political all-stars. who s standing tall and may make his first all-star team? up next, the former nba player and bad free-throw shooter now making a play for the statehouse out west. and a deep dive into the latest nbc news/ wall street journal poll and see if there s any hope in there for democrats in these newest numbers. but first, a look ahead at the president s schedule. it s getaway day. he s got a big meeting on afghanistan and pakistan. of course, that is really going to dominate december. but then it s a huge trip out west. and if you can find blue areas of the country out west, you will find the president. portland, seattle, san francisco, then he hits minneapolis. it s a big, long trip. you re watching theda the daily rundow rundown , only on msnbc. 3q are you suffering from frequent heartburn ?
used to work. used to work. used to work very well but perhaps not always as well as we wanted it to work. what s not working now is obviously, david, the health care issue right now front and center for the president. the last thing he wanted today on getaway day. because it slipped under the radar, implementation of health care great challenge of his second term. scrutinized at every level. never easy to implement something this complicated with the scale of this. now political class is going to scrutinize every level to determine whether it s crumbling of its own weight. there are a lot of conservatives opposed to this on principled levels that think this will be the latest evidence it is, crumbling. health care gets to something quite large. the upheaval in the politics. we have two fundamental things, the role of government.