where do they stand? yeah, bret. this ching is still a mess. and i think the democrats are having problems because they are trying to pass legislation built for majorities they don t have. the biggest thing they are dealing with here is they are in control of a 50/50 senate. it s not even a majority but it s a majority because they have the vice president s ty breaking vote. in the house they have a five seat majority. that is nothing. it is not a governing majority. and what they can t get over is that they have centrists and liberals on opposite sides of the page and nobody wants to give and nobody wants to meet in the middle and everybody is dug n positions that they feel very strongly about but they are very passionate and principled about. but until they reach the conclusion that they don t have the margins to play with, and if and until they ever realize that their inability to show the american people they can govern is putting their majorities in
today as the first step. there will be many critics of joe manchin. many people that will protest joe manchin. and that is what it is. and that s the reality. and those that are going to pursue that should continue to pursue that. i m not going to kritcriticize . our path wau way forward is to continue a dialogue. the dialogue may reach a dead end. and joe manchin is fairly well dug n but the fact that he is dug in, we appeal to him to reconsider his position. okay. thank you. come back, okay? come back right after the next meeting. any time. thank you. all right. take good care. we ll be right back.
charlie crist, the governor trending down slightly. what would happen if crist were to take on marco rubio one-on-one? chuck todd is nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent, and also joanne reed is contributor for the grio.com and columnist for the miami herald. i got to go to joanne what do you know of a possible pullout by the democrat kendrick meek to allow charlie crist to take on rubio one to one and probably have more votes than rubio to start with? there is not any talk with within the meek campaign. they are very dug in on this race. what s happening now that you have some on the donor level, crist donors going to meek donors and saying, look, your guy is in third place, our guy is in second place, let s make it a race. rubio is still under 50, but the meek campaign is quite dug n for the last couple of weeks, they have been arguing that crist can t win but the problem is that they are arguing that from third place. that is causing a lot of anxiety
pollster.com shows marco rubio and kendrick meek trending up and charlie krirks the governor trending down slightly. what would happen if crist were to take on marco rubio one-on-one? chuck todd nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent and also joanne reed contributor and columnist for the miami herald. i got to go to joanne what do you know of a possible pullout by the democrat kendrick meek to allow charlie crist to take on rubio one to on one and probably have more votes than rubio to start with? there is not any talk with within the meek campaign. they are very dug in on this race. what s happening now that you have some on the donor level, crist donors going to meek donors and saying, look, your guy is in third place, our guy is in second place, let s make it a ray rubio is still under 50, but the meek campaign is quite dug n for the last couple of weeks, they have been arguing that crist can t win but the problem is that they are arguing that from third p
the man in the middle, charlie crist, the governor trending down slightly. what would happen if crist were to take on marco rubio one-on-one? chuck todd is nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent, and also joanne reed is contributor for the grio.com and columnist for the miami herald. i got to go to joanne what do you know of a possible pullout by the democrat kendrick meek to allow charlie crist to take on rubio one to one and probably have more votes than rubio to start with? there is not any talk with within the meek campaign. they are very dug in on this race. what s happening now that you have some on the donor level, crist donors going to meek donors and saying, look, your guy is in third place, our guy is in second place, let s make it a race. rubio is still under 50, but the meek campaign is quite dug n for the last couple of weeks, they have been arguing that crist can t win but the problem is that they are arguing that from third place. that is c