was extremely thin or empty when he got it. look, there is only one point you should make on this. which is the obvious hypocrisy of the democrats who pretend they were the tribute of women against nasty republicans. who are making a war on women. and romney who would have posted policeman in front of pharmacies that would prevent any woman from getting a contraceptive. so, it s a matter of hypocrisy. on the principle, the republicans and conservatives should never counter by race or gender. it s against what our country is and the sooner it s apolished and the sooner people notice the healthier our country will be. bret: last word, does he get everybody in? that is a good question. in the end he does. i think hagel is a big knock-down drag-out fight but in end he gets through, too. he is the only one that has a chance to be blocked. judge? agreed. knock-down drag-out and he will get in and he is in there
present the final details of the role they have agreed to. hopefully. final details. what is the likelihood they include appropriate spending cuts? guest: about zero. zero. zero. that is why the upcoming debt limit in a couple of months extension will be knock down drag out fight. what do the republicans have to do to gain leverage? guest: convince the american people to address entitlements and spending and we new have given the american people $16 trillion debt. we burned through $2.7 trillion in the last few months. you are so gracious to join us on this holiday. happy new year.
people and they are thrilled 160 million americans will not see their taxes go up, they argued for a two month extension and got it and after this ended, harry reid sent a message to house republicans. check this out. everything we have done in last year has been a knock down drag out fight. there is no reason to do that. if there were a message received from this last thing we have been through i would hope, especially i repeat the new members of the house, willed in that legislation is the art of compromise. reporter: after this deal was such a huge fight headed into the election year the art of compromise could be hard to strike in 2012. a little con scolding to the republicans in the house of
wins election. uh-huh. but it doesn t feel as if the american public is buying optimism right now. well, the american public doesn t have a lot to feel optimistic about, let s be honest. i think the dynamics will change when we have a republican nominee against president obama making his case. you think it will get somehow more optimistic? don t you think it becomes more pessimistic as it becomes this knock down drag out fight. we know who our guy is going to be on the democratic side. people have other issues they are paying attention to. so when we have the head to head that s when people really start to say this is what this guy wants to do. how would i feel about that. that s part of where you start to generate the enthusiasm for the candidate. the obama campaign strategy is
becomes part of the story. hey, stop, man. jenna: that s not the way to do it, right? what set off this knock down drag out fight and how it ended. as governments fall one by one across the middle east. there is a big question out there, where is al-qaida in all of this? why this revolution some say could bring down the terrorist group. we explain just ahead. # [chanting] [ male announcer ] this is lara.