with us tonight, karen hunter, journalist and publisher and karen handready, republican strategist. great to have you with us tonight cht let s talk about the tax package, first. karen, is this a good deal for the republicans? which karen? me? you re going to have to call me handready tonight. please take the floor on this. where do you stand? i think this is probably about the best deal the republicans are going to get considering they are still in the minority and democrats control the white house. they re getting an extension of the current tax rates. miss hunter? i ve been listening to the debates on both sides. everyone has an opinion. the president made a bad decision for the american people, but none of us are sitting in that seat every day. it s easy to sit here and make decisions and criticize and
his difficult budget to sell? i don t think it s so much cold as it is nervous. i think that as the dust has settled on this and particularly those down ballot congressional races, we re only talking about 25-seat change in the house. when half are close to half of these seats may be in districts that are too close to call for some republicans, if it becomes a major concern, now that as you already noted, the conversation had shifted away from even you know, taxes and tax returns and the like to okay, let s talk about the specifics of your budget cht let s talk about the specifics of medicare and i ve begun to hear a little bit of that rumbling among republicans. are a little nervous about it. politico s story today was headlines gop pros fred over paul ryan reports. quote, away from the cameras and with all the usual assurances that people aren t being quoted