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With the cabinet secretary, u. N. Ambassador and just Foreign Policy veteran bill richardson. Just four days remain till new jersey democrats decide whether corey booker does head to the United States senate or not. And then a deep dive into the sky with air force one. Were going behind the scenes to the famous president ial plane. And finding out why the first plane to get that call sign is rusting away in an arizona desert. Good morning from des moines, iowa. Im luke casey, host of good night iowa. Its friday, august 9th, 2013, the first day of the iowa state fair and the unofficial kickoff of the 2016 iowa caucuses. This is the daily rundown and heres chuck todd. Mm, fried butter. Thank you, luke. Lets get right to my first reads of the morning. President obama will try to get last words in this afternoon before leaving tomorrow for marthas vineyard. Hell set the stage for the fall fights. Ahead of taking question, in his first solo press Conference Since april. Having a press Conference Tomorrow so why dont you ask that question tomorrow . In todays press conference, comes at a precarious time for him. The unraveling of the russian reset is the latest in a string of Foreign Policy setbacks. Three months ago, the president was hoping he would be touting a big domestic success at this last Big Press Conference of the summer with an Immigration Reform bill ready to sign. That looks a long way away. Instead, the president will be grilled for the first time on the decision to cancel his planned one on one meeting with russian president putin. Late this morning, secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary hagel will meet their russian counterparts. That includes syria, iran, Missile Defense and of course the fate of nsa leaker snowden. You can expect questions on the status of the Terror Threat warnings, the status of al qaeda. How strong are they . The state Department Today has ordered all nonessential staff to evacuate another consulate. This one in lahore, pakistan. The move after the u. S. Closed 19 Diplomatic Missions in response to an ongoing Terror Threat. The Obama Administration has struggled with the aftershocks of the arab spring that the president heralded two years ago. We see many reasons to be hopeful. In egypt, we see it in the emplemplt efforts of young people who led protests. While chanting, peaceful, peaceful. In benghazi, a city threatened with destruction, we see it in the courthouse square, where people gathered to celebrate the freedom, they had never known. Two years later, in egypt, diplomatic attempt, to broker a deal between islamists and the military has failed. Warning now ingredients are there for a violent insurgency that could last years. Kind of like syria. In fact, in syria, president assad has regained the upper hand in that civil war. The cias second in command warns that the mix of al qaeda extremism and the civil war now poses the greatest single threat to u. S. National security. Then of course theres benghazi. That attack a year ago is still informing the administrations very cautious approach on the current threat. Overall, managing what has become a fullblown crisis. Back at home, the president is paying the price for washington dysfunction. Hes been swept up in public s disgust which is now in the white house too. The legislative accomplishment, immigration, looks very far off. Instead, the fight over the implementation of health care has become the battle of the fall. In about three weeks, whats expected to be a bruising fall budget fight will kick into high gear. They have to agree by october 1 on a stop gap measure. In early november, they have to come up with a debt ceiling deal and be forced to make a deal or default. Quite the first seven months of the second term. Questioning this afternoon, though, likely to be dominated by Foreign Policy topics. Thanks to the news this week of the new deep freeze in u. S. russian relations. Joining me now to talk about all of it is a man whos a veteran of all of these Foreign Policy issues, former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of new mexico bill richardson. Governor richardson, good to see you, sir. Nice to be with you, chuck. Lets start with the putin situation. Thats going to be probably the topic a, since we havent heard from him since the official decision was made. When you look at this and youre a guy that has always been about a personality. Youve always been a believer youve got to strike up a personal relationship sometimes to get a diplomat to get what you want diplomatically. You look at this back and forth between the president and putin what would you advise the president how to deal with putin . First of all, theres got to rebuild the relationship. It seems the chemistry is off between them. Thats important when youre negotiating, to be able to deal with each other, like each other, find ways to mesh differences. Putin is going through a very difficult period. I think hes trying to cement his legacy. The true putin is coming out. The harsh antihuman rights, you know, were a major power, dont push us around. Its a very dangerous phase. I think the president has been trying to be diplomatic with him. Trying to set this reset relationship. But what needs to happen, chuck, is maybe not this time, obviously, because of snowden. I agree what the administration did with snowden. He has to rebuild that perm relationship. Maybe they should go off to a Deserted Island and try to narrow these differences. Because the relationship