tara dowdell agrees with sean hannity.ts comments were way out of line -- and it has nothing to do with sports? >> an honest disagreement with susan rice because she knew -- we knew that this was not related to youtube. she said it five times. it's a war on women and it's racism. this is an ongoing false narrative about republicans. i am sick of it because i don't know conservatives that are racist. i don't. they might be some. they are not friends of ours. they are not in the republican party and if they are, i want them out. i am getting fed up and sick and tired of it. nbc is the worst. they play the race card every single day there. >> okay. now see, this is where you lose me. i was with you, i was with you, sean. no. here's my thing. i don't think this is a narrative being pushed. what john mccain said about susan rice and remember the context. susan rice had no role and responsibility-- >>> she knew within -- >> wait, wait-- >>> within hours. >> she had no role and responsibility. why is john mccane more upset with h

tara dowdell, democratic strategist, with former jim mcgreevey and david webb, accident cirrus xm patriotth of you. i want to begin with this. last night on fox news, this is what south carolina senator lindsey graham had to say about this meeting today. he said, quote, anytime you announce a meeting publicly in washington it's usually for political theater purposes. so, tara, is this all show? >> well i agree, obviously there is always some political theater going on in politics. i would say this year's oscar though goes to john boehner for pretending toe be nexting in good faith. throughout this whole process he has been the primary person pointing fingers and the democrats offered several different, several different opportunities for the speaker to come to the table, compromise opportunities. most recently even agreeing to seen less tax revenue as part of the deal. so i think that the issue here is that it is going to be very difficult for the republicans to come behind a compromise plan which has tax increases and spending cuts which is really the balanced approach. heather: david, w