those are the biggest influential s of the republican party today. there is not a single or i should say, there is very few servant leaders anymore of the republican party. very few servant leaders. the idea that we are giving courage to the 35 who voted for a bipartisan commission, our standard for courage has been lessened over the. years that is a courageous act to vote for a bipartisan commission related to an insurrection at the capitol. yeah, right there with you. okay jason, that nicely sets up what i brought for you tonight. this is an excerpt from perry bacon junior up in washington post today. post today jason, i guess the question for you, how scary does the
but there s another key battle that democrats may be ignoring at their own risk. in louisiana there s still a senate race to fight for. since none of the 23 senate candidates in the november 8th ballot won a majority of the vote, the two candidates who earned the most votes will face off on december 10th. that s democratic hopeful foster campbell versus republican state treasurer john kennedy. a campbell victory is the only thing that could relatively balance the senate which currently stands at 46 democrats plus two independents and 51 republicans. but campbell really needs some money for that uphill senate race, perhaps some of the $6 million that jill stein raised. joining me joan walsh, perry bacon junior, michelle bernard, and jonathan capehart. jon, what do you make of the democrats seeming to walk away from and not even really bring up or talk at all about the
reporter for politico. and perry bacon junior is back, a senior political reporter at nbc news, he covered clinton s campaign for the washington post and democratic strategist kiki mclean, she s been hired by clinton to manage the media around her new book hard choices. perry, i ll start with you. as we showed in the clip from november of 92. the story of clintons and the media goes back a long way. you covered her campaign back then. we have the stats and certainly especially in the early going in that campaign, a lot less negative press coverage for obama than for clinton. clearly it rankled her and it came out in the debate that time and other times. at a basic level, was the press out to get hillary clinton? or was it that hey, she came into this thing as the biggest front-runner, anybody had ever seen. there was an open question of whether it was going to be a competitive race and barack obama was the underdog there seems to be a bias in the press always towards the underdog.
about how many people had enrolled. they re really drilling down and hoping to get a level of detail. they feel hhs has not been spoonsive quickly enough. hhs says say they were impacted by the government shutdown and many of these who initial document requests happened when staff was on furlough. issa took this big step and decided to issue a subpoena. okay. elise vee beck and perry bacon junior, thank you both. tact and fiction. the myths and truths about obama care. that s ahead. [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. tum, tum tum tum tums! they always have. they always will. that s why you take charge of your future. your retirement. ameriprise advisors can help you
obama how outraged they are because their citizens are outraged. all right. perry bacon junior and jackie kucinich, thanks for coming on the show. new this hour, the white house has opened gardens and grounds to visitors for the weekend so all you guests can tour the jacqueline kennedy garden, the rose lawn and the south garden, as well. officials say tours of the east wing and executive residence will resume november 5th. ted cruz is in iowa fueling more speculation is he going to make a 2016 presidential run. the senator was headline speaker at a ronald reagan fund-raising dinner last night in des moines where he called the government shutdown a success. he continued his victory lap through the state with a pheasant hunt this afternoon and now is expected to speak any minute here at the defenders of freedom lunch in lee mars. kasie hunt is there. casey, a good day to you. i understand you the spent the day au pheasant hunting thus the