is so important. Iran is in the balance. Syria issue is in the balance. We dont want russia vetoing the u. N. Security council. Arms control issues. Trade issues. Missile defense. The whole arab spring, the middle east, needs to youd be an advocate remember, bush tried to do the personality front, right, he brought putin down to his ranch, said very famously ive seen into the mans soul. Obviously, its probably something that former president bush would take back at this point in time when you watch the type of things that putin is doing. But thats what you think the president should do, maybe plan, do something, go off together, Something Like that, where theyre in isolation and work one on one . Yeah, i do. The president is very effective one on one. I remember the president ial campaign, you know, when i endorsed him which as you know was quite controversial. The guy is very good one on one. He gets a bad rap on that. I just think that a lot of it is chemistry. I think its become personal with putin. Something happened. Possibly during the Missile Defense days, the georgia difference, the invasion of georgia. And so grudges, you know, politicians are people. And they look at things the way anybody else does, personal relationships. The problem is that putin is the leader of a very powerful country that we need. We need to rebuild this relationship as much as he has become a problem. Im glad you point that out. I always remind peep at the end of the day sometimes politicians react as human beings. I want to talk about the egypt situation. You think the problem, if he were not sitting in the oval office, if he were a u. S. Senator, he would call what happened a coup . Yeah, he probably would. Because it was a coup. But i think he appropriately did not say that. He said it was an internal affair. Look, the morsi government, the muslim brotherhood, had really screwed things up. I mean, they were not inclusive. They were not democratic. I think what the military did was justified. He cant say that. I think what we need to keep doing is pushing the military to restore democracy. Rule of law. Transparency. Stop going after some of these morsi backers. Try to bring people together. And this is why russia and why in syria we need the big powers, the european union, russia, United States, those that make up the u. N. Security council, to Work Together on a mix of sanctions and mix of incentives. We cant just do it alone anymore. Eight years ago about this time, you were contemplating whether to run for president. You knew you would be staring at a formidable frontrunner in the name of Hillary Clinton. What kind of advice would you give to an ambitious democrat whos not named Hillary Clinton, but youve seen how much of a formidable frontrunner she is, about how to go about this . All right, well, i think that the two strongest candidates, if she doesnt run, would be somebody like andrew cuomo or joe biden. You have to watch and see whether shes going to run. If she runs, an altered the landscape dramatically because shes so strong. Would you tell Martin Omalley if they asked you your advice, is it worth doing it, is it worth trying the uphill battle that its going to be. You found yourself in that situation, tougher to raise money, tough to get people, because they all jumped on one of the two frontrunners in the race that you were involved in. Yeah, i would say go for it. Im different than other people. I would say to the omalleys, to joe, cuomo, others contemplating it, out west and montana, my friend brian i think is a viable candidate. I would say, you know, dip your toe in. Dont never say never. But, you know, do some polling. Do some travel. Iowa and New Hampshire is so important because theyre so early. If she gets in, obviously, she is an immediately strong frontrunner. Probably the strongest frontrunner weve ever seen moving early in a president ial race. But if she doesnt go, its all holds barred. My prediction, its about 110 she will go. Are you on the ban wagon . We got Claire Mccaskill going to iowa today to promote an event for Hillary Clinton. Are you on board . No, im a private citizen. Im in miami now pushing obamas environmental policy. I thing this press conference is important because this is the august recess for members of congress. I bet you hes very strong on immigration today. Hes very strong on, you know, stay off the health care bill. Lets boost up the economy. Lets Work Together. This is a good time to have this press conference, to drum up support for his initiatives. There you go. Governor bill richardson, former governor bill richardson, thanks for coming on and sharing interviews. Coming up, iowa and the race for the white house. Theyre old acquaintances. This time, it may be a little different. Plus, why is this guy holding his nose while standing next to the Senate Republican leader . The story and the weird impact of it all ahead. And later, the role that august town halls make in the midterms or at least in the fall budget fights. Is there more danger for republicans . But first, a look ahead at todays politics planner. Of course, the president s presser. But weve got a Virginia Governor Candidates Forum today. What do you think its going to be about, gift gate and green tech . Thats why were doing this song. Youre watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. She wants to be the queen [ whispering ] uh i had a nightmare the house caught fire and we were out on the streets. [ whispering ] shhh. Its only a dream. And we have Home Insurance. But if we made a claim, our rate would go up. [ whispering ] shhh. You did it right. You have allstate claim rate guard so your rates wont go up just because of a claim. [ whispering ] are we still in a dream . No, youre in an allstate commercial. So get allstate Home Insurance with claim rate guard. [ whispering ] goodnight. There are so many people in our bedroom. 