blame on them and so today we have this remarkable movement position by tom cole, one of the most politically savvy republicans who told their whip team that they would be better off to cave, that they would be better off to give what he calls the early christmas present of a tax cut for almost every voter, everyone except those top income earners and then fight the president later. so we saw that clip at the top of the show as of stephen colbert with a lightning bolt for grover norquist. someone every day becomes less afraid of him and putting him in the politico playbook breakfast asking around town about him and somebody said they told me grover now reminds them of a 70s rock star who didn t cut their hair or one of those japanese soldiers who didn t know world war ii was over.
the times have changed. the math has changed so we ll ask grover norquist what is his survival strategy? he runs a $30 million operation and doesn t want to see that vanish. a lot of democrats emboldened saying we ll shield entitlements altogether. thanks so much, mike. on thursday night, house republicans are going to go see lincoln together, the number three house republican kevin mccarthy has rented a theater saying we need to make a deal. mike allen, thanks so much. what s so interesting, it wasn t really just eric that came on the show and said nothing yet we picked up a tone that something was different. same thing yesterday with dick durbin who came on the show because eric said, okay, we ll do deals on taxes, but you brought up capital gains tax, no. carried interest, no. raising the actual marginal rates, no, we don t want to do
we see the need for more revenues. okay, we understand we need to negotiate and sort of stamp our feet, they re still talking they re having two different conversations. they re saying it s okay to have more revenues if it comes from getting rid of certain tax loopholes, but we won t say which ones those are. by the way, you have to put the two greatest democratic achievements of the past century, social security and medicare, on the chopping block in exchange for that. that shouldn t be in exchange for that, because if we simply do nothing, the republicans lose everything they want. such a great point. dan, speaking of republicans not recognizing the new reality, grover norquist has been furiously trying to spin the fact that there are several senators and members of congress who are moving away from his sacred pledge. let s take a listen to a little bit of grover. the pledge is not for life, but everybody who signed the pledge, including peter king who tried to weasel out of it
republicans are saying they want a divorce from grover norqui norquist, but with each new republican disavowing grover norquist, the chances of a deal rises sharply. that was chuck schumer last hour on the senate floor. grover norquist is either having the worst few weeks of his life or the best. it s hard to tell. his anti-tax pledge and the immense power he s wielded because of it has become a hotly debated top irk among hill watchers who wonder if its days are numbered. if republicans agree to raise tacks, it will be reluctantly, i m sure, but also economically dangerous. it will also be because grown-ups have decided though that the good of the country and, indeed, the good of the party mean that the ends justify the means. pledges of this nature and grover s isn t the only one, seem decidedly silly and easily broken whether codified or not.
sign up for facebook and other social networking services would be helpful. some sort of form that is easily understood, transparent, at least then consumers have some opportunity to educate themselves. there s the next great market opening. it s for some sort of product that will protect you from all these sinister data gathering things that facebook and google has. who would vote for in the future i can t vote for anything. who would vote for you th tha? grover norquist is the talk of the town in washington. bles. [ clock ticking ] grover norquist is the talk of the town in washington. that? grover norquist is the talk of the town in washington. tast. could ve had a v8. or.try kids boxes! anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips colon health probiotic cap each day