leaders unserious. they have accused the president and you are wasting precious time here to avert the fiscal cliff. was this the intended effect of the president s first offer? what we re trying to do is to make it more likely. we come together on a good agreement for the american people that extends tax cuts to the american people. brings our long-term deficits down. tough spending savings is part of that, and invest in things that matter to the american economy, like infrastructure, and getting americans back to work. we think we can do that. we have a good chance, and it s very important. and i think we ll get there, david. do you think we ll get a deal by the end of the year? i do. because the only thing standing in the way of that is a refusal by republicans to accept that rates have to go up on the wealthiest americans. and i don t really see them doing that. the idea that they have signalled something significant for them, which is what is that? putting revenue on
gregory. and good sunday morning. amidst a lot of partisan rhetoric on both sides, talks on the fiscal cliff are now at a stand still, and the president is back on the campaign trail of sorts. this time to try to win in a court of public opinion for his plan to avert an automatic tax hike for everyone on january 1. that s where we ll start this morning with the point man on the negotiations for all of this. the secretary of treasury, tim geithner. and our roundtable is also here. standing by for reaction, including the man behind the republican pledge not to raise taxes at all, not to raise tax rates, grover norquist. here s here. coming up, as you ve heard, we ll get reaction from him as well in our roundtable. a key part of the debate is but first, i sat down with between raising tax rates as secretary geithner at the opposed to closing tax loopholes. but if you do the math, you ll treasury department late friday. mr. secretary, welcome back to meet the press. see closing looph
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