taken aback to your answer about the question about organizing for action. you re taken aback? it s no different than if the president sees this group, it s no different than the dscc i didn t say this is a group that s planning on coordinating with the white house, is it not? well, ofa again, it was set up to promote the president s public policy agenda. and therefore as anyone would expect, the president would likely meet with the representatives to discuss his agenda. any notion as we talked about that there s a price set for a meeting with the president is absurd and wrong. 26 past the hour, look at that shot of beautiful shot. washington, d.c. it s rainy, but you ve got to get out of bed, you ve got to get to work. there s a lot of traffic. there s a lot of traffic. take the covers, put them over your head. here with us now
carl. reporter: the white house does admit that organizing for action will be raising big bucks from obama donors and supporters and that the white house administration will be scheduling meetings for senior officials from the president with some of the donors, but argue that the half million dollar donation number reported by the new york times is not an exact price tag, which suggests that maybe the price is negotiatable and therefore, they re not truly selling access. here is any notion that there s a set price for the meeting with the president of the united states is just wrong. as you know, organizing for action was set to promote the president s public policy agenda therefore as anyone would expect the president would likely meets with their representatives to discuss his agenda, but again, any notion that there s a price for meeting with the the president is simply wrong. reporter: what irks some of the traditional allies, he s shattered fund raising
set price for a meeting with the president of the united states is just wrong. as you know, organizing for action was set up to promote the president s public policy agenda. therefore, as anyone would expect, the president would likely meet with their representatives to discuss his agenda. but, again, any notion that there s a price for meeting with the president is simply wrong. jon: a price for meeting with the president is simply wrong. that s not exactly a denial, is it? no. it kind of remind me of that maybe apocryphal story about winston churchill arguing with the woman, and he offers her $10 to sleep with him, and she says, no, what do you think i am? got it backwards. first he offers her a million dollars, and she says, of course, and then he offers her ten, and she says, no, what do you think i am, and he says, well, we ve established what you are, we re just negotiating the price. it s just that it s up for negotiation. where i do think carney and the white house have a fai
yeah. the obama administration is fighting back against charges that access to the president is being sold to the highest bidders by a new advocacy organization with close ties to the white house. the new york times first reported that people who donated at least half a million dollars to the nonprofit group organizing for action, the direct offspring of president obama s outfit, obama for america, would be granted quarterly meeting with the president. yesterday and watch this. white house press secretary jay carney disputed the allegation and defended the white house s involvement with the group. any notion that there s a set price for a meeting with the president of the united states is just wrong. as you know, organizing for action was set up to promote the president s public policy agenda. therefore, as anyone would expect, the president would likely meet with their representatives to discuss his agenda. again, any notion there s a price for meeting with the president is simp
nomination. let s look at this poll everybody is buzzing about. nbc/wall street journal. it came out last night. on the top, herman cain former godfather pizza ceo. mitt romney the former massachusetts governor at 23% and rick perry you can see dropping down to 16% in this poll. now, kyra, one thing about this poll that was done before the presidential debate the other night and cain s advantage there, that four-point advantage that is within the sampling era. another poll came out last night. this is by reuters and this indicates pretty much a tie at the top. romney at 23%, cain at 19%. again, it s within the sampling error. herman cain catching fire in the polls national and state one reason is 999 that tax plan he has been talking about nonstop. he was the star or at least had the most attention at the presidential debate the other night. another debate, our own, coming up next week, kyra. also, paul, it s been a rough stretch for the president. so, what are we hearing f