Chuck Todd: "Darrell Issa Is This Guy That Cries Wolf"
Chuck Todd says Darrell Issa and other Republicans have "knocked the president frankly off of his second term agenda."
CHUCK TODD: Darrell Issa is sort of this guy that cries wolf. Remember, just six weeks ago, Benghazi was going to be the be-all end-all, and the leak of these e-mails, and what he promised and what it was were two different things. Mika, you just brought up another important point to Brian’s question when you were talking to Brian, which is this issue of let-- the facts themselves are damning enough. By Darrell Issa doing what he is doing, he is bailing out the White House. He is giving the White House an opportunity here to say, well, it's not that. It’s not what he says it is. And you do.
You overplay your hand rather than, it's damning enough what is going on you have already knocked the president, frankly, off of his second term agenda. This feels like the summer of his last year in office not the summer of his first year of his second term, the way it seems as if there is just not a lot of action, not a lot getting done. Look at the headlines Joe was reading this morning. Deficit deal out the window. This isn't going happen here. This isn't going to happen there. They are sitting there and winning some of these political battles in Washington by default, but then by doing this he is actually giving the White House an opportunity to get out of this.
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