this new war that s still raging in the dombast region, another part of ukraine. so we were distracted by that. and each time the russians did something outrageous, we would respond to it, and then we would kind of all decide that it had been taken care of. now, that was partly also because, of course, we had a lot of other things to worry about in the u.s. administration, so afghanistan, we had iraq still, we had isis fighting in the middle east and then we were trying to pivot to asia. so, we should have, at that point, started a global campaign, but i don t think all is lost. i think this is an opportunity now for this administration to do that. greg, can you speak to sort of the intensity of activity on the part of the administration? i mean, the pentagon is briefing on this all the time, as is the state department. white house fielding questions. but there s still a sense that this isn t something that s on the radar for most americans. do you sense that the administration would
the number one thing president obama wanted, the first six months was to trade promotion authority. they got it, paul ryan did big op-eds on it. they worked with him consistently the one thing obama wanted was the administration funded through the next year republicans gave him a $1.1 trillion spending bill that most of these people did not read. the republicans have been terrible at checking the president s unbridled authority. laura, you would have isis fighting in the middle east, yet this congress has not even acted to give authority to this president to go after isis. let s talk about the failure of congress? congress should vote on oh, thank you. all i m saying is we can talk about the constitutional separation of powers, checks and balances, but it s up to the opposition party to act like it is a check on the president. and we re going to leave it there. thank you, panel. see you next sunday. up next we go on the trail as campaign attack ads fill the air waves in i