hey immediately became coconspirators and firmly shut out any competing advice. Eerily, it was a notably on-time and unruffled day in the West Wing. Mark Halperin, the political reporter and campaign chronicler, was waiting in the reception area for Hope Hicks, who fetched him a bit before 5:00 p.m. Fox’s Howar

jb20%3D/32/118/15f3b97bc045b697174cae7423648e71> Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are in protracted negotiations