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List, particularly on taxes, which frankly i think is the real priority here. and anything you do to distract -- >> its the only priority, chris. >> exactly. >> anything you do from that will take away the political capital we need to get that done. >> thats exactly what im hearing from folks within the organization. and they are petrified that trump will collapse before this is accomplished. they really look at this as a singular moment. they dread the obamacare question right now, that the dog...

Having a debate about -- did he go out and say this and then wanting it back and the sort of partial walk-back strikes me as part of what youre saying. my sense is exactly the way you lay it out, which is the thinking around the house republican leadership is, weve got a once in a generation chance to go through this punch list, particularly on taxes, which frankly i think is the real priority here. and anything you do to distract -- >> its the only priority, chris. >> exactly. >> anything you d...

Tells me to expect the white house to make concessions on these budget items. there is one huge challenge ahead and that is what to do about obamacare. republican leaders and the white house are still not on the same page despite the fact that the president has talked about getting rid of obamacare very early on in the administrationmeadministration. one sign is when the president acknowledged to people here, some healthcare ceos, he said that nobody knew that healthcare could be so comtated. >>...

Always pushing for some way to defund obamacare be it legislatively. they always want to defund obamacare. that seems like they are playing to the crowd. >> ted cruz has made a career at this point argument, im the only one who has stood up to mainstream republicans in congress. >> i must say donald trumps a absence at this event is a huge opportunity for ted cruz who very badly needs some oxygen. needs some running room and as we could see there, he was taking it. interesting too the other nigh...

What does this mean for obamacare moving into 2015? >> theres a wild card here. so, if there were no wild card, i would say the obamacare question would kind of go silent for the next two years. republicans would still politic on it, obviously, but the idea they would pick a big fight or a spending bill or debt limit bill to chip away or roll back obamacare, i think those days are behind us. theres a supreme court case that will be heard and decided in the coming year, which if the courts conser...

E-mails that make part of the affordable care act that doesnt look good especially from people whove made up their mind that they dont want it to work. because they dont like the president. maybe hes of the wrong color, something of that sort. ive seen a lot of that. and i know a lot of that to be true. its not something youre meant to talk about in public, but its something im talking about in public because that is very true. >> it was regrettable and i would say offensive seeings im the only ...

Because of his race. this study was done on attitudes specifically about obamacare. when you look at the racial resentment index, it helps predict. its not the only thing, not the one thing. >> thomas? >> i was going to say we can compare and contrast this to what the clintons tried to do in the early 1990s. the is is when i first started reporting. people were pulling their hair out over this because an unelected first lady was trying to upgrade our countrys social contract and trying to win so...

Resentment a picture of the water poodle and tout it as kennedys they have wildly different thoughts. race is playing a role in peoples thoughts on this. and it is true that most people do not oppose obamacare because of race. the vast majority of people who dont like it dont like it because they dont trust the way its implemented. as joe says you saw tremendous opposition from hillary and bill clinton when they -- thats why this stuff is very difficult to talk about. because you need to be able...

In a majority white country. and unless im wrong, this is the first majority white country that has ever elected a person of the color. i must say, i have been behind closed doors with thousands of conservatives through the years. i have never once heard one of them say in the deep south or in the northeast or in south boston, boy, i really hate obamacare because that black president -- i never -- ive never heard anybody come close to saying that. and i have spoken to some wildly right wing grou...

I think that gives him some measure of protection whether that should overshadow all of these problems the va has had over his tenure at the head of the agency i think is a question that some of these lawmakers are grappling with. you know, the white house says they are going to wait for these reviews to finish. theres a preliminary review that shinseki is overseeing. were supposed to get that next week. theres a broader review that nabors is to turn in in june. the question is will the politica...