at the end of the day, we have a pons isability to ability. and the tea party breshmen continue to draw the attention of a deal of a lifetime. it s an all-or-nothing strategy. you re likely to end up with nothing. standing firm for your principle at the expense of achieving your goal is just wrong. weber says even just weaker deals with $1.5 trillion in cuts would be a huge accomplishment for the republicans. let s bring in the managing editor of the grio, joy ann reed and co-host of radio news amy holmes. amy, the tea partiers, are they still holding the kind of line that would stop a deal? is there any wiggle room at all there? i had a chance to talk to senator lee. he beat out the incumbent in that senate republican primary. and he says he wants to see a
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norquist that the house republicans are increasingly isolated and have painted themselves to a corner. grover norquist, hall monitor when it comes to the anti-tax pledge has given house republicans a hall pass. but then norquist tried to reverse himself with chris jansing on this station today. there are things the public would clearly understand tax increase. americans for tax reform would oppose any effort to weaken, reduce or not continue the 20 2001-2003 bush tax cuts. but the washington post has audio of his original comments. that s right, not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. so it does not violate the pledge? we wouldn t hold it that way. a lot of the guys on the hill do. so even now he now wants to