he was on the sidelines. >> although there were also some lawmakers, of course, who were relieved he was not necessarily involved in these negotiations. first of all, because he let mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer and the other senators do their work, and you know, maybe the president could have become engaged if this had gone on a little longer. but remember what chuck schumer said also, in the context of this shutdown, in the context of the immigration reform debate. negotiating with the president is like negotiating with jell-o. so i think over the past few days, we have seen sort of a shift in this narrative from the president being this great deal maker as he so effectively cast himself during the course of the campaign to this narrative that actually, he oftentimes gets in his own way in the course of trying to make these deals and in the way of republicans getting the deals they want. >> jeffrey toobin, how do you see it? >> i see this a little differently. i see the big loser here is the 800,000 people, human beings, who have lived their entire life as americans who are weeks away
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