didn't quite make it. >> how will the progressive wing of the president's base react to this? we know there was information from "des moines register" interview where the president talked about a grand bargain, that stoked the ire of some on the left do not play your cards on this before there is a deal cut. don't give away the farm before we're at the bargaining table if ever. richard trumka says today, afl-cio president in the meeting with the president, says see what we do, see if we aren't independent. whenever something is good for workers we'll support it. if it's bad for workers it doesn't matter to us who proposes it. we won't be on board. we won't be taken for granted. >> look, if you have to remind the republicans as david brooks did, you're not in 2010, you have to tell the president you ain't there either. flex a little bit. have a little swag. come out and be the guy to say look, the cards are clearly in my -- on my side on my part of