and symone sanders, former national press secretary for bernie sanders s campaign. so brian, the center left lane that amy lobe char is looking to secure, if vice president biden runs, what happens to that lane? well, i think if you re somebody like amy klobuchar, you have a lot of room to grow. i think if you re vice president biden, you start off with pretty high numbers right now based on name i.d. and the struggle or challenge for him will be once you get into the race, it sort of takes your reputation comes under scrutiny. the sort of good feeling that surrounds you gives way to more sharp elbows and continuing to preserve that front-runner status can be challenging. it s hard to do that wire-to-wire. so i think you d rather enter a race as the underdog, has somebody who has tremendous upside or a high ceiling as opposed to starting off with 33% of the vote as most of the polls show vice president biden.
now we ll be analyzing the first results from the caucuses in iowa and the primary in new hampshire. it will be a very, very long road. joining me now is brian fallon, hillary clinton s former campaign press secretary, usa today columnist kirsten powers, and symone sanders, former national press secretary for bernie sanders s campaign. that central left line that amy klobuchar is looking to secure, if vice president biden runs, what happens to that lane? well, i think if you re somebody like amy klobuchar, you have a lot of room to grow. i think if you re vice president biden, you start off with pretty high numbers right now based on name i.d. and the struggle or challenge for him will be once you get into the race, it sort of takes your reputation comes under scrutiny. the sort of good feeling that surrounds you gives way to more sharp elbows and continuing to preserve that front-runner status can be challenging. it s hard to do that
important nominees for key cabinet positions. i want to bring in our panel. cnn political commentator symone sanders, former national press secretary for bernie sanders campaign. cnn political commentator kayly mcenany, conservative contributor for the hill, our chief political correspondent dana bash, our chief political analyst gloria borger, our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto and cnn military analyst cedric lleyton, retired u.s. air force colonel, retired joint chiefs of staff. your reaction. first you heard general mattis, former military command ecentral command, nato supreme allied commander say, he s willing to stand up, take a position, even if he disagrees with the president-elect of the united states. and the president-elect apparently is okay with that. which is great for the people in uniform. also great for the intelligence community because what it says is they are going to be people in positions of great responsibility, such as secretary of defense,
election day and new polls show a tightening battleground. van jones, political commentator, kayleigh mcenany, and symone sanders, former national press secretary for bernie sanders and jack kingston, senior advisor to the trump campaign. thank you-all for coming on. here s new hampshire s senator kelly ayotte, in an awkward position having to dance around donald trump. i have a 12-year-old daughter. okay. would you want let s fast-forward four years and your daughter s 16 years of age would you have wanted your daughter to hear the kfrgconversation that donald trump engaged in with a reporter from access hollywood on that bus? i think we all know the answer to that. at any point in time would you want your 16-year-old daughter in a room with bill clinton? i wouldn t want my daughter in the room with any of them, but the point of this is that you know why would i want my daughter in the room with them? you know, and this isn t about
there is no plan b. there is no what if, said one republican lawmaker. he said he talked to a handful of members who met with heritage action and the group had had no viable alternative to the president caving in. that s leaving us in the lurch. that is nor proper planning. but who needs a game plan? who needs compromise? if you re rush limbaugh, not the gop. are you suggesting republicans shouldn t negotiate and have biapproach with democrats? well, yeah, pretty much, because i don t think we have anything in common with them. joining me today, former national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben labolt, managing ed are to have the grio.com and an msnbc contributor, joy reid, u.s. managing editor of the financial times, martin dixon. joining us from capitol hill, house democratic whip condition man from maryland s 5th district, steny hoyer. congressman, thanks for joining us. i think a lot of us are a little bit concerned about the fact, a, that john boehner says he