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Later, were going to hop aboard air force one to get history in todays deep dive. Why that first one is rusting, i guess waiting to film con air 2. The first president to visit russia while in office . Heres a hint. Russia was still the soviet union. Is like hammering. Riding against the wind. Uphill. Every day. We make money on saddles and tubes. But not on bikes. My margins are thinner than these tires. Anything that gives me some breathing room makes a difference. Membership helps make the most of your cashflow. Im Nelson Gutierrez of strictly bicycles and my money works as hard as i do. This is what membership is. This is what membership does. Some more first read. If its friday, it means its our rundown of all things 2016 because, you know, its august 2013. Hopefuls are busy this weekend, tripping over each other in iowa this weekend. If the state fairs going on, then why not. Less than an hour from now, billing a madam President Forum in des moines. Featuring senator mccaskill and several women who are running. A wing and a nod to the juggernaut who wont be there. The latest event in the Hillary Clinton shadow campaign. Mccaskill has endorsed the idea of hillary running this time. Rick santorum slammed the gop for being tone deaf and nailed the Romney Campaign and republicans for their handling of the convention. Business person after business person talking about thousa they handled their business and obama. But not one person who worked behind the counter or on the factory floor, you know, and say i built this too. Santorum, working class message did him well four years ago, or i guess two years ago. Today santorum will wander through the iowa state fair, home to the legendary butter cow. Will join what can only be described as an eclectic group of social conservatives at the family Leaders Summit in ames. Because theres a guy like this one here, losing Alaska Senate candidate joe miller. Of course thinking about running for the senate again in alaska. Along with iowans, including steve king, whos not running for the senate this year. In the here we go again, the side show that is donald trump, hes showing up for a pr stunt. The question is, will he drag it out for three years before he announces hes not running for president. Then theres texas senator cruz and his father. Theyve become very popular on the stump these days. Cruz tipped his hat to a surprising campaign model. Saying he modeled his campaign for senate on the president s 2000 campaign. He even gave his Campaign Staffer the book, the audacity to win, for christmas. Hes even having an impact in kentucky. A top former aide to both ron and rand paul was caught on tape sounding less than thrilled about his current job. Now the Campaign Manager for the republican leader Mitch Mcconnell and his 2014 reelection bid. He was speaking with a former aide to congressman ron paul would went public this week with allegations at a conservative state senator dropped his support for Michele Bachmann and backed paul after seeking payments from pauls campaign in exchange for his endorsement. The aide handed over this recording to the Economic Policy journal. At economicpolicyjournal. Com. Between you and me, im sort of holding my nose for two years because what were doing here is going to be a big benefit to rand in 16 so thats my long vision. Benton issued a statement saying, quote, it is truly sick that someone would record a private phone conversation and uses it to try to hurt me. I look forward to victory in november 2014. Mcconnell primary challenger matt bevan has seized on this, tweeting, even mcconnells Campaign Manager things mcconnell isnt conservative. Mcconnells campaign is trying to make light of the episode, posting this picture of benton and mcconnell on facebook. I hope we posted that picture. The two them were there, holding their nose together. Lets bring in the gaggle. Republican strategist and former top aide to hastert john furyk. An msnbc contributor Maria Teresa Kum ra. From it is Cook Political Report my old pal amy walter. I am shocked there is hired guns in american politics. Jesse benton admitting hes a hired gun. I mean this is not news to people that follow politicings. Theres a lot of Holding Noses all over the place these days. If they want to win, theyve got to hold their nose and come together. Thats why mcconnell hired him. Didnt particularly love ron paul. He didnt want this. He didnt want we finally put the picture up. He knew he needed he was trying to get some rand paul help and rand paul said fine. This is called coalition building. If you want to win, you got to build it and hold a lot of noses. Amy, its like on that front it doesnt surprise me and it is actually i felt like i got insight into this is rand pauls long view. Jesse bentons very tight with the family. Married into it. This is not just a staffer. This is hes part of the family. Thats right. Rand pauls got a long view. He knows he needs Mitch Mcconnell in his world. Thats right. Thats been the knock against rand paul. Is he really going to be like his father or is he going to be like a little bit more like a quote unquote tradition republic. Can he get that establishment