this time, which they needed to back in the 70s. so i think they can and should proceed as they are going about their business, and they should not allow people to get away with just totally stonewalling and obfuscating, diverting attention from the facts that are really at issue here, which are very clear. molly, it s great to have you. let s start with this word stonewalling. it is a proven momentum killer. it works. that s why people employ it. but what counter-strategy are you hearing the democrats may employ? it s hard to say at this point. i think the democrats and the speaker feel they have the momentum with them. we ve seen the support for the impeachment inquiry sort of tick up in the polls. they re also making the argument, it s a sort of difficult argument to make, but they already have what they need. they have the president s words and the white house s own summary of the call. they have the whistleblower complaint, which to a large extent has been corroborated. they
and that s what this letter from pat cipollone is. it is executive poppycock. there is no truth to it. also, i just want to correct the record a little. during watergate, they started the impeachment hearings before there was a vote to authorize it. and also the rules were very different back then. now congress has much more independent authority to call witnesses and issue subpoenas. they don t need to declare the authorization for impeachment at this time, which they needed to back in the 70s. so i think they can and should proceed as they are going about their business, and they should not allow people to get away with just totally stonewalling and obfuscating, diverting attention from the facts that are really at issue here, which are very clear. molly, it s great to have you. let s start with this word stonewalling. it is a proven momentum killer. it works. that s why people employ it. but what counter-strategy are you hearing the democrats may
authorization for impeachment at this time, which they needed to back in the 70s. so i think they can and should proceed as they are going about their business, and they should not allow people to get away with just totally stonewalling and obfuscating, diverting attention from the facts that are really at issue here, which are very clear. molly, it s it s great to have you. let s start with this word stonewalling. it is a proven momentum killer. it works. that s why people employ it. but what counter-strategy are you hearing the democrats may employ? it s hard to say at this point. i think the democrats and the speaker feel they have the momentum with them. we ve seen the support for the impeachment inquiry sort of tick up in the polls. they re also making the argument, it s a sort of difficult argument to make, but they already have what they need. they have the president s words and the white house s own summary of the call. they have the whistle-blower
apply for a waiver if they have a high-risk pool. that s you take all the people who are not healthy and who have pre-existing or chronic conditions and put them in a pool with taxpayer subsidized cover and it lowers premiums for everybody else who is healthy because they aren t expensive to ensure. if you can create that situation you solve that problem. shannon: what do you make as speaker ryan saying it is important for tax reform, that is the next big thing they ll get done. much easier to healthcare reform done first. they may vote as early as next week. two reasons why it s important to tax reform. momentum. politics is like sports, a game of momentum and if you don t have momentum, it is hard to score the next goal, right? the failure to pass obamacare was a momentum killer for the republicans and made it harder to pass anything else. if they can get it done they can get momentum back and the issue of revenues.
national security advisor should have been fired when it was discovered that he registered as a foreign agent, mike pence said it was an affirmation of the president s decision to fire mike flynn. so whether he got fired for lying to the vice president or would have gotten fired later for registering as a foreign agent or acting as one during the campaign seems to be clear that he likely would have lost his job either way. shep? shepard: at the same time they re busy with healthcare. president trump tapping into his business background trying to sell the gop version of obamacare. the house speaker paul ryan is warning republicans, it would be a momentum killer for the rest of the gop agenda if the healthcare plan comes crashing down. president trump and vice president pence meeting this afternoon with the chairs of the house committees overseeing the bill. it s cleared two panels and the