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. >> right after that, his former adviser dav er david axlerod pu tweet, this is a big move.th the principles. congress is now the dog that caught the car. he is trying to turn the tables. is that the case? >> i think a little bit. and i think if they didn't have the support, the horror of iraq still lingers over the united states and the world. this will force attention, force them to bring the evidence, it will force the congress. all in all, i think it's probably a pretty good thing to do. but, george, this is hurricane season. look at the category 5s headed to washington. this vote, the appropriations coming up to fund the government. the debt ceiling vote. you may have a fed chair vote in the next six weeks or so. this is a really intense time. we're back here two, three months from now, the change, the tenor of american politics could change with four votes. >> i want to get to that, that raises the stakes for the president, new he's gone to congress. he's got to win this. >> yes and no. if he doesn't, i'm sure he'll blame the republicans for being obstructionist. as he

. >> i mean, it is interesting, brad, david axlerod said we have to respond or hesbollah and iran, itould be open season on chemical weapons because we didn't do anything. that is similar to the bush argument if not the united states, who, right? >> here's the difference, president bush led us into war and president obama is impeding us in the war. president bush had deliberation up on the hill. he had think tanks look at. it and the american people were conditioned and begin reasons why it is important. this has not happen under president obama and political people against the wars in iraq are now for a war in syria the american people are not convinced. as horrendous as it is for chemical weapons to be used. we are seeing a national community. we are not solid on war. we shouldn't be solid a war. a case should be made and over time as to why it is in our interest. the president failed to do that, joe, do you agree? >> i think the president could make a much better case than they made. and part of this is, we are operating in the shadow of the iraq war and the case the bush administr

david axlerod tweeted now congress is the dog that caught the car.aid the path wanted to have this cake and eat it too. that the president was going to congress so they can't act out of spite. the president is -- it seems to me one of the important calculuses was that the president decided i have been criticized by congress. i didn't go to congress on libya, i acted, i could act now. but i want to use this as political leverage against the congress. i think that's one of the reasons the president is doing so badly, not just among republicans, some of whom how'd be supporting him. but democrats to are saying the president is trying to jawms and we won't be jammed. martha: he could get it through the senate and he may get to a point -- there is a thinking out there that if you get this through the senate he may go ahead and say i have got senate approval. i didn't get it through congress. but we did get the senate and imonboard and we are going to go. >> if this had been 10 days ago and the senate voted the president might have done it. but we'll have