. >> his column, today, for example, in "the washington post" joined by maureen dowd and i think the media pile on this has been pretty astonishing. the mainstream media would love to have the long-term elections today because they think the democrats would win big. >>. >> some have been highly credit cat kal of the republican strategy to force the shutdown. dowd writes this morning that this is self-evident foley, and every sensible person could recognize the shutdown fever would blow up in the party's face. so when you say the media aren't being fair, it's almost some people on your side. >> it's the mainstream media as a class. republican or democrat, you aren't -- kathleen parker is another one, you're not acceptable in society if you don't agree the republicans are -- like the bad guys now. >> but the media consensus is the republicans got killed in this political battle because of not having an end game. and then you have the polls come out which show that 24% of respondents have a favorable opinion about the gop and they're mentioning that president obama has a 37% approval ra

maureen dowd got to you. >> she has a way of doing that. >> rose: she does! "mr.lly american guys going up against implacable forces." >> yates is one of my favorite poems. he also wrote "the center will not fold." which we're experiencing -- well anyway. >> just the finishing thought of what surprised me, i was thinking about that, is what he does in the third act of thisñr film as an actor i didn't know we had until three or four months later in the editñr. i was trying to explain it and i couldn't think of the world but it's his ability -- a lot of actors can think of screen in a non-verbal way but he's able to communicate very complex motional transitions, if that makes sense. actually have a thought, sort of come and then progress and then have a conclusion. all about saying a word which is -- >> rose: what you need in a movie. >> i like to say i knew that going in but to have those performances that he's giving and the sort of -- the emotional kind of resonance pop up three months later and you're like oh, my god, that's what's going on when we were right th

. >> my must read of course is by maureen dowd, a piece called a mad tea party.republicans, but a good read. jason, yours. >> i'm an eagles fan, but this article is in "time" magazine talking about a mysterious defense of the washington redskins name. if you want to understand why that team needs to change, it's a great article to read. just common sense. >> that issue is really building steam. okay. patricia, how about yours. >> mine is the twitter feed for robert costa at the national review online. he covers republican leadership and his twitter feed is like for the right and left half of the brains of the republican party. like the white smoke of the vatican. this guy has covered the republicans top to bottom. he gets all the twists and turns and it's just a great read. >> very progressive of you you. okay. joe, jason, and papatricia, thas so much. that's a wrap. good-bye, every. up next, "meet the press". discover card. i asked my husband to pay our bill, and he forgot. you have the it card and it's your first time missing a payment, so there's no late fee.

we'll start with maureen dowd.rites about a mad "tea party" and she writes how awful are ted cruz and his cruzettes? they have done the impossible. they have made americans look back at the bush ii era, the most reckless wrecking ball in american history. with relative nostalgia, with 78% of americans feeling blue about the country being on the wrong crack according to a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll they consider the gop's imperialistic unilaterists less loco this afternoon the narcissistic an as archists. >> maybe ted cruz is crazy like a fox. >> that's a good theory. >> maybe 24% is the new 51%. i don't know where to go with questions on this one, because it seems so belatedly obvious that being at 24% approval ratings is not a good thing and yet it looks like they are still driving that train. >> republicans emerged from the last presidential election in bad shape and spent the time in between with few exceptions putting themselves in worse shape. i don't see any strategist how to end this that puts t

secretary of state hillary clinton had few policy goals and no wins in the middle east and the maureen dowd column, chelsea clinton seems to be assume aug all of her parents vices and look, is sa is an a -- and he's on to something here with the hillary clinton whitewash of the accountability for benghazi. it has been a privilege to serve in this administration and i deeply regret violating the confidence placed in me. >> did he tweet that out? >> wow. >> whole politico. >>t least he wasn't working on something like the iran -- >> exactly. you wouldn't want a run away beer truck. >> he loves the twhous, shoved into the corner. >> well, imagine he tweeted something we're never going to have a military option on eastern. >> what the -- that is like amazing. okay. >> we have a lot to talk about. >> coming up on "morning joe," the oracle of home ha, warren buffet will be here on set. plus, mlb analyst al leiter and we talk to bill kristol. i have a picture to show him. and later, fromhome homeless to hero, the improbable story of super bowl champion donald driver. >> here's the question about t

maureen dowd writes in the "new york times" cat on a hot stove.in said we should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that's in it lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. she will never sit down a hot stove lid again and that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. and if obama is anything, he's a cold cat on a hot stove. washington is surpassingly nutty right now, but the founding fathers did build a system designed for factional warfare. when sweet reasonableness doesn't work, obama's default position is didactic disdain. he underuses the fear and charm cards. when he first saw the white house movie theater, he was surprised there were so many seats beyond what the first family would need. bill clinton on the other hand probably would have built a balcony and auctioned off seats if company have. >> sam stein, what do you think? >> well, you know, there's a mythology about there's a formula a president can use between charm and carrots and sticks basically if he used the right formula