decision by a politician. by i think the real question here, is, is it smart politics for democrats and for the white house? abc litely. these red state democrats you listed there, they need something where they can talk to their constituents and say in