Ben Carson Declines Cabinet Post
JEFF ZELENY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Part of this is responding to the hurt that's out there. None of the Senate Democrats certainly Harry Reid and others don't believe Donald Trump will follow their advice in terms of who he hires or not, but this is just the beginning volley of what is sure to be a long running conversation between the Democrats and who he puts in his cabinet. But interestingly how Harry Reid is differing from most other Democrats, he's preparing to take his leave after being up here on Capitol Hill for so long, Brooke. I'm told his speech won't hold back at all.</s>BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: I bet it won't and we'll take it live. Jeff Zeleny, thank you on The Hill for us. Coming up, Donald Trump as compromise- in-chief? My next guest, CNN's very own Michael Smerconish will explain why he thinks the nation perhaps just elected that very notion, a compromiser, and whether President Obama is being too soft on the President-elect.