behind him. Not being seen as sort of a whackodoodle over here. So thats pretty smart strategy. I tell you, maria, this to me only Mitch Mcconnell has a reputation of being a political mercenary. Whatever it takes to win. Thats his reputation. Thats the way hes run the senate. Again somebody basically admitting this is whatever it takes to win. I also think as you mentioned this is politics, right, you have to offer to create coalitions so you can widen your base and at the same time learn from other campaigns. Mitch mcconnell is in a run for his life. Basically his referendums on obama care, the two folks on the democratic side and his competitor on the republican pry merck its all a referendum on him. He needs to basically better understand how he can win. Its not surprising. Lets not under i dont want to underplay this event. If you got your money money he may have an uphill battle but hes going to be pretty well funded. This is going to be a good punch line for him. Mcconnell learned that lesson with the bennett race. You take these things seriously. Get all the people you need to get. Spend all the money. Do not take anything lightly. Bevans i think has some resources. Hes not going to have the people in on the ground he needs to win. Its an iowa weekend. This one does feel a little early. Feels very, very, very early. Its ted cruz im focused on. Donald trump, this is laughable. But the ted cruz thing, you know, this is his second trip to iowa in a month. Yeah, you know, its a this is a more serious aspect than i think people really believe can people really put the groundWork Together this far out . So much what were talking about was about trying to sew up he basically decided i couldnt do it my way, i had to buy it. It proves though its incredibly fickle. I remember the last time we were there, an off year, iowa state fair, everybody was following around one person into either single barn, it was 1,000 degrees, that was sarah palin. Off in the corner, there was rick santorum, by himself. No one paying attention to him. Jon huntsman was by himself, wearing brandnew sneakers, as if hed never worn sneakers before. The worst thing was him eating the corn dog. This is actually a good thing, almost like a preprimary. What happeneded in 2012 is they didnt have that vetting process. You had all of the wacos jumping in. That really tore the republican this is the big difference for 2016 is the field will have more heavy weights and will keep the focus off of the side show that is donald trump and those guys. Theres ted cruz where he stood on Foreign Policy. Somewhere between christie and rand paul. That is an interesting way of putting it. You guys are going to be coming back. For more on Mitch Mcconnells Campaign Manager, his holding my nose comment, and potential impact, check out our website, msnbc. Com. Up next, four day, to go in the garden state. Corey booker tries to take the next step in his political career. Well talk to one of the people trying to stop him. Well see. Frank pallones coming up. My fellow americans, our Long National nightmare is other. Over. 39 years ago today, those words coincided with something that happened midair in 1974. Youre watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. Its only 30 bucks a month with unlimited web and text. 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Where as a boy he had written he listened to train whistles in the night and dreamed far off places. That was tom brokaw. Our daily flashback. 39 years ago today that Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. You saw pictures of nixon getting off the plane in california that day. When he boarded it in washington, it was still known as air force one. Halfway to california, the crew was informed that gerald ford had been sworn in and the plane had to change its disignition. Because air force one isnt the name of the plane. Its the call sign for any air force jet carrying the president of the United States. Today, were taking a deep dive to look at the only american symbol that can get you from here to beijing in roughly 12 hours. Typically, air force one referred to one of two highly customized boeing 747s. As tall as a sixstory building. The 747 model replaced the smaller model under george h. W. Bush. Todays air force one has 4,000 square feet floor space inside and can comfortably carry about 100 passengers and crew. It includes a medical suite that can function as an operating room. Not to mention the latest in Communications Technology and emergency countermeasures in case of an attack. It wasnt always so fancy. The first plane to be designated air force one was a 121. Just 116 feet long. It made headlines earlier this year after it was discovered rusting at an arizona airport. The owner of the plane which carried president eisenhower in the late 50s is trying to house it in a museum but so far no takers. Hello. Whats going on in abilene . Eisenhowers successor president kennedy changed the plane to the more advanced long range 707. He had the design changed tore the now familiar blue and white. It was aboard that plane that Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office after president kennedy was assassinated. Image after image, the backdrop to some of the most significant moments in history. For instance, carrying reagan to groundbreaking summits in moscow. It served as president bushs command center on 9 11. The plane provided bush his Vantage Point for viewing aftermath of hurricane katrina. An image that hurt him at the time with the public. Obama has made good