semi apocalyptic vision for the party? senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, john cornyn, and rising star, ted cruz. newsweek s david frum makes sense of it all quoting public polling saying, the out size influence of hard-line elements in the party base is doing to the gop what supporters of gene mccarthy and george mcgovern did to the democratic party in the late 1960s and early 1970s, radicalizing its image and standing in the way of its revitalization. let us bring in health magee, vice president of policy and outreach at demos and michael t tomsskey for newsweek and the daily beast. heather, please help me to understand what is happening here. what does it say to you that folks like mitch mcconnell and john cornyn, both of whom are likely to face primary challenges in 2014, feel the need to sign on to the rand paul budget? we ve lost our way. we ve officially lost our way. you know, i actually curled up with this 106-page document today with a warm cup of tea. what c
and why is chris christie talking so much about his weight? maybe because he wants to talk about it on his terms, and why might that be? because perhaps he s running for president. finally, the recently fired dick morris admits he was wrong at the top of his lungs last november. that s fine, but was he really wrong in predicting a romney landslide or did he know what was coming and decide that s what fox viewers wanted to hear? we begin with the debate over the drones. robin wright is a scholar at the woodrow wilson center. newsweek s dan klaidman is the author of kill or capture. john brennan s confirmation hearing this afternoon started out with some fireworks. anti-war protesters interrupted the proceedings five times accusing the cia of causing huge amounts of collateral damage with drone strikes. the committee s chair, dianne feinstein, eventually cleared the room. later, brennan cited the protesters when he addressed what he called a misperception about the goal of the dr
doing. because i know that because of your efforts day after day we are making a real difference. but i leave this department confident. just moments ago, hillary clinton formally wrapped up the run as secretary of state, the most traveled in history. she said a final farewell to the state department colleagues although there aren t that many out there who believe she said a final farewell to politics. newsweek s cover calls her the most powerful woman in politics. a big farewell in d.c. but here a somber good-bye. three-term mayor ed koch passed away this morning. he was 88. anyone who knew anything of ed koch knew of his charismatic personality. how am i doing?
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white house at 27 past the hour. joining the table, tina brown. good morning. newsweek s latest issue on the obama conquest. with us from washington, managing editor of the hill bob cusack who is here to discuss two of their big front page stories, as well. bob, good to have you onboard. good morning. why don t we start with the key advisers poised to leave team obama. fill us in. yeah, team obama looks to be breaking up. a lot of president obama s senior advisers are expected to depart, david plouffe, jim messina, as well as david axelrod going back to chicago to work on politics institute. so the president s going to have a new team. and a lot of people say that s healthy just because, you know, second terms, especially recently have had basically some jinxes. so you want to bring people some fresh people on. also jack lui could be moving over to the treasury department to replace tim geithner. so the president s going to have