and it wasn t that long ago, jacque, when they seemed to have, nancy pelosi and president trump, a relatively cordial relationship, as if they could work together. he would say nice thing, she would go over to the white house, but that deteriorated pretty quickly. and what happened? you know, it remains to be seen what happened. the president is often pretty reactionary to these kinds of comments, but at the end of the day, i think this is exactly what the president wants. you know, i talked to a bunch of staffers who have been involved with a lot of the conversations with house leadership about impeachment, and they were quite frankly pretty confused about pelosi s prison comments. some of them were happy, because it obviously reinvigorates the conversation, keeps it going, keeps people moving potentially towards impeachment. but a lot of them believe that at this point, if speaker pelosi is interested in pushing the conversation towards the issues, talking about, you know, roe v.
you ve got a state like texas where 27% of the people are uninsured. what are they supposed to do? die? suffer? i don t and everybody agrees, andrea, that health care reform is needed. we need workable solutions. i think the president has come up with a workable solution along with members of congress. we are going to pass this. elijah cummings, thank you very much. of course, the woman on the spot is nancy pelosi. piling on pelosi. that s a favorite sport now in washington. republicans in competitive congressional races increasingly painting the speaker, not the president, as the face of health care reform. that s because of deep voter dissatisfaction, of course, with congress which we ve been discussing. our new nbc wall street journal poll showing that while president obama s approval rating hovers at about 48%, congress s approval is at a dismal 17%. politico s editor in chief, john harris, joins us now. that s the game plan. go after nancy pelosi. hi, john. how do democrat