Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Virginia governor’s race, suggestions by Donna Brazile that the Democratic primary race was rigged for Hillary Clinton, the GOP tax overhaul plan and the Russia probe indictments.Obama doesn’t like politics and left the Democratic Party in ~24 million of debt, which left it vulnerable to influence by Clinton big donors, against the bylaws.
Shields and Brooks on Trump dismantling Obama’s achievements, Puerto Rico in need
Trump is more aggressive than just about anyone in the administration. They are trying to restrain him.
Bannon is thinking on another time frame. .. He’s thinking 50 years ahead.
Bannon is thinking a long game, picking off a few Republicans.
Congress is fearful of the Trump base in the primary. The more Roy Moores the are the more fear, and more party discipline.
Shields and Gerson on Trump’s deal with Democrats, DACA’s demise
Republicans were livid with the way Trump handled them over the debt ceiling. They were not livid over all Trump’s other outrages.
Trump has special chemistry with Chuck Schumer, as a fellow New Yorker.
Trump delighted in favorable press coverage from the Mainstream Media he claims to hate.
Shields and Brooks on Reince Priebus’ exit, GOP health bill’s defeat
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s firing of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and what it means for relations with the Republican Party, the Senate’s rejection of a “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act and Anthony Scaramucci’s obscene tirade.