and now the withdrawal. the withdrawal from iraq. but all those things are not things you sort of win medals for and wear on your jacket. i think it may be that all of this ends up being a moot point. i can t imagine that many voters in 2016 going to the poles and deciding between a possible hillary clinton pandcy and a republican opponent by saying oh, but she was really good as secretary of state. i think republicans are hitting on her now because she s the topic du jour and she will be unless she gets out of the race. and they re trying to establish a pattern they can use in an election year. and that pattern is she s not a very good manager. i think that critique actually is something she s going to have to deal with. it goes back to the 90s in the white house where she had trouble. goes back to 2008 where she had trouble running the presidential campaign. and that s going to be something she has to answer for. she has plenty of time between now and then. she s going to clearly co
the withdrawal from iraq. but all those things are not things you sort of win medals for and wear on your jacket. i think it may be that all of this ends up being a moot point. i can t imagine that many voters in 2016 going to the poles and deciding between a possible hillary clinton pandcy and a republican opponent by saying oh, but she was really good as secretary of state. i think republicans are hitting on her now because she s the topic du jour and she will be unless she gets out of the race. and they re trying to establish a pattern they can use in an election year. and that pattern is she s not a very good manager. i think that critique actually is something she s going to have to deal with. it goes back to the 90s in the white house where she had trouble. goes back to 2008 where she had trouble running the presidential campaign. and that s going to be something she has to answer for. she has plenty of time between now and then. she s going to clearly come out swinging in june
the u.s. team did win medals. so quite clearly i think the president making a statement here. you know, i think jay is being cautious not to sort of go too far beyond and above what the president has already said on it. chris cillizza, kelly o donnell, thank you so much. and mississippi senator roger wick eer now joins us. he s one of the leading members opposing today s budget deal. he joins us now. senator, thank you for being with us. glad to be with you. let me ask you about your objections because of the military retirees, the pension cuts. there have been a number of people, including john mccain, who have pointed out this will be fixed before it kicks in. so why vote against the whole budget deal to make this point? andrea, this has been a good fight, and i think the fact that we have been so aggressive on this has maybe gotten us a little farther down the path than we would have.