On Morning Joe, David Axelrod says of Republicans that "structurally, they're set up OK for 2014."
On Morning Joe, asked whether she supports Obamacare, Nicolle Wallace says "I don't know anymore. My husband asked me 'what do we hate about it?'" She eventually expresses opposition on the basis that the government is an incompetenet deliverer of health care.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough predicts that Ted Cruz will not be the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, and that there's a "very real chance" that Cruz will run as an independent.
On Morning Joe, Carl Bernstein bemoans the change in media culture, and complains the media is too balanced in treating Republicans and Democrats in covering the shutdown. It should instead reveal Republicans to be McCarthyites and liars.
On Morning Joe, Obama admin official David Simas suggests the administration won't say for a "few weeks" how many people have signed up for Obamacare.
On her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell claims that social programs were "gutted" by the sequester. In fact, Social Security, Medicaid and food stamps were exempted from sequester cuts and Medicare incurred only a 2% reduction.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough insults his viewers and Reublicans, saying "I know a lot of people aren't really smart out there . . . I'm not blaming the Republicans and I feel sorry for them because they
should have paid more attention in school. They wouldn't be so easily
confused by 140-character statements."
On Morning Joe, members of the panel decline to refer to Senator Ted Cruz by name, referring to him instead as one of a "couple of Republican Senators" or by other allusions.
On Morning Joe, things get testy as Joe Scarborough predicts the failure of Obamacare will drive millions into federal programs, causing the disappearance of private healthcare insurance within ten years.
MarkF | September 30, 2013 On her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell's angrily scolds Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz , telling him to "get real," telling him the Republican bill delaying ObamaCare is "dead on arrival" and putting the onus on Republicans to cave to avoid "hurting people."
