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cnn political analyst donna brazile, ana navarro, thanks for being with us. >>> still to come in thehe washington redskins. some say the name is so racists, some journalist, big time sports journalists, won't even honor the name, won't write it in their articles. so -- is it about time washington changed its nickname? we'll talk about that, next. ♪ [ crashing ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! >>> wrong insensitive and unacceptable. what a new radio campaign is saying about the name of one of professional sports most popular franchises the washington redskins. >> the commissioner has the opportunity to stand up to bigotry and denounce the racial slur in the team name of the washington redskins. that word redskins is not a term. the name is wrong insensitive. we do not deserve to be called redskins. we deserve to be treated as what we are. americans. >> it's just not the oneida ind that are upset. writing about the football team,

donna brazil is here to talk about that. she's a democratic stat gist and cnn political commentator. so is kevin madden, a republican strategist. welcome to both of you. my goodness. this story continues to evolve, does it not? kevin, let me begin with you. if syria gives up its chemical weapons without a single shot fired, can president obama claim credit? >> well, look, i think it is way too early to be talking about claiming credit. it's way too early to even talk about whether or not syria can actually do this. your anchor before, holly, had mentioned just the enormous challenges that there are to finding out about these chemical weapons, where they are, securing them, and then building the facilities that you'd need to either house them or destroy them. we're talking about 1,000 tons of chemical weapons. the practicality of all that is still very much in question. >> so the practicality, the realistic nature of this. i absolutely agree. at the same time, donna, i'm going to ask you the same question. can the president u

and kevin madden and donna brazile. the democrats want their message to be, the republicans are anti-government and they are zanding in the way of everything. they shut the government down, or they tried to block obamacare so many times. and the republican message is going to be, we're trying to stop something you hate. who's got the winning message? >> i think the democrats have the winning message and that's because they have the passage that we're going to continue to grow the economy. you heard speaker pelosi they the deficit is the lowest since 2008. we're running on a plat form that we're trying to create jobs and help america recover from the great recession. >> obamacare has become the albatross for the -- what's this administration's vision for these four years? a year and a half has already passed and we see nothing. the american people want the president to lead. there's two things about obamacare that's got him under -- the market place has rejected obamacare. more than 60% of the american people are already

. >>> i'm here with donna brazile. talk to the writer of the article and he interviewed hillary clinton. i want to read from you a quote from an anonymous source that he was directed to talk to. she's running but she doesn't know it yet. she is just like a force of history. i think she believes -- she thinks she has some say so. you're quoted in the article as a part of the inner circle. you worked for the clintons. so give us your take. again, it's my experience that when they lead you to sources that say stuff like this, she's running. >> i'm neutral in the 2016 race. it's too early to predict it. the train has left the station. the train was already on the tracks. they slowed down. i believe if she runs she has a very strong chance of winning a nomination of course when the presidency. hillary clinton is one of the most phenomenal women in the world today. she's a great leader. she is decisive. she has the kind of energy you want, the kind of ndz that we need in this country if she raunz i really believe she will wi

i mean, in fact, i was talking about it the other day with donna brazile, as a matter of fact. and, you know, she was a beneficiary, she was saying, of title ix. i said, you know, i love the fact that you've got young women who are just so -- >> so fascinating how 4r5eu9 some of these rights and protections came all during your -- i mean, many of them during your four decades of service. you were really there at a formative period that, you know, people, women younger than you may take for granted, but you were a witness to the changes. >> right. >> and it's really worth -- women especially really should read about the fights you had to wage on behalf of women. i loved also an anecdote about your much-revered senator, margaret chase smith of maine, who gave a speech called the deck la asian of con -- declaration of conscience, not naming senator joe mccarthy, in june of 1950. and you quote a financier and political consultant named bernard baruch? >> yes. >> who said if a man had made the declaration of conscience, he would have been the next president of the united states. and

conn kinzinger, donna brazile, dan senor, a co-founder of the foreign policy initiative, katrina vanden huevel, and greta van susteren. welcome to all of you. and let me begin with you, you are a republican congressman supporting the president on this. but you have a big intraparty battle in both parties. the president doesn't have the votes now. can he get them? is he making the right case? >> it's going to be difficult to get votes. it goes back not just to the issue itself, but you can't start to build a relationship with congress for the first time when you need their support on something like this. a week and a half ago, my office reached out to the white house and said we support the strike, we will help you round up support. i haven't heard back from the white house. i haven't heard back from anyone. i don't know who my white house liaison is who is creating the relationship. now we have a situation where i think the president has made the decision, correctly, that the cost of using chemical weapons should far exceed the benefit that anybody gains from it, and he's trying to buil

here to talk about his his big gamble and risks are cornell belcher, donna brazile, and thanks to allbeing here. let me start with you, david. surprise. good thing, bad thing? >> always a bad thing. and it's not just washington is surprised, america's international relationships are surprised, too. no surprises is the first rule of good alliance management. allies expected american action this weekend, and now postponed. and the overhanging risk that congress may say, no. if asked, i sincerely hope congress will say yes because it will be a blow to america's standing if congress says no, but then it might say no, and we have a huge political embarrassment for a president who theoretically might be able to do it, but politically won't. >> it sounded like john kerry -- >> no, the president was ready to act, okay? he was ready to go forward. but he decided he needed consensus and debate and brought -- and is willing to bring congress in to this debate to give them the same evidence that he's been presented with, so that they can make an informed decision along with the administration. th

donna brazile is a democratic strategist. i want to start with kevin.control of the house in 2014? >> i think we can make our partisan case for who's going to get the most blame here. i think there is a great deal of risk for republicans as part of a government shutdown. you mention the 1995 shutdown. so many folks in the media will again i think portray this through the same lens which is this is going to be a negative for republicans if the government were to shut down. but i think jefr all, the -- you know, the issue of obama care, i still think is a big republican -- is a big winning issue for republicans. so many people across the country right now are feeling the taxes, they're feeling their health care changing as a result of obama care. and that's going to be a big issue in the midterm elections. >> what's the role here, donna, of people who just do not understand what obama care is? we talked earlier about a man who heard the term obama care and said i guess it means he cares about people. >> it means affordable health care coverage for all peo

jill long-thompson who i greeted just on the way in and some of my friends in the campaign years, donna braziler campaign manager, is here somewhere, and teddy vine who -- ted canty vine who was an important leader in the campaign. and my other colleagues from the white house years in addition to elaine and leon include gordon adams and jim colonberger, lee an bracket, rob shapiro, mike, paul weinstein, ellen oakes and others. i also want to acknowledge josh gotbaum, the u.s. pension benefit guarantee corporation head. and so now to elaine. [laughter] i have known elaine shula caymark for 20 years, almost exactly 20 years, and i want to acknowledge her husband tino who was a tremendous public servant running the xm bank, and their daughter-in-law, christy, who is here, and elaine's sister, joanne shula. but elaine is, by all odds, one of the most talented people that i've ever worked with. and whether it's in the sphere of governance or in politics, she is just truly outstanding, and everybody who's worked with her knows that. and to the powers that be here in brookings, congratulations in wooi