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Top yale student at harvard there is a republican base out there. they don't believe in photo synthesis, electromagnetism. he will speak with giant intlek intellectuals. >> you can't oppose all the time. kevin, do you think this may backfire on the gop? they say they don't like erick holder. now they have somebody who should be a shoe-in. they are holding it up. is the obstructionism too obvious? >> i think it's too easy to paint it as political obstructionism when you do have a couple of folks up on capitol hill who believe strongly and have a substantive disagreement about her comments and r...

. it was a senator ted cruz throwing his hat into the presidential ring becoming the first major 2016 contender to formally declare. so what will a ted cruz candidacy look like? >> let's discuss. we have mr. kevin maddon and cnn political commentator, democratic strategist and senior adviser at usa action mr. paul beghala, so kevin maddon we start with you. he's the first man in. is this the last time we refer to him as a first? >> look. he is somebody who excites a lot of grass roots conservatives out there. he is somebody for a lot of voters who want to see the status quo in washington and...

Co bow to the nra. >> secretary of state john kerry just landed in kabul, afghanistan, on an unannounced visit. the country is facing turmoil over a disputed action. he is also blowing up in social media in this video of him -- not spal wailing on a guitar, playing in beijing for a small group of diplomats. i want to show this. look at that. kevin, what did you think when you saw this video? >> all i could think of was -- boy, that hurt my ear right there. that scene from "animal house" where john belushi comes in and grabs the guitar and smashes it back and forth. >> there it is. >> that's th...

Here is a good test case. >> let's bring in our panel. president for the center of american progress and kevin maddon, republican strategist. kevin, this crisis has really brought governor perry back into the spotlight in a way that -- i knew he was thinking about possibly running for president again in 2016 and he likes to remind people that it took three times or two times for other candidates in the past, reagan or whomever. how do you see this actually helping him, if it does? >> i look back to the 2012 campaign when governor perry first got in. the reason he flourished and did so well and...

To earn back the trust of the american people that's been lost over the last few weeks. >> let's get our panel's thoughts now about d.c.'s to do list. how do congress and the president pull themselves out of the muck and specifically van jones, kevin madden, dana bash and gloria borger, we were talking during the break about this deficit of trust in this town and how can we move on. president obama and harry reid were already talking about starting immigration reform. how is that even possible? >> right. i just thought one of the most telling moments was we talked about a little bit before whi...