been asked. he has so much support right now across both sides of the aisle. still the episode coupled with the gsa scandal is leaving a cloud over washington and it s a distraction for the white house which obama campaign senior adviser axelrod talked about yesterday on meet the press. on the gsa issue he was, i think it s fair to say, and mrek particular. he acted quickly and the administration acted quickly and changed the management. the secret service does heroic work. this is really disturbing and we have to get to the bottom of it. and karl rove warned republicans preparing to politicize the secret service issue beware of going overboard. sure it creates a problem to president obama. it adds to the sense that washington is broken. if the republicans try to make this a point in their arguments, they re making a big mistake. and that s the issue, this e idea washington is broken which brings us to our next topic and our first guest. even with the two major parties settle