0 it was talking to constituents every day who are often in economic distress, who desperately wanted a job, and understanding that we re a country that has each other s back in these difficult times. richard wolffee, this does highlight what for me is a republican phenomenon i ve watched many, many times, which is they get it if it happens to them. so the republican with the highest unemployment rate in the country in his state is the republican who gets this. and the others are immune to it. i don t think that s unique to nevada or anywhere else. you know, we had a great story at msnbc.com today about the kinds of choices these individuals are having to make. people who ve saved up for their pickup truck. people who are going to face selling their home today because they re not getting these benefits. and the economic impact of that. so republicans will say in general, when it s an abstract idea, people should just go and take whatever job s out there. but if you are long-term un
after quarter. they have beat the tar out of the nrcc in fund raising. they have, you know, they really just have to flip 17 seats and there are a lot of swing districts. for example, new jersey 3. our current congressman john runyon who is an intrepid line minnesota for the philadelphia eagles for so many years, i said to him myself thank you for saving donovan mcnabb s life as a quarterback of the eagles. he s been a fairly moderate republican, but he s retiring. and he told me it was to spend more time with his family, but i think there s a little disgust too with the gridlock. he voted against the shutdown, as well. well, there s a good candidate lining up in that district for the democrats. and that s the districting that president obama won last year. can i ask you quickly, if you can give me just a couple word answer here about your colleague, congressman trey trey
0 to repeal the affordable care act rather than try to help us fix it. on tuesday, the president will address the economy during a visit to southern california and the white house will employ vice president biden and cabinet members to highlight economics gains. the white house is giving americans more time to sign up for health insurance. they ll have an extra eight days to sign up for coverage beginning january 1st. the deadline now being extended to december 23rd from there to geneva, critical discussions to broker an concern nuclear deal continuing into this weekend. secretary of state john kerry arrived in switzerland earlier today where he joined the negotiations with ministers from the so-called p5-plus-1 nations on a deal to scale back key parts of tehran s nuclear program. joining me now bureau chief ali arouzi in geneva for us. ali, this meeting with the foreign ministers still on going i understand. what are you hearing, if anything about breakthroughs in they were really
0 numbers, especially with parts of the voting electorate that no other republican can really touch and say, okay, you might not really like everything about me, but at least i can win. there s a big difference between being a bush and a christie. you know, he s got a ways to go. essentially, it s a sort of george bush model wl a dose of bill clinton populism. that s an interesting point. i ll be with you until the last dog dies. here s governor christie really embracing my role is to help this state recover from sandy. that s a pretty powerful message. you just ticked off both bush and clinton. that s okay. i can cope with it. i want to delve back into virginia. social issues, ruth, were obviously a big factor here. 20% of voters said abortion was their number one issue. mcauliffe really trounsed cuccinelli when it came to women voters. have republicans not learned the lessons yet of 2012, which is that you need women voters to win and that women voters care about these is
morning. in an analysis, the congressional budget office warns us of a recession due to tax hikes and spending cuts, which is referred to as a fiscal cliff. we are interested in your thoughts on what to be done about tax cuts and spending cuts in light of this potential economic downturn. you can reach out to us in one of many ways. 202-737-0002, republican. 202-737-0001, democrat. 202-628-0205. independ, indepen. @cspanwj for twitter and email us journal@cspan.org. guest: here is a write up on the cbo host: he joins us on the phone to explain more. thank you for joining us. can we start with taking a look at specifically what tax increases in spending cuts are being referred to? guest: yes. it is called the fiscal cliff. the biggest thing is the bush era tax cuts coming from the 2001 and 2003 tax cut that george w. bush signed. they will expire. they were expended for two years. they will expire. that will be the bulk of it. we will see automatic spending cuts totaling $10