they would be hard pressed to run into somebody that would be affected by this. of course unless they all hang out at the country club. then they might run into them. congressman steve israel, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much for joining you. now let s turn to steve bennan. he is a blogger for the washington monthly. steve, good to have you with us tonight. you have been covering this sabotage story for weeks. are democrats and the president finally catching on to this? i think that s right. i think that you look back over the last year, it s been a very provocative question. and understandably so. i mean, it speaks to motivation. it speaks to patriotism. and in general a lot of media outlets and a lot of democrats have been reluctant to go there. but i think in recent weeks we ve seen that change. we ve seen several members of the president s re-election team address the subject. we ve seen several members of congress including harry reid and dick durbin raise the
to have you with us tonight. thanks so much for joining you. now let s turn to steve bennan. he is a blogger for the washington monthly. steve, good to have you with us tonight. you have been covering this sabotage story for weeks. are democrats and the president finally catching on to this? i think that s right. i think that you look back over the last year, it s been a very provocative question. and understandably so. i mean, it speaks to motivation. it speaks to patriotism. and in general a lot of media outlets and a lot of democrats have been reluctant to go there. but i think in recent weeks we ve seen that change. we ve seen several members of the president s re-election team address the subject. we ve seen several members of congress including harry reid and dick durbin raise the prospect of the sabotage question. and so it seems as if the democratic leadership is starting to take this question more seriously and pose it to the public in hopes of generating some debate. to
of course unless they all hang out at the country club. then they might run into them. congressman steve israel, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much for joining you. now let s turn to steve bennan. he is a blogger for the washington monthly. steve, good to have you with us tonight. you have been covering this sabotage story for weeks. are democrats and the president finally catching on to this? i think that s right. i think that you look back over the last year, it s been a very provocative question. and understandably so. i mean, it speaks to motivation. it speaks to patriotism. and in general a lot of media outlets and a lot of democrats have been reluctant to go there. but i think in recent weeks we ve seen that change. we ve seen several members of the president s re-election team address the subject. we ve seen several members of congress including harry reid and dick durbin raise the prospect of the sabotage question. and so it seems as if the democratic leaders