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Case for chuck hagel. one thing about taking the step back if you will about this week and what we're seeing with the president in this cabinet. there is no equivocation when it comes to placating the washington establishment. he is doing what he wants, regardless -- there is no gates, no hillary. everything else the first four years was about keeping washington in check. not this time. >> presidents have a way of getting re-elected and deciding how about i do what i want to do. how about i choose who i'm comfortable with. and they have extra confidence that they can do that. and they should b...

Same old same old? >> well, it seems like it. i think part of what's important to recognize, in this consistency and this willingness to continue with the very clear war on women's reproductive rights, you know, i think what we're seeing with the 113th congress is anticipating the fact that roe v. wade is going to be challenged in the supreme court during this session. and so they are just setting themselves, very clearly, that the republicans in the 113th, on the side, they're trying to continue a momentum that is an anti-choice, anti-reproductive rights momentum in part because they recogniz...

Time. i appreciate it. i want to bring in our power panel, perry bacon, ari melber and republican strategist alice stuart. alice, i want to jump in straight off of the remarks of j.c. watts. doesn't seem he supports reince priebus in the head of the rnc, they have a diversity issue of what the brand the republican party needs to march into the future. do you agree there might need to be new leadership at the top of rnc? >> that was a great interview with korngman watts. he made a great point not so much with leadership but the lessons we learn from this election in terms of reaching out to g...

For those of our viewers who didn't get a chance to see the editorial, talk to us a little bit about that role and why it's important. >> well, i think this controversy has been widely understood as a religious freedom issue, which it is, but it's more than that and i think at a deeper level what is involved is a kind of diversity issue or pluralism issue about the institutions of civil society that provide so much of our education and social services and health care and we hope will continue to do so in the future. the question would be, whether all these institutions can do so retaining thei...