washington, what boehner is doing makes no sense at all. these tax cuts for the very wealthy, it s so blatantly unpopular. it goes against logic. it s such a thing that you could it seems like a very common sense thing to put on the table in order to reach, you know, a compromise. i think that s what people are reacting to. now, we know it s more complicated than that for some, you know, for boehner. he has to lead a coalition that has some complicated stuff going on. but it s true. he s just going to get more unpopular the closer we get to this cliff. the more it looks like he s stepping on the gas to go into it. leah, even republicans are saying the president has a mandate to raise taxes on the rich. when they were questioned in a poll, among republicans, 45% said yes. 53% said no, that s high for republicans. but going to anna marie s point, when you look at the hand that
now, new polls show 65% of americans believe the president does have a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy. 62% say he s got a mandate to protect medicare. and 64% says he s got a mandate to protect social security. that is a winning hand. the president has it and he knows it. i m pretty confident that republicans would not hold middle class taxes hostage to try to protect tax cuts for high income individuals. and get this. 160 ceos from america s biggest companies are also now saying it s time to raise taxes on the rich. but, speaker john boehner is sticking to his talking points; at least publically. he s refusing to budge. the longer the white house slow walks this discussion, the pa closer we get to this year s fiscal close. boehner can blame the president all he wants. the reality is americans want to compromise. a new nbc wall street journal shows 65% want both sides to come together and make a deal. but that s not what s been happening in these talks. preside
troops and more weapons is not a viable path forward. why would you serve in his administration in the most important diplomatic post arguably in the world? he ll have to answer for this. he hasn t answered for it yet because as he s fallen in the polls and he s trying to make up ground, nobody is putting his feet to the fire. shameless plug time, you re first. the washington poefrt is launching a new political blog. another new political blog? what s this one called? this one is run by leah henderson, focus on the campaign 2012. mpr is in the middle of a major seariys about the formative job, can i just say i love this. thank you. last week i did romney and cain. perry is a parmer in texas and we have all of the other candidates coming up. i know, it s fascinating and we have to rip that off here at nbc. very quick, ken thomas wrote
on the movement that s becoming harder and harder for washington to ignore. and governor rick perry has been bruised at the republican debate. but there was a time he was pretty good at thees events. so what happened? we ll go to the archives. let s try on our children s future. it has monday october 10th, 2011. this is the daily rundown. let s get to my first reads of the morning. four years ago mitt romney was to face doubts evangelicals had about his faith. this time running even with president obama, romney hoped he d put the religion somewhat behind him. when robinson called him an outstanding christian, campaigns thought it was a quote to evangelicals saying this is not the litmus test you re looking for. robert jeffress turned his o endorsement of rick perry into a religion debate. mitt romney is a good moral person but he s not a christian. mormonism is not christianity. it s considered a cult. romney responded in his speech saturday denouncing religious b
and governor rick perry has been bruised at the republican debate. but there was a time he was pretty good at thees events. so what happened? we ll go to the archives. let s try on our children s future. it has monday october 10th, 2011. this is the daily rundown. let s get to my first reads of the morning. four years ago mitt romney was to face doubts evangelicals had about his faith. this time running even with president obama, romney hoped he d put the religion somewhat behind him. when robinson called him an outstanding christian, campaigns thought it was a quote to evangelicals saying this is not the litmus test you re looking for. robert jeffress turned his o endorsement of rick perry into a religion debate. mitt romney is a good moral person but he s not a christian. mormonism is not christianity. it s considered a cult. romney responded in his speech saturday denouncing religious bigotry. it s never softened a heart or a mind. the task before us is to focu