MSNBC The Daily Rundown October 17, 2013
Wednesday and im sober . We will take you to the data banks. Good morning from washington. Its october 17th, 2013. The government is open. Lets get right to my first read of the morning. Before the standoff began, the president was pretty vulnerable and teetering on the edge of lame duckdom. The consternation about the health care law. Republicans were keeping internal division under wraps and their odds of retaking the senate looked good. Just over two weeks later, the politics have turned upside down. How lasting is this reality . Will it translate into new political strength . Can the Repub...