Conflict Call?

" Looking live at the White House where every morning a band of four Brothers from the Clinton days get together to talk shop. We're talking about White House chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel. ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos. CNN's James Carville and Paul begala the gap on a sort of a daily conference call politics strategy whatever else comes to mind. It's a seventeen year tradition that's been called one of Washington's longest conversations. But is it creating more conflict than bipartisanship. Talk about it with author and journalist Liz Trotta Liz that these four guys were all friends worked together at the Clinton administration. If they want to get together and have a little chat everything that every morning what's wrong -- that."

" Well I mean act happened tiger rolling poker games it's amazing that it took this long for this kind these conversations come to light. Did you know they're very old acquaintances there are all part of the Clinton the long arm of the Clinton machine. Again as he said and the introduction they've been doing this for seventeen years. And what is -- about it is that no one knows that it does that the agenda for the day and one wonders of their conversations among wonders whether Obama is is a figurehead. The sitting aboard. A big Clinton machine again an and he in fact resurrected the the Clinton French franchise night. Appointing Hillary Clinton as secretary of state but as a start to say what's more worrisome is the the fact that at least one of these members and possibly more Andy I'm referring to George Stephanopoulos of ABC news. Is a member of the so called independent press. And he has some major role they BC and you only have to listen to him to know that he still supporting the clintons. And so it it it really is worrisome and also gives the lie to this false posture -- that you can cross the line between politics and media. And and not hurt your head."

" The other the clip that we showed of him just bear I think was taken back in the days when he was still White House spokesman which was his I think his first job in the White House. He's up there at the White House -- now he's at ABC. Supposed to be an independent journalist and yet. Every -- talkin' with the sitting president's current chief of staff I mean I like to have sources but that's a pretty highly placed source."

" Exactly the amazing part of it is that the clintons are still Clinton people are still calling the shots now. We know of course all the numerous dozens of appointments that Obama has made from the old Clinton team. -- but having this kind of thing going going on one could just imagine what they're saying on the phone you know. What he had god apparently are what's happening is the way politico dot com -- these conversations begin. Well it is you know they're gonna say they're gonna talk to each other -- how to handle the media each day. And you've got as I say at least one member Al hunt by the way of Bloomberg formally and very pro democratic columnist new European no Washington. It's also part of this crowd. So again and I raise the question where does Obama begin and end."

" It is it. Is -- that kind of thing that you think freezes out Republicans I mean not mean there aren't any Republicans are in this conference call. It now I think -- Republicans are frozen out of the election. And they now that they've they've got her."

" Error on this but you know -- remember these guys were also of what they called the war room. And there's still at war I mean this as a sort of children's crusade for the that many years ago. And it's still going on of course Rahm Emanuel you know this tough guy. Who's the chief of staff -- a bottle of Obama former Clinton aide is now right in the middle of this he's their contact he's the man that resurrected this thing. It is dangerous thing now and it's all come delight Liz Trotta thank you nice to see you think."