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economy, aren t adversely impacted because people can t do their jobs. this from a president who is incurably optimistic. for him to be modestly optimistic, that says something. that means the 11th hour is here. will last-minute action be enough to avoid a fiscal cliff? to avoid a cliff dive? get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question, in light of the president s remarks, will a fiscal cliff deal get done? text a for yes, text b for no to 622639 or go to our bloblog at ed.msnbc.com. i ll bring you the results later in the show. joining me now is sheldon whitehouse from rhode island. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. sir, this is serious, this is even dire. are you encouraged by the meeting today and the president s remarks in the aftermath of that meeting? well, i think that the decision to move the forum for the negotiations to the senate was a necessary one.

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