republican-controlled house. the chief obstacles to hesitate agenda. i want to bring in our monday morning political power panel. we have alexander burns, dug tholnell, susan delpercio. it s great to have you here. alex, i want to start with you. as we dive in to talk about the second term agenda, politico says the window for action on these issues will start to close as the 2014 election cycle moves into the full swing at the end of the year. after that, the next congress figures could be colored by par san posturing for the 2016 presidential election. some of us will probably already be posturing a bit. our question of the day is about hillary clinton. is right now the essence of the president to get anything done if the vision is so separated between immigration, gun control and the budget? i think now is pretty is a critical moment for the president, thomas. and i think it s important to