understand the constituencies on the other side and how it operates. well, i guess, to that degree, are the democrats and president in danger of becoming absolutists. certainly, you know, i think this all stems from the problem that we set up in 2010 with the state legislature elections. because those 2010 legislatures were the ones that districted. and when we have the extreme gerrymandering of districts that we do have right now, whenever you re going back into your district and thinking about what s going to keep you reelected, you know, overall we hear the american people saying that we want compromise and coming together, but then if you go district by district, if the concern is just a challenge from the far right or the far left, it s concerning. there s no real incentive to come back towards the middle. what about the other big story this week, congressman? senator rand paul s filibuster over drones created a rift within your party.
billionaires. we haven t seen a change in attitude unlike what he says in the new republic. in fact he has said that republicans are absolutists that they care more about the gun lobby than they do about children and that they are afraid, they are ginning up opposition on gun laws, again and again. any time we start to talk about debt reduction and deficit reduction obama says they don t care about paying ooh port to the elderly or children with disabilities. it s pureville flying. and republicans better not get on defense about this and say, oh, no, no we are happy to compromise. they have to say, wait a minute we are constantly willing to compromise this guy just wants to destroy us. martha: you look at guns, and now immigration which is the battle we are about to have. it seems to me what most americans would want i would assume is a president who says who says and believes there are facts on our side, there are facts on their side, okay. let s figure out what the best
oh, fox. they threaten lawsuits. we want to hear their ideas. president s inauguration speech, traditional tlif been more ceremoniaser moan they have been more ceremonial. big government is coming and the heck with the absolutists who resist and the crowd liked that. now that he has the mandate having been leblthed for a second term i think that that is probably he has the latitude to make boulder moves. i think he has more freedom to show his true colors. that fright tens me. what s the vibe you got? the vibe i got was he was going to use his new found freedom to mandate. if i had taken a drinking game and used a shot every time they used the word mandate i would have had alcohol poisoning by noon. he will use his freedom to
saving medical devices. congressman ryan possibly a presidential contender in 2016 says republicans should be prepared for the president to try to quote de legitimize them. but he urged them to quote be smart. if we want to promote conservativism we need to use every tool at our disposal. sometimes we have to jeekt the president s proposal. that time might come more than once. sometimes we have to make them better. the president will bait us. he will portray us as cruel and unyielding. the white house says the president wants both parties to come together and act for the good of the country. press secretary jay carney said the president believed that quote we need to capri miss not be absolutists but agree the need to act on behalf of the american people should compel us to make reasonable compromise while we stick to our principle. that s the approach he has taken
about absolutism versus principle, he also scolds the critics. he is more than willing to demonize his opponents, and slur the nra. in the words of senator charles schumer, as an extremist fringe group. and look how he demonizes the republicans in congress. when barack obama says we can t mistake absolutism for principle, what he is saying is that precision and clarity and exactness and sameness in law should be the same as nebulous undefined principles. i got news for the president. absolutists do exists, words do have meaning in language and law. it is the basis of all