but you know, you can i mean, lack at the relationship now though. i d say it s more of untogether and crazy and uncertain than it has been even through the reset. even though you know, wait until after the election. you ve got john huntman there, right? capable guy, very smart. really a china expert more than a russia expert but i m sure he can do the job, by what is he supposed to do and bho is he supposed to do it with? it s just crazy. it s incredible. it is tough times, mika. john huntman, he s been in the foreign service for some time. he s a good man to have in moscow right now but again, what a difficult job. he has to have. possibly impossible and richard haas makes a great
mexico doing a fundraiser and to las cruces to do a fundraiser, sarah palin if she wants to be effective in 2014, raise her focus from simply endorsing people in primaries and be involved in safe republican states and start putting her considerable political influence to bear to help people raise money and enthusiasm in general elections. greta: on the other day you were on another network and talked about the gay marriage issue in 2014 and could you see a republican candidate to be in favor of gay marriage. i was asked if in the republican presidential sweepstakes i could see a republican candidate endorsed, yeah, vice-president cheney supports gay marriage and john huntman supported civil unions now signed the petition in favor of gay marriage, yeah, i think by 2016 there could likely be a republican presidential candidate who says vote for me, i support gay marriage. greta: now what i think would be the best thing strategically for the republican party, 2016 if the
i m sorry. the party of no. okay. the organization of no. it s just unbelievable. i think you re right, joe. coming up, former presidential candidate john huntman will be here. senator joe manchin of west virginia. newark mayor cory booker and former white house adviser for health policy, dr. zeke emanuel. up next, mike allen with the top stories in the politico playbook. but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? good morning to you, mika. kettle corn is what i prefer for movie night, by the way. if you want me to bring that, just let me know. it would be awkward. it wouldn t be awkward. it would be enjoyable. good morning. let s talk about this weekend. the fog was incredible in new england. it s been foggy for three straight days down to the mid-atlantic. airports were a mess over the weekend. as of now they re okay. once volume increases, the visibility still very poor around philly, new york, hartford. boston and d.c. are all right,
blue state twice in a row. he s got the highest approval rating of any republican governor in the nation. he s a tough talker. he is taking on entrenched union forces. i agree. in one of the most pro-union states, and he s won every battle. he is loved and respected by his base as well as by democratic leaders in the senate. yeah, he may be a good guy to expand the base. i hope they see it that way. but you made the very conclusion that jon huntsman spoke the truth about the party from the get-go, and that s what brought him down. jon huntsman s people went out of their way tweaking republicans, saying they didn t like science. there are better ways of doing it. bad subtraction. you don t want to engage in some traction in your own primary process. it s addition. the big tent. ronald reagan always said, i wear the white hat. and he always expanded his base. and john huntman had the fund
fej fundamental problem, he said, well, i m a pragmatic, blah, blah, blah. you can t run in the republican party and not identify yourself as a conservative. republican party is the conservative party. you can run if you have a plan that s called 9-9-9 and you can run if you don t remember your last name and if you re former speaker of the house. those guys all lost. but those guys all lost. we re just talking about what john huntman could ha jon huntsman could have done to win. he alienated the party he was introducing him to at the outset. erick erickson and many other conservatives including myself said look at the guy s record. he s got the most conservative record. and he did have, of all the candidates you re talking about huntsman. huntsman. but here is one of the biggest setbacks, one of the biggest problems the republican party s had over the last four years, will willie. you are considered conservative the litmus test now for being conservative in