Chuck Todd: Iran Deal ‘ a Lot Better than What Was Feared’

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CHUCK TODD: "I looked at -- reactions have been muted in general but looked at some of the most important reactions I think for the president in selling this to Congress, some of the reactions of some key Democrats. I looked at chuck Schumer who put out a very, very short statement, basically praising John Kerry for his hard work in trying to get a deal, then saying, I'm going to look at the details. You know, there are plenty of skeptical Democrats on this, and I think the harder line that prime minister Netanyahu draws on this, the tougher it's going to be for some Senate Democrats to feel comfortable having the president's back on it. That said, I think a couple of things are playing to the administration's advantage short term as they try to sell this deal. Number one, Congress is completely, out of town. Them being out of town automatically makes the reaction look mooted. There's less members of Congress to go find TV cameras here in Washington to criticize the deal. Second is that all of the leaks about the negotiations over the last two weeks seem to indicate, you know, sort of like the sky is falling type, oh, my god, the U.S. May concede on this, concede on that. The actual deal looks a lot better than what was feared. When it comes to the, at least the framework of the deal. You have a lot of even previous people that were skeptical of what the U.S. Was going to agree to saying, hey, this deal, if it's fully implemented as is, is stronger than we ever thought it could be."