law. anybody that is connected to law enforcement. anybody that s connected to the f federal bureau of investigations or anybody who wants to work in the field lauf again for their entire life. and i do not overstate this and i would not say this about any other man or woman in washington, d.c. but if you were the one that fires robert mueller, the man who guided america through september 11th, running the fbi, you will have the mark of cain on you for the rest of your life. and you might as well move to bismarck and try to start a convenience store there. because you will never work in washington again, will you? it is suicide in that town. we ve seen lots of people that were, will march out for trump. and take it on the chin. but at the same point i think the senate republicans are smartly playing this. which is they you know, in their campaigns going into elections
would be firing bob mueller, then you you understand that being a part of donald trump s legal team at that point would literally or figuratively put the mark of cain on your forehead for the rest of your life in washington, d.c. your ability to get a job in the future would be wiped clean, because there are few attorneys, few former federal prosecutors, few former directors that have that carry more respect than robert mueller, iii does and the president is not going to find any attorneys that will ever put themselves in that position. michael schmidt, thank you so much for your reporting this morning. jonathan turley, joyce vance, thank you for your analysis. lots still to get here on morning joe. we ll break down yet another shakeup in the trump cabinet. can the president s doctor win confirmation to lead one of the biggest departments in the u.s.
have treated him? come on, let s not pretend he would have been persona non grata. he would have had the mark of cain put on him, and the guy would have been rolled by the white house for years. i m sorry, is this not how washington works? you ve got to put a republican in the white house. no, this is about in the closing weeks of a campaign, a governor from the opposite party embracing the i m not knocking chris for doing it. i m explaining, though, before we re all shocked and stunned that republicans didn t like what happened, democrats may have been even more vicious. just think about what happened, what happened earlier in 2012 when cory booker went on meet the press and criticized the obama campaign s attacks on mitt romney over bain. he said that they made him feel nauseous, and within 24 hours, he was releasing a hostage video apologizing profusely because the white house had come down on him like a ton of bricks.
very strong. the republican brand in the 20s. and you look at the specifics, item by item, over the budget or health care or improving the lives of middle-class voters. it is the president, the democrats who are winning on just about every front. the republicans brand right now still in the tank, in the 20s. and only time will tell if they can turn things around. right now it s not looking good. mark, what are your overall impressions of the new nbc news/ wall street journal poll? republicans are united around the country in not whaunting to new taxes. other than that, they re divided by chuck hagel and a legislative and pr strategy for dealing with the sequester, divided about immigration, divided to some extent about just the general posture towards the president. and i think you see in that poll, you know, you say who s the republican party unpopular with? to some extent obviously with