i think water boarding is peanuts compared to what they do to us. joining me is susan del percio. the u.n. says water boarding is torture. your reaction to what donald trump is saying. i think it s completely un-american, and i think we ve established now certainly this far into the obama precedence they waterboarding doesn t work. so it s quite surprising that donald trump can get away with talking about water boarding and taking this tough stance and we re not pointing out immediately that it is not an effective terror tactic and it s important not only to point out that it s un-american, but also that it doesn t work. susan, from a purely strategic standpoint, a lot of things that donald trump has ever worked, what do you make of this? you re right, chris. it works for him and it plays to his base and he can say things like this because he s not in a
remember, we ve seen this movie before with barack obama in some respects where he puts out a set of proposals, he marshals public opinion and hits a brick wall when it comes to the actual legislative politics of getting things done. the closer we get to 2014, the harder it s going to be for democrats because of the map that they face in the house and senate to vote for things like gun control and immigration reform. when we look at gun control, susan, there s incentive. there s certainly public sentiment that supports having background checks and there s some movement on the right about this when the fact that the washington post is reporting that senators toomey and mancion are working together on a background check ps. is that the only realistic way we ll see reforms in the country is very small baby step reforms? absolutely. even if you look at the recent polling, the ban for assault weapons was at 57% right after newtown has now dropped to 47% of we ll wanting it. they have lo
republican-controlled house. the chief obstacles to hesitate agenda. i want to bring in our monday morning political power panel. we have alexander burns, dug tholnell, susan delpercio. it s great to have you here. alex, i want to start with you. as we dive in to talk about the second term agenda, politico says the window for action on these issues will start to close as the 2014 election cycle moves into the full swing at the end of the year. after that, the next congress figures could be colored by par san posturing for the 2016 presidential election. some of us will probably already be posturing a bit. our question of the day is about hillary clinton. is right now the essence of the president to get anything done if the vision is so separated between immigration, gun control and the budget? i think now is pretty is a critical moment for the president, thomas. and i think it s important to
for those people who went into that voting booth and voted for mitt romney thinking that he really wanted to be their leader. so message to tagg and the rest of the family, ixnay on the talking. stop. it s over. jonathan capehart and susan delpercio, thank you. next the president is headed to washington, d.c. we ll take you to hawaii. i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that s 1% back on. [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple. 3% back on 4 trips to the airport. it s as easy as. -[ man ] 1. -[ woman ] 2. [ woman ] 3. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america near you.
i want results from three states which we have to consider. i m looking for 2012 predictions. i mean, can you put one out there, susan, at this point? for the republican primary i think you are going to see something unusual. you are going to see these candidates go quite a while. all four of them. there is no reason for any of them to drop out at this point. after florida you basically have a few and you are talking about super tuesday. so there s really, you know, there is a primary in between on february 28. there s no reason for any of them to drop out. okay. karen, your prediction at this? are you surprised why no one will drop out? we think about the money here. yes. but this is a field of big egos. i think susan is right. i don t see these guys dropping out any time soon. here s my prediction. a, i disagree with susan, obviously. i think the president has accomplished a great deal in the face of really extreme circumstances. some very much beyond his control. and that bein