Mattis resignation = Panic throughout Washington... and the world. Gerson on Trump reversal on spending deal "manipulated like a puppet on a string" by the likes of Coulter, Limbaugh, Fox and Friends... "weak leadership" …. "Russia, Iran, N. Korea looking at this..."

What particularly knocked me out is the tone of both when theytalked about the panic in Washington they are seeing in the wake of the Mattis resignation. Reading news stories somehow doesn't capture the depth and breadth of the fear expressed in the tone of the discussion.

I was also struck by the "beginning of the end" discussion toward the end of the segment.

His advisors probably begged Melania to return ASAP to help settle him down

Both men seemed despondent. Judy Woodruff didn't seem to know how to handle what ended up not being the weekly politics discussion.

Big money donors need to stop acting as if they have no power, and align to stop the RW base from tyrannizing. They CAN do it but thus far are content to wring their hands and furrow their brows.

They don't need the useful idiots right now, they need to change the page and start prepping the viewers.

Sorry, I guess my outrage tank has been spent. Always love the off the record Republicans who are so alarmed in private but say or do nothing in public. After everyone has their holiday break, tiny hands will continue to foist another outrage on the public and Mattis will be long gone and forgotten. I'll still stand by my prediction that he will serve his full term. I dearly hope I'm wrong.

Peace

Come on, stop discussing the ins and outs of trumper.

REPUBLUCANS could shut thus down, but they are fucking selfish cowards....

Really what would beltway types expect?