the other to the 19th century. politics and campaigns are tests about the future. there s not that contest taking place right now in the republican party. it seems to be all backward looking and we don t live in the 1980s anymore. this is not the 1980s economy or demographics, nothing about this country is the 1980s, it s very difficult to say we re going to solve our problems by revising especially i think that division is absolutely right. some who say we have those who stand on principle and pragmatic who want to win elections. immigration will break down similarly. you think it is not dead. i m thinking it is take little dead. why do you think it s not dead? i think it s maybe on the sidewalk, beaten and bleeding. needs obama care. right. it s not quite dead.
for example, doing away with the so-called death panels or ascending back something to d a delay the individual mandate from the law for a year, and any kind of combination of that, or will he say that the clock is ticking and the deadline is coming, and you know what, fellow republicans, i will have to take this up, this clean bill and pass it with the ma jjorityf the house democrats which he could do at any time, but face the wrath politically from conservatives. dana, at this point, it sounds like it is a whole new creation that you are talking about, not just sort of revising and cutting down what is already on the table. so we will have to keep an eye closely on that. dana bash, thank you for that. the president has already made it pretty clear, he is not going to sign something that delays the health care law. that is one of the things that he says he won t blink at. brianna keilar is live at the white house right now, and so what is the administration saying today? is it all q
they didn t realize the full significance of that and that or an unclassified statement it was acceptable. again, it s still very vague. petraeus told king today that, quote, for an unclassified statement this was acceptable. again, it s still very vague. dana, to paraphrase the president, republicans got out in front of their own skis on this one, didn t they? yes. well, in congress they have a tradition of revising and extending their remarks and i think peter king what peter king just said was never mind. what he said earlier, what do we do with that? he was operating on incomplete information. the story evolved. like susan rice was earlier. there s an important lesson here, martin, which is if you take your political cues from don trump s twitter feed, you will end up sticking your tail between your legs. thank you very much, julian epstein and dana milbank. stay with us. much more ahead.
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