with this? what s been their reaction since the new york times article? as you pointed out, white house officials say the president is not done with going after corker, a top republican, a vote he needs. there are mixed feelings about that. obviously, the president thinks this is a worthwhile strategy. he thinks he can go after corker with no problem, but not everyone in the west wing is convinced of that and certainly trump s allies outside of the west wing are not convinced of that. they believe that this is someone trump is going to need over the long term and also that he s just creating another spectacle that s not necessarily going to move forward the legislative agenda that he s hoping to advance. is there concern amongst the president s allies that this could affect, i mean, his ability to pass that legislative agenda? reporter: absolutely, there s concern. i mean, bob corker has not set off this rush of other republicans who were going to say these same things publicly
congress and what they re hearing from a lot of politicians on the right. that is very clear. they definitely don t like the reflexive no they hear. the fighting every single thing the president s doing. the putting politics ahead of people s lives. that they know they don t want. you see that in poll after poll. now, james, rick scott s taken heat over the re-election fight. i mean, you re talking about affecting about 5 million people. these are governors who either refuse to expand medicaid or drag their feet on it. how unpopular is this going to be for them next fall? well, i would argue that their political opponents will make a lot of hay out of this. for rick scott in florida the demographics are against them on the expansion. i think for governor corbett s same deal, at the end of the day
allen of politico said. take a listen. privately republicans say benghazi probably wouldn t be an issue if it weren t for hillary clinton. unlike the irs if it wasn t for her and 2016, this wouldn t be an issue. it s something that people don t understand. so jonathan, is it possible that republicans are just pretending to be outraged about benghazi, principally because they want to smear mrs. clinton before she may or may not run for the presidency? i m shocked, shocked that there s gambling here. yes, of course, look, when they went after benghazi, one, it was to undermine the president during the re-election fight. then it shifted to undermining susan rice because the rumor was she was under considerable consideration for being secretary of state hillary clinton s successor at the state department. and when that was knocked out, then they focused their attention on hillary clinton and what she may or may not do in
it s all there. up next, an exclusive first look at a role former president bill clinton is playing in president obama s re-election fight. we ll check it out with our political panel. but first, of course, white house soup of the day. greek lentil stew. i keep thinking they will wait until the greeks fully take this economic peril off the table before serving anymore greek stew. but we ll see. you re watching the daily rundown. put a little feta on it. -one. -two.
it has enough votes. they can change their votes until it s finally recorded. senate rules. on jill brand what s so interesting even though she comes from up state, she was progun, she was far more centerist than anyone else. he is aligned with chuck schumer. she has a re-election fight and she she could have a re-election fight. and she could have a tough fight. and not only in primary fight, she could have a serious opponent you don t know if somebody could materialize. most of her money has come from wall street. she worked on wall street. so for her to vote against the againstal wisdom of wall street on this is very interesting. it shows where she think she s vulnerable. on the primary side. absolutely. i heard some democratic rumbling for a while they thought if they want to challenge her in the primary. that s why a bunch of