nominee that s have different views than what the president campaigned on. of course there will be scrutiny. will he win some of the fights? possibly. i will tell you this, chuck, these people will have enormous power over americans for years. to have a little debate and discussion before they take office. if i was the republicans of course i would want to ram a cabinet like this through, i m embarrassed by it. let me drill down on mick mulvaney. you defended tom daschell and said it was not a withdrawable defense. my objections to mulvaney for more relate to his views in the congress, and as omb director he has tremendous, tremendous power. but there are many people who
califano when franklin roosevelt was there he has heavyweights around him to run his domestic programs. you do not see this with president obama. who is his domestic counselor? can anybody name it? i can. who? her name is cecelia munoz. her forte is immigration. but i don t see her anywhere. i m sure she s a wonderful human being. she s not a heavyweight in american political terms. where is tom daschell when they need him to run this? give me a couple other examples other than the health care thing where his own engagement in governing has been a failure. a lot of people point to syria. the wall street journal has a piece saying that basically he s been disconnected during meetings, kind of literally with his body language checking his phone. syria. when we elected him not to invade syria. if you ask the american people, do you think the stimulus program was well
grappled with it because he believes in it. i don t have an issue with that. but i still think the way he runs the white house is much more splittic kaypolitically at governmentally atuned. when lbj was there he had joe califano when franklin roosevelt was there he has heavyweights around him to run his domestic programs. you do not see this with president obama. who is his domestic counselor? can anybody name it? i can. who? her name is cecelia munoz. her forte is immigration. but i don t see her anywhere. i m sure she s a wonderful human being. she s not a heavyweight in american political terms. where is tom daschell when they need him to run this? give me a couple other examples other than the health care thing where his own engagement in governing has been a failure. a lot of people point to
do just that. i want to quickly run with you with the big story this week, the obama administration s drone program in which we learned some new details about it and the leaked justice department memo and john brennan s confirmation hearings. the big question is the killing of american citizens. do you believe, snork snorks that those strikes are warranted? well, i don t have the details and information necessary to make that judgment. but i do believe that it s a threshold that we have to be very, very careful about, alex. this sets a dangerous precedent going forward. we ve always been a country of the rule of law. and the rule of law has constitutional elements to it that are guaranteed all citizens. and so i m concerned about it. i think we have to give it very careful thought and really question whether this is something we ought to do in a permanent way. security is important. but so are the constitutional rights afforded every american. well, senator tom daschell, many tha
well, we have much more on the storm to come. putting the business angle of the storm. but to recap for all of you, more than half a million customers remain without power across the region. all roads are closed in the states of massachusetts, connecticut and rhode island. and at least three people, some reports of four having died. now to politics and his new weekly address today, president obama issued a warning about the latest fiscal crisis threatening the u.s. economy. if congress doesn t act by march 1st, a series of harmful automatic cuts to job-creating investment and defense spending, also known as the sequester, are scheduled to take effect. and the results could be a huge blow to middle class families and our economy as a whole. joining me now for today s strategy talk, is former u.s. senator and majority leader tom daschell, senior policy adviser for dla piper and author of a new book the u.s. senate. looks like a great book. thank you for joining us. my pleasure,