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Defending the president s position. the president s position hasn t changed. as we have also said, the president feels that he would rather have a person that supports his agenda versus somebody who opposes his agenda every step of the way. reporter: now, the white house has said president trump will not come to alabama to campaign for roy moore. but he is getting about as close as you can get when he holds a rally in pensacola, florida, right over the state line and days ahead of this high stakes race. you just heard it from sanders. she tries hard not to say that much. but she just said the president would rather have someone who favors his positions than to take a principaled stand about allegations that even they regard as troubling. caitlyn, thank you very much. let s bring in john avlon and cnn politics reporter and editor ....
The words of the pledge, signing the letter. grover norquist accepted it as a signed pledge. jonathon said earlier, it may be that donald trump has shattered this. trump is the only one who has not signed. he s not signed. i love that idea. the fact that chris christie says how can you not sign the pledge? obviously jeb bush is trying to take a principaled stand. he may know for example that the governor of kansas, super anti-tax guy has been forced to raise taxes because things happen. you have to take in anti-reality pledge that says, no thing can happen that will cause me to change my mind. that s a foolish thing to say but if you don t say it you are cooked. i think that s one of the important i think that s one of the important things we are hearing here is you can not predict the future when you are the president of the united states. sometimes the country goes in to a recession. sometimes things happen. ....
John boehner, the speak of the house who all too rarely reminds the extreme wing of his party that he is speaking of the house, just revealed the one issue on which he has taken a firm and principaled stand. hint, it is not immigration reform. you ever think of running for president? no. no? no. i like to play golf. i do drink red wine and smoke cigarettes. i m not giving that up to be president of the united states. it was straight no-chaser. my name looks like beaner, bonner, boner. there s no tanning beds. nothing. this gop fighting, is it the worst you ve ever seen it? well, maybe it is. it s bad. will the speaker submit to a ....
house democrats tried to bring up the tax extension on capitol hill. the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday mr. speaker, mr. speaker. mr. speaker! that was a democrat there trying to get the attention. he failed. less than a half hour later, after cutting off the democrats the house republican leader was asking, where are they? we re here, ready to work. looking for our counterparts to sit down with us. so when will the games be set aside and both sides actually start working together to save you money? dana bash working her sources on capitol hill. republicans seem to be on the defensive now. i want to read you from the wall street journal editorial today. the wall street journal generally a conservative editorial page. they call this a fiasco. quote, the gop leaders have somehow managed the remarkable feat of being blamed for opposing a one-year extension of a tax holiday they are surely going to pass. this is no easy double play. so the ....
What is the difference between a state supreme court judge, whether it is new york, california, texas or any other state in this country, a local sheriff and a federal politician? why aren t we seeing more cohesi cohesion? i can t speak for anybody in the administration or the the democrats or republicans, i can only speak for myself. by the way, i m not the supreme court is not the highest court in new york state. the highest trial court is similar to circuit court, superior court in other states. but my job is to do justice. i will review the papers fanned they are legally sufficient, i will do what i have to do you have to ask everyone else, you mentioned why they are doing what they are doing. and how are the people above you, sheriff dart, responding? and is there a point where you only have so much leverage? had the thing we found out two years ago, if you make a principaled stand that you do get some people that will otherwise frankly take six months to put a task forc ....