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Allegations about spying. that is the one thing you learn i think most quickly in the white house and that is how much your agenda can be affected by events that are seemingly out of your control, regardless of the fact that you work in a building that is among the most powerful in the world. >> chuck todd? >> you know, david, the other part of your piece that, you know, we are talking about the big large philosophy, you know, his answer on the question about whether opposition is driven by race, he has avoided answering that question for five years. and, to you, gave an answer i've heard many...

Hillary clinton in 2016? i think more and more people are waking up to news like this saying, no. >> we know you'll be talking about it around your table and ours as well. joe scarborough, always good to get your perspective. thank you. >> thanks a lot. appreciate it, savannah. can we do something first here now that we are back? i want to to go to robert gibbs. how silly for us to be talking about barack obama and not bring in a guy that was there from the very beginning and worked with him in the administration. have you read david's speech yet, robert? >> i've read most of it. i'm a new yor...

Doesn't look good. >> one problem is one thing that seems attractive about him to a lot of people which was this kind of openness, transparency, and some people would say it's bullying, suddenly you can't play that card any more because you look like a big bully. >> you all have been a part of history. this is a 28-minute first segment for the hour. i want to congratulate everybody. we have six or seven segments. >> is it over? >> it's the longest one we have had. david, thank you. great piece. >> yeah. your piece is in "the new yorker." >> chuck, see you on "the daily rundown." reverend al, s...

Talked about how the president just detested going from one super rich mansion in san francisco to another, to another, raising money. i think the comparisons -- i would guess the comparisons that would drive him batty the most wouldn't be with lbj but bill clinton who absolutely swallowed that experience up. >> no. look. the two of them, you know, one appears to just hate politics and one appears to love that part of politics. but i'm curious, david. what do you think candidate obama would think of president obama right now as he begins year six? i say this because what struck me the most aft...

Lot of members of congress are there because they promised their constituents in the midterm elections, the tea party crowd, that they were there for specific reasons that they were not going to be flexible. so i think that it's a little naive for some to think that if president obama somehow started socializing with them and hanging out with them and babysit their children they would turn what that he promised their constituents what they were going to washington for in the first place. he is dealing with a hard ideological block that i don't think will be moved. so i agree with david when yo...