use of it. Carried him to at least ten Foreign Countries this year alone. How many other planes have a movie named after them . Maybe one of the greatest movie lines ever by a fictional president harrison ford. Ahh get off my plane i get so just hearing that music and hearing that line fires me up. Ken walsh wrote the book air force one, a history of their president s and their plane. He is the chief White House Correspondent for u. S. News world report. Youve got a new book, prisoners of the white house, the isolation of americas president s and the crisis of leadership. When i first saw prisoners of the white house, i thought you were going to refer to the White House Press corps but well leave that aside. A lot of people thought that. Exactly. Lets talk about this history of air force one. Its a lot of money to run. But after theres been this debate over the years, particularly, you know, any time when a republicans in the white House Democrats complain about overuse of it. We democrats are in the white house, republicans complain about the overuse of it. Theres really no other way to do this, is there . Right. Thats exactly right. Air force one has become such an icon around the world. You know, its instantly recognizable. Most recognizable plane in the world. When the president travels, particularly were going to see this when obama goes on his vacation tomorrow. Theyll be complaints hes spending too much money. The plane costs too much to run. He shouldnt be wasting taxpayers money. But this is what the critics always say no matter who the president is. The out party always criticizes for overuse of the plane. It is very expensive to use. If he doesnt have air force one, how does he get around securely . Its really impossible. Hes got to use the plane. One of the great tests of air force one was 9 11, where it literally had to be a traveling situation room is what it turned into for president bush. You write a little bit about this. Walk me through that day. Right. Its a fascinating story because you remember that chaos of that day on air force one. The president was talking to Vice President cheney at the time about whether he should be coming back to washington. The decision was made not to come right back to washington but they werent sure exactly what was going on, if the white house was targeted and so on. At one point, the pilot of air force one, just to illustrate how amazingly chaotic that day was, asked a secret Service Agent that he trusted to stand guard at the cockpit door so there would be no takeover of the plane. Isnt that amazing . I always found that an amazing story. The plane actually passed the big test on that day. Because it was a terrible crisis and the question was, can air force one keep the president safe and secure and in communication with the country and the world . And it succeeded. Did happen. One other quick story, when the president landed at the air force base during that day, as he hopped around the country that was in nebraska. In nebraska. There was another plane parked on the tarmac. It was a white plane with no markings called the Doomsday Plane. This is the plane designed to keep the president aloft in a nuclear war. The president did not get on that plane. I think the question, would her get on the plane, if he didnt get on the plane that day. The point was, air force one could keep the president safe and secure and in communication. Getting on something called the Doomsday Plane might have scared people. So he didnt do it. Thats right. Whats been interesting is over the last 20 years theres now technically a small fleet of these planes. Sometimes secretaries of state use it. But sometimes president s use it because i remember karl rove talking about this. He said one of the advantages of incumbency is he could use a smaller plane to get into smaller markets. Because not every airport in this country in the swing states can land 747s. Thats right, a very good point. As you said earlier, this is the name given to the plane the president is on. Remember when president bush flew on the aircraft carrier, he was on a navy jet. That became navy one. This is some years ago. But the advantages the president does have this fleet. So the vip fleet. There are many xap pells of president s using these to great advantage as you say to get into smaller markets and smaller places. One consultant once estimated that it give, the president , you know, 10,000 votes just to land in a community in a big city. Because air force one is such an amazing icon. And people just love to go and sit there and watch it. Trust me. And you know it, you and i both have seen it. You see hundreds lined up, taking pictures of the plane. They love that plane. Ken walsh, great stuff. Always one of the best keepers of president ial, modern president ial history these days. Thank you, sir. Coming up, is 2010 flipped on its head . The president S Health Care plan is the talk of town halls. This time, its not democrats who are the targets of the outrage. First, its the white house soup of the day. On press conference day, its ragin cajun gumbo. [ male announcer ] running out of steam . Now you can give yourself a kick in the rear v8 vfusion plus energy. 