0 the vast majority of the media is on his side. no matter what he says, no matter what he does, even though what he s doing is outrageous, but his own party won t support him. the republicans have conceded the language. we could probably solve this in about a week. it s not that tough. it was week. president obama has said that he has pen in hand and he s prepared to sign the middle income tax cuts. you have a president of the united states that has the mighty pen. you bailed out the banks. bail out the american people that don t have homes for the holidays. in his second term i hope he will offer fresh ideas and serious leadership. we need a response from the white house. i m hea here to tell you that nobody wants to get this done more than me. it s true that president obama won reelection and i congratulate him on his victory, but on january 20th, he ll face a stagnant economy and a fiscal mess. our people in an overwhelming i mean, from the point of view of re
0 it s a desperate measure, if anything, and it s very interesting to me that several middle eastern countries are interested in finding a way out for assad and in that case, that means the assad regime would fall and that would leave a vacuum in syria. there will be very serious issues in terms of will the u.s. or will nato have to try and film that vacuum because as we know, as we saw in libya and elsewhere, you know, vacuums in the middle east are not a good thing. greta: you asked the question why. i would point to historically in the last 18 months he s killed 40,000 of his own people. i don t know why he would suddenly show such generosity and good love for his citizens, but we ll see. jennifer, thank you. ambassador john bolton will be here to talk about the growing crisis in syria a little later on. first, tonight treasure secretary geithner saying the obama administration is absolutely ready to go over the fiscal cliff. what we got today was a assemble nar on hoaseminar
0 to suggest we need help from d.c., maybe that detroit city councilmember opened up the door for a request for a federal bailout. martha: one of the biggest burdens on the municipality have been the deals the public unions have struck for their workers. we have seen it in places where the promises have been made where there i not the money to support. i there any question the administration that the president is open to the idea that the president is open to bail out these municipalities? there is no mention so far. but you are right to point out the union connect. president obama s reelect heavily supported by municipal unions and it s the pensions promised to municipal union workers, that is what is strangling many of the states that are in such dire straight. illinois and california in particular. will quid pro quo be called in by municipal unions like it has been called in by the municipal councilmember. martha: what happens if they don t get it. what happens if there aren t b