but it is delayed because of the supreme court pending decision in nebraska, but many in his administration, ken sallizear and his former nsa adviser believes they should go forward with this because it is not serious and produce jobs and make us less dependent on foreign oil when that is a key goal in the united states. so for republicans, it is a winning issue. they can show that they are already doing showing these democrats like mary landrieu and mark begich to push the president to get the pipeline. they are trying hard but not getting anywhere. that is right. mary landrieu is chairman of the committee in senate and she was not able to push the agenda. we ll see how it plays out. everybody is watching this. including you, susan.
he s trying to push. how does he get away with this boehner has got to step up. some of that spy spine he grew last week, he s got to use this week and say enough is enough. boehner is a guy who historically is a regular order guy. he is supposed to be somebody and at times in his career shown that he cares about the house and how it s supposed to operate. and this is a really interesting test. because i have a feeling, in his heart of hearts, he s got to know some of this is over the top. it s interesting that nancy pelosi is not asking for hearings. she wants a high-level security briefing on the operations of issa. right. let s not put the cart before the horse here, which i think is brilliant on her part. give us the information. be forthcoming. what have you released? and then i think it would be up to the justice department to make a determination, wouldn t it? yes. and i think what it also means is that they can see all of what s in there. the whole picture. so
independent analysis. at this point, do you think this democrat, a woman, could unseat the longest standing u.s. senator in kentucky history? yes, i absolutely do. and as amy points out, chris, the infighting between the republicans could really help her. but there is another more short-term problem for democrats as josh marshall points out today, which is that this could make mitchell mcconnell tougher to deal with in the short term with the budget tights ifights a fights and he could be moving more for the right. thank you both. in the meantime, organizers in iowa today say they are coming together to talk about breaking through that final highest glass sealing. democrats are descending on des moines to push for a woman in the white house. of course, hillary clinton is at the top of the list. but democratic senators amy klobuchar and kristen gillibrand could make the list of possible
even chinese military. this is a big issue a lot of american businesses are pressing the white house to push. also, north korea. the president wants china to continue to pressure north korea economically, and out in public. this is the first chance for the president to really get in a face-to-face meeting with the new chinese leadership. but i think the white house saying this is the first meeting, we re trying to lay groundwork for productive talk going forward. a couple of days after michele bachmann said she wouldn t seek reelection, top democratic recruit jim craig stopped his campaign. he told the minnesota post, quote, mission accomplished. don t you run for public office because you want to serve the public, not just to oust someone? what do you make of his comment? it certainly is a twist in this story, that i think none of us expected in terms of him deciding to step down, if
aren t leaving because they re not getting along with a particular member. they re leaving maybe for personal reasons, whatever. spend more time with their families. the biggest obstacle right now is it s not a fun place to work. it is more divisive. i saw it firsthand. more polarize, incredibly difficult to get things done because the party thinks it compromise is a four-letter word. no. i think there s a dilemma. look at max baucus, for instance, he didn t even vote for the gun control bill that harry reid wanted to push. what you re actually seeing a a little more independence from folks and i think it comes down to relationships are part of it. no question that relationships between democrats and republicans have frayed, as people get on the nearest flight to get out of town and don t hang out with each other as much, don t build friendship, families aren t friends. you have an example of a democratic leader in the senate doing a terrible job of convincing his senior democrat