than the fantasy the president will cave and defund his signature accomplishment. that is delusional. that is not going to happen. you have an extreme form of positional bargaining without any degree of practicality. this is about positioning, ideology and playing to the base, not about governing a place. if we get beyond the threat of a government shutdown, the next fight is over the debt ceiling. the last time we were talking about the debt ceiling i was on capitol hill, sleeping on capitol hill covering all of those negotiations over and over again. yes. we were also talking about the idea of a grand bargain, coming together to bring down our deficit and debt. there is no talk about it this time. no. that s a sign of just how far things have fallen. even for speaker boehner who is a consummate dealmaker, the inmates are running the asylum. the leadership realizes they are running towards a cliff they realize is politically damaging, very little upside. but if they don t give
give much ground on the president s signature accomplishment. and they showed supporters back home they are not giving up on a rallying, to defund spending and de-fund obama care. early this morning president obama signed a major disaster declaration for colorado. help is on the way as rescue efforts continue in the flooded areas, and people there are bracing for more rain today. officials are starting to think about the long road to recovery, and katie murray has the latest. i thought there was a tornado. lightning was going crazy. reporter: it s a frightening sight in northern colorado. scary evacuations. the governor toured the flood-damaged zones and was involved in two rescues and he discussed colorado rebuilding after severe damage to the
president obama s foreign policy facing sharp criticisms from those who say he has taken a backseat to russian president vladimir putin in solving the syria crisis. our next guest says the president s biggest problem is his foreign policy team. specifically secretary of state john kerry. joining me how is james carafano, security and foreign policy analyst at the heritage foundation in washington. thanks a lot for joining us this morning. good to be with you. so, kerry, former senator. now secretary of state john kerry has made, you say a substantive change in the obama administration s foreign policy. how? we re back to when obama became president. very clear very deliberative. doesn t like a crisis. when he is presented with a foreign policy problem he doesn t deal with it goes in his cave and comes out and says here is what we are going to do about iraq u afghanistan, libya, bin laden, that s his pattern. you know, benghazi really put him off his game. libya was his signature
they refer to him as obama. they don t say the president. they don t say a law. they don t even speak the language we normally speak in civilized political debate. they ve changed it so much that it s like he s not supposed to be there. and that s the way to put that asterisk next to him like barry bonds. he didn t hit the home runs. i think that s what they re up to. i do. i think that s right. i do think that s right. i think there s a sense in everything that s done, not only the normal political give and take where you challenge your opponents bills, proposals, ideas and initiatives, but the idea that the person himself was never supposed to be there. he was never supposed to be re-elected. and now if they just wait it out, the guy who was never supposed to have been there whose signature accomplishment, health care, should be defunded if for no other reason because he did it and it has his name associated with it. yes, get him off the record books! erase him, erase him in you
civilized political debate. they ve changed it so much he s not supposed to be there. and that s the way to put that asterisk next to him like barry bonds. he didn t hit the home runs. i think that s what they re up to. i do. i think that s right. i do think that s right. i think there s a sense in everything that s done, not only the normal political give and take where you challenge your opponents bills, proposals, ideas and initiatives, but the idea that the person himself was never supposed to be there. he was never supposed to be reelected. and now if they just wait it out, the guy who was never supposed to have been there whose signature accomplishment, health care, should be defunded if for no other reason he did it and it has his name associated with it. yes, get him off the record books! erase him, erase him in your mind. you know, chris, how the birther conversation is morphing into an impeachment