the intelligence committee was always leaks. and i remember there was a staff leaking out of the senate intelligence committee, and people went crazy, as they should have. yeah. and the fact is is that as a committee, that has to be above it all. they just have to provide leadership because they ve got all the secret stuff and, you know, it s look, i was on the defense committee and we took briefings, things that were really very serious. i didn t talk about them. i didn t get casual with it. you can t do that. so this is the crossover in partisanship that we re seeing today in this country, which is, you know, it s really serious. so your name gets floated a lot in these kinds of conversations. juliana glover with a piece out today that says a viable third-party candidate say someone with credibility inside one of these parties who bolts from it would have appeal to voters across the spectrum. there are many republicans wary of a second term for mr. trump, yet right now they
worry me about the country. i want to get to the panel. juliana glover, paul butler, now a professor and an msnbc analyst. slate columnist michelle goldberg and my friday date, rev al, president of the national action network and with us from massachusetts the man with the best summer plans that i know, robert traynham, former adviser to the bush/cheney. thanks for being here. let me start with you and if you could just weigh in as a former well, a current communication strategist, but not inside the white house anymore. what goes through the minds of the professionals as we often call folks like hr mcmaster, dina powell, people who are there trying to protect the country when they see their boss, the president, on twitter down in the gutter and fighting with cable news hosts? i would not pretend to think what they re thinking right now.
ago. and is bill kristol right, in that he has spent too much time trying to make it merely a referendum on the president? that is not the problem. the problem has been that we ve not really had a serial number of days where we have been able to talk about the same numbers test. and situations that the american people are facing. $4 a gallon gasoline, and $5 a gallon diesel fuel, and houses underwater all over the country, and those are issues where the american public is starting to pay attention, governor romney has to make sure that is laid directly at the feet of president obama, and also make clear that he has the capability and own the fact that he is someone who can fix this problem certainly better than president obama has done so far in the last four years. juliana, that is the argument that the campaign has been
keeps taking the spotlight away omh obama and conferce, thative i holding its annual mng this i m craig melvin, you are watching msnbc, the place for week. and both president obama and tt romney will address the politics. 44 days until election day, and gathering tuesday. jennifer, this is going to right now millions of dollars present an opportunity for the and hundreds of political candidates to perhaps talk about activists are streaming into some issues that they might not get to discuss on the campaign these crucial battleground trail. who has the advantage here? states. well, i think that it depends we start with one of the most critical, ohio. how they use that time. the latest poll from the buckeye state tops the political they can use that to talk about their own foreign policy or use it to critique the other guy s headlines this sunday where president obama is up five foreign policy, and it is a good points over mitt romney, and to setting for both of them. in part
politics. 44 days until election day, and right now millions of dollars and hundreds of political activists are streaming into these crucial battleground states. we start with one of the most critical, ohio. the latest poll from the buckeye state tops the political headlines this sunday where president obama is up five points over mitt romney, and to give you an idea of how crucial the buckeye state is, check out the campaign schedule for just this wednesday. there it is right there. the president hitting up bowling green and kent. mitt romney stumping in toledo and westerville and cleveland. the romney campaign, once again, trying to reset after a very difficult week. but the head of the rnc insists that things are fine. i think that we had a good week last week. i think that in retrospect in that we were able to frame up the debate. it is a talk point coming from the team romney and the chair of the california finance committee who h to told donor the same thing. i k