now be up for adoption. maybe so. so washington post the artists that created the painting of russian president vladimir putin in women s lingerie these are our stories this morning. fled the country. please seized that painting for unknown reasons and shut down the gallery immediately the artist left russia for france. of course. where he plans to seek asylum. okay. well, with us now the chief white house correspondent for politico mike allen here with the morning playbook. mike, good morning. well good morning and happy college football friday. happy college football friday is right. hey, so top story for you guys, president obama is getting help from some high-profile friends for his latest push for obama care. i can t believe it. but this obama care back and forth continues. and it s going to keep going straight through the elections. well, it is.
see you on the other side. right. drink to my health. researchers say that the mayo clinic is saying that drinking more than 24 to 36 ounces of coffee a day may be has czar gus dust to your health. i drink that before like 6:30 in the morning. the reasons for the higher death risk aren t clear since coffee also has health benefits. with us now, the chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen. he s here with the morning playbook. mike, let s just look ahead here. so you ve written this story eve of destruction fascinating read talking about how republicans are concerned, they of course nobody will express this on the record because they re afraid they ll get killed by people on the far right. but republican leaders are very concerned that the party may be in a worse position now than it was even after mitt romney lost last fall. why? yeah. joe, you said earlier that you thought it was mellow dramatic but you have these conversations as well and you know that top
mike is taking a self-y of himself. sunday s parade i m not good at math, but i only have to count to number one. interview with oprah. never gets old. forest whitaker discussing the butler a film by lee daniels. with us now mike allen the chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen. here with the morning playbook. mike? and in person. happy friday. hey! wow! it s cool. yeah. that is better in person. is it? lindsey graham will get serious primary opposition and first woman to graduate from the city dal, mike, tell us? nancy mason is an amazing south carolina story. her father was the most decorated living citadel graduate. it s such a big institution. incredible. he was the commandant of cadets, number three leader when she was there and she s going to
you didn t have the classes. just like filner. shouldn t parents teach you that. help me, san diego. keep it classy. keep it classy, san diego. mlb is prepared to ban a-rod for life. oh. know who is happiest about this, yankee fans. they want him to go away. all right. let s go right now to chief white house correspondent for politico mike allen here with the morning playbook. mike, the president was facing some resistance from house democrats yesterday over his possible pick for the fed chairman during yesterday s meeting. of course we had a lot of congressmen not wanting larry summers to be the next fed chairman and, in fact, one congressman, walked to the microphone and said larry summers, bad choice. president obama reportedly told the session not to believe everything they read on-line and said he was being made out to be a, quote, progressive whipping
new zealand deems him to be a health risk. harsh. even for i mean, that s harsh. he s appealing the decision. wow. i ll tell you, new zealand is tough. with us the chief white house correspondent for politico mike allen here with the morning playbook. mike, tell us, we still we still have this corey booker/frank lautenberg battle going and only one is still alive. well, that s right, joe. it s just two weeks from today that democrats in new jersey will vote on who s going to be their nominee for senator and so this is coming all coming together and so awkward, the star ledger in newark is reporting that just a couple days before corey booker, the newark mayor announced in december he was going to run, a remarkable phone call happened. the chief of staff to senator frank lautenberg called up an aide to cory booker and said, look, the senator is about to retire. he s 88. give him some space.