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But the uniformed division of the secret service is responsible for the grounds. it was in fact impacted by the sequester. these people have to deal with furloughs, not only to say they have may have been impacted to a certain extent by the government shutdown. despite that, security remains, of course, a priority here, and they are the first level of security, and the woman did not penetrate that level of security. she did not get through that checkpoint. there was at no time a threat to the president or his family. >> which is good news. wendell brings up a good point. as you look at the who...

It. >> it's not surprising. they don't believe in evolution. they don't believe in climate science. they are know nothings. they are people who look at experts and see them as elites to be suspicious of because what they are saying doesn't sync up with their general view of the world. so i've been on shows with this networks with tea partiers that say there's a lot of different ways we can do that and they are willing to take that risk. the interesting thing from a game theory perspective, two years ago, i wrote a little book about that showdown, president obama yielded, had negotiations on th...

This is sort of the forgotten fight, if it is forgotten, it is because the fight really has not been waged. but we talk so much about how republicans were able -- i hesitate to use the term "sequester" here, but how much republicans have been able to reduce the size and scope of the government through the sequester. what sort of is forgotten here if the government reopens, the sequester is not forgotten, did your party make the mistake by not having that fight as part of the shutdown deal? >> the problem is, the republicans have insisted on putting this completely irrelevant issue, one that th...

Could be paying more for years, decades to come. >> congresswoman diane damageette on last word on msnbc last night. she made the point coming from the democratic perspective she would agree to a clean cr, a clean continuing resolution for a matter of six weeks. beyond that she is not willing to go along. they have already embedded the sequester levels. so the republicans have really won the battle of the budget, the battle over spending. the social programs democrats care about have been gutted by the sequester. >> i think the important point that's being made there is that is shows how unrea...

>> the problem is, the republicans have insisted on putting this completely irrelevant issue, one that they know the white house wouldn't compromise, one that they know that the senate wouldn't compromise on. and that is the affordable care act. has nothing to do with the budget. and so now a lot of people are saying well, you know what? just take the so-called clean cr. but it is not clean at all. because it does have the sequester in it. >> but you -- it seems like you have ended up in a situation, i don't know if this is by grand design on their part or just a happy coincidence for them. bu...