I think it has put him on the defensive, Anderson; but a couple of things. One is the head of the joint chiefs, Admiral Mullen has just said in the last 48 hours he thinks it's a mistake to set deadlines and hard deadlines.
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I think the President isn't in some degree of three fall and it is people are looking four other strategies he got out of this.
I think a lot of Americans are relieved to have a politician who's not in your face and not yelling at you and not lying to you.
Mitch McConnell has just thrown down the gauntlet, Anderson. I think we're going to have a titanic fight over this.
I think it's very clear that the President can have great influence on the states. You know, he issued guidelines, CDC issued guidelines, blessed by the President, and they did have an effect, but they were not orders.
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