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The latest poll shows booker with triple the number of his closest competitor Congress Frank pallone who did what he could to show booker is the wrong man for the job. I dont know how the mayor expects hes going to get things done because hes always been aligned with wall street and bain capital and special interest groups. If youre happy with what youre getting in washington, stick with whats in washington now. I dont think we need more washington experience. We need a different kind of experience in washington. With me now, new jersey congressman frank pallone. Good morning. Let me start off a bit a satellite delay, so ill get this first question in. You got a tough weekend ahead. How do you catch up . I think its going to be an election with a very low voter turnout. We have a great field operation. Were knocking on doors with volunteers. I think the message has gotten out that im the experienced candidate who gets things done. Ive been supported by the lautenberg family. I think a lot of the people are paying close attention to the issues. I dont think the polls are really meaningful at this point. Its got to be a tough thing to say youre the experienced candidate when the place you work, congress, is so unpopular these days. Do you how do you when a voter brings that up, what do you say to them . Well, i think democratic voters really believe that the democrats in congress, you know, can get things done because we believe that government makes a difference. I can show, for example, i was one of the people that wrote the Affordable Care act or obama care which has had a great impact on peoples lives. In terms of Affordable Health insurance. I worked hard on Environmental Issues to clean up ocean dumps sites. Oftentimes with senator lautenberg. Senator lautenbergs legacy is you take someone who gets things done. Thats what he did. He always worked hard for working family, and the little guy. To try and improve their lives and create jobs with good benefits. So this notion that youre in washington and you cant accomplish something is simply not true. This is a quirky election being held in august when probably, you know, hatch the voters might be on the jersey shore this weekend rather than focused on the senate primary. If you cant catch up to him today, do you say to yourself, theres a campaign in a year. Hes got to run for a full term in 2014 if youre unable to stop him now. Do you rule out running against him . I dont rule out anything. But im really concentrating on this tuesday. Youre right when you say it is a slow time of year. But i do thing we can get peep out. I do urge everyone to vote regard lless of who theyre goi to vote for. I think this electorate is paying attention to the issues. The direct contact were pursuing is important. I think its going to be a grassroots effort over the next few days. I keep stressing if you want someone whos going to get things done in washington, make a difference in your lives, then pick me. Well, at important point you stress. Theres going to be a low turnout and these polls probably are struggling to find out what this looks like. Well find out on tuesday. Stay safe on the campaign trail and well be watching. Trivia time. First u. S. President to visit russia while in office. It was Richard Nixon. In may of 1972. Congratulations to todays winner, paul axel, think hes a return winner. Send your trivia suggestions to dailyrundown msnbc. Com. Really, were going to break with Barry Manilow . Oh, its billy joel. Youre right. I didnt quite sorry, guys. Billy joel fans, dont beat up on me for comparing him to manilow. I hear it. I do a lot oresearch on angies list before i do any projects on my home. I love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angies list for bringing us together. Find out why more than two million members count on angies list. 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Com its been one week since congress fled for a fiveweek vacation. They are hearing from constituents at town hall meetings. Theme apparently iS Health Care and its this time its conservative activists commanding repeal. Five sentences or less. Can we depend upon you to vote against any budget bill that includes funding for the implementation of obama care . Please do. Yea we told them we would try. If everybody republican votes against it, it does not get funded. Thats a fact. No, sir, it has pass the senate and signed by the president of the United States. Do you think the we need to show the American People we stand for conservativism. Bring back the gaggle. John and mary and amy. You saw aaron there and rand paul and pittinger. August 2009 bizarre world. Everything has turnaround. Republicans have to decide do they want to be seen as a governing party or want to continue to be the Obstruction Party going into a Midterm Election . This, of course looks very familiar to those democrats who said we exactly. Democratic town halls have had no action in them. Insist all youve got ofa who, by the way, is sending prohealth care activists to that. The august recess the whole talk this is all about immigration. Whatever happened to that issue . What was that issue . Instead what is happening the republicans now realize they cant shut down government because they have a function and going back into the town halls and folks are saying we dont want it. John, why are these guys Holding Town Halls in august, youre wondering, right . They are morons. All who is showing up. Unless you have a message to send. August is a nice month to take a vacation. Go to the lake. Shameless plug other than your golf game. My blog. March on washington. 1 hundred,000 people here on august 24th. Right . As long as we are talking about vacations. Im make ago shameless plug for colorado. In fact, id like to move the capital over there. 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