is that ultimately the argument that boehner will have to use it in water to move this in the house? yeah, it is. this is round one. there is 2012, the debt ceiling, also the bank that paul ryan has set up an apparent about long-term deficits. we will not get over this any time soon. it plays into the hands of the presidential field. ultimately this debate has got to be resolved by someone trying to take this debate to a national level. unfortunately for michelle bachman, you are not going to have a republican debate that reaches out to independents. that is where the president and john penner are talking trying to reach out or just dealing with a base while the republican presidential candidates are just thinking about the primaries. this debate will not go very far. if you are john boehner, you say this is the best deal you can
position. i do not like to come to this table with sympathies for john boehner s plight. the problem he is facing, i think we can all agree, he may be able to agree to something in a room, that he may not be able to get an agreement tomorrow on capitol hill to then make something happen here. what is the number, what do you think the number of republican votes john penner has to get to be able to say the republicans are really participating in this agreement? there is some version of this where you could pass 45, 50 republicans. the rest of democrats in the house. if that happens, is that the end of john boehner as speaker? you are putting your finger on it. are we getting to a governing majority that is something that can pass a budget. it was pivot it just isn t a republican. or are we talking about the
is that ultimately the argument that boehner will have to use it in water to move this in the house? yeah, it is. this is round one. there is 2012, the debt ceiling, also the bank that paul ryan has set up an apparent about long-term deficits. we will not get over this any time soon. it plays into the hands of the presidential field. ultimately this debate has got to be resolved by someone trying to take this debate to a national level. unfortunately for michelle bachman, you are not going to have a republican debate that reaches out to independents. that is where the president and john penner are talking trying to reach out or just dealing with a base while the republican presidential candidates are just thinking about the primaries. this debate will not go very far. if you are john boehner, you say this is the best deal you can do.
position. i do not like to come to this table with sympathies for john boehner s plight. the problem he is facing, i think we can all agree, he may be able to agree to something in a room, that he may not be able to get an agreement tomorrow on capitol hill to then make something happen here. what is the number, what do you think the number of republican votes john penner has to get to be able to say the republicans are really participating in this agreement? there is some version of this where you could pass 45, 50 republicans. the rest of democrats in the house. if that happens, is that the end of john boehner as speaker? you are putting your finger on it. are we getting to a governing majority that is something that can pass a budget. it was pivot it just isn t a republican. or are we talking about the
stalemate. good evening, again, from new york trade 25 hours to go and tell the government shuts down and there is still no agreement on the spending bill. the first meeting this afternoon blasted one hour and 20 minutes. afterward the president went to the white house briefing room for the second night in a row to give an update on the status of the negotiations. we made some additional progress this evening. i think the staffs of both the house and the senate as well as the white house staff that has been working very hard. we made some progress today. those differences have been narrowed. once again, the staff will be working tonight from the clock in order to see if we can finally close the deal. there are a few issues that are outstanding, difficult issues. they are important to both sides. i am not yet prepared to express wild often some optimism. we are further along today than we were yesterday. the president also warned about the impact a shutdown could have on