though, whatever it was. that was washington at work. look how much they get done. did you see people just scurrying around and working and talking and debating? wholesome. yeah. you know what? because that s what happens in washington. that s gridlock. busy. they re busy. at work. i think there are more u.s. senators in the green room, by the way, getting ready to be on the show than were on the floor just now. washington at work or we got the wrong sound bite. i don t know. who knows? welcome back to morning joe. we ve got mike barnicle and richard haass still with us along with the emmy award winner, mark halperin in los angeles. halperin. and joining us on set, we have msnbc news political director and the daily rundown, and former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. and from washington, columnist of the washington post and policy analyst ezra design. what a gro
people, if you engage and enrage the realtors who care about that tax break or the museums and charitable institutions who care about that tax break or employers who care about the health care tax break or state and local governments who care about the deductibility of state and local taxes, you would be picking a fight of mammoth proportions. and you know, the thing is, you re picking a fight of mammoth proportion that s going to have no real impact on policy in the long run. ezra design, i heard the president say yesterday that this choice was every politician says this every four years, this election is the greatest choice of our time. no, it s not because we have a lot of generalities on both sides. and even if mitt romney were to win, and let s say republicans won the house and had 51 in the senate, you still have a senate setup that the minority in the senate, the democrats, would never allow these sort of tax cuts to break through. one thing we re saying is