president finally walked back his words saying it wasn t his intent to tie the due bills together, the press wanted to move on. politico declared republicans back on board after biden s infrastructure cleanup. pundits on the right and left blame the other party. all of those smiling senators had to know democrats were going to have a second bill. biden snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and by doing so with or without the walk back, he opened up this whole conversation. the washington post acknowledged it could be an embarrassment for biden in the white house stance was still unclear on the sunday shows. if that were to happen, he would sign it, yes or no. look, i don t think it s a yes or no question. negotiations on the hill are always fragile. most of the media seems far more willing to praise biden for attempting bipartisanship than to admit he made a big time wonder. shannon. shannon: howard kurtz, thank you very much.