“There are too many people in Washington who have been there far too long. The only jobs they’ve ever had are within the framework of politics. They completely miss the pain, the suffering that so many Americans endured during the winter of 2008 and 2009. They still don’t seem to understand the concept of loss. So many people lost homes, hope for their future [and] their children, [and their] 401K plans. These are the same people who put their children at risk of loss in the wars that we’ve been fighting for the last 15 years, and it seems in the Senate, especially in the Senate, and the House that they just don’t grasp it,” said Morning Joe senior contributor Mike Barnicle during a conversation with the show’s host Mika Brzezinski and The New York Times’ Nicholas Confessore about the Times’ recent op-ed, “The Dangers of Hillary Clinton” by Ross Douthat. Hear more about the article and discussion surrounding it on MSNBC.
