tax stand, which is what scalise claimed. you don t buy the story? i don t. i was having fun with it. why this story resonates is because the leadership of the republican party says they want to be responsible, a party that can show america they are serious about governing. there s a feeling they are indulgent off the radar screen of some of the darker impulses in their party and the darker impulses in america. that s why a story from 2002 resonates the way it does. i don t think it s credible just because david duke s right hand man said maybe he didn t speak. i think he was there and everybody knew what was going on. let s move to what we saw there, senators individually always say that they will get things done and they will work together. then the reality hits the road. keystone gets on the president s desk. he will veto it. what is life like in washington? we go back to gridlock in washington. i m just curious to see how the
we will see. you sound good here. we will be watching. so will a lot of voters. reaction from the panel. john, i want to go to the issue of scalise. you are a capitol hill reporter. these stories look like they die down and then everybody comes back and suddenly he has to survive one more week here before this is quote unquote over for him. he has a week. assuming there s no more instances of him speaking to groups like this, and assuming he can deal with some of the questions about the state level votes on martin luther king day and get past this, he should be fine. the republicans should be fine. talking to republicans, we are supporting him but he has to deal with this. we will not take any kind of heat for him on this anymore because he will start backing up our agenda if he hangs out there. andrea, trent lott, you could say said nice things about an old man at his 100th birthday party. how he said it there was an agenda by some who wanted to get rid of lott.
racial and religious views groups like these hold. john boehner issued a statement supporting steve scalese today, but some are questioning how the louisiana congressman did not know that the group he was speaking to was affiliated with a high-profile white supremacist from louisiana. eriker ericksson wrote by 2002 everybody knew duke was still the man he claimed not to be. everybody. how the hell does somebody show up at a david duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance. trent lott was driven from the field in 2001 for something less than this. joining me now is robert costa of the washington post. robert, the big question is steve scalese seems to have john boehner s support as of now. but is there any chance that could change? congress is out of town, but once the house republicans return next week there s going to be a lot of press scrutiny.
these ally bank ira cds really do sound like a sure thing but i m a bit skeptical of sure things. why s that? look what daddy s got. ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! growth you can count on from the bank where no branches equals great rates. there are al of the things that unite us. that s what i ll bring to the leadership table. that s steve scalese, the new majority whip. okay, panel, steve, i want to start with you, these comments made a long time ago, as you point out in 2002 but
means that republicans are going to have to continue to answer questions about this, even if there s a pretty clear media double standard here i mean you know president obama was listening to reverend wright for years, he spoke at an event and was involved with some pretty seedy characters. lots to chew on there, let me get to scalese s comments that you referred to. i am very disappointed that anyone would try to infer otherwise for political gain, as a catholic these groups hold views that are investmentally opposed to any own faith and i reject that kind of bigotry. nancy ploes anti-semitic and the southern poverty law center is a hate group is deeply