text:  Once John King opened the floodgates, the Rubicon was crossed. Everybody on that panel, everybody at MSNBC said, oh, we can say that. What cut is John King? The first John King comment, which, by the way, John King is a left wing journalist. He's somewhat fair, but he's very trusted by the intelligentsia and the ruling class of D.C. John King gave people a permission to unload. He basically said, I'm talking to senior Democrats.