longer. you know, he got the tax increases, not the tax increases he wanted exactly, it s true. but he got the unemployment extension which the republicans didn t even insist got paid for as they say an offset. $30 billion of extra spending of unemployment and that s a big went and other things. the republicans didn t get very much at all. you know, certainly, that s an obama win. when you write in your article that he s not captain liberal. who are the folks maybe not by name you re referring to but those who believe somehow that s the president s role in this equation here of trying to get this economy going? well, look. you know, yeah, i won t name people but there are people like me who sit in these chairs and come on these shows who take a slightly different view than i do. that s fine. look, let 100 flowers bloom and everybody make different kinds of arguments. i believe that liberal pressure groups, groups like moveon,
with the next round of budget negotiations around the corner, pressure for the type of deal president obama might be able to make is not just coming from republicans. it s also coming from democrats, as well. the daily beast writes, quote, obama isn t captain liberal. he s the president and liberal pundits up in arms about the fiscal cliff deal seem not to recognize the difference. obama is the head of a country. michael is here to join us now. thank you so much for joining us. thank you, tamron. you bring up entitlements and eventually will be addressed here but the fiscal cliff deal, a lot of people well, some progressives, anyway, feel they were given is short end of the stick. i think if you make a list of the things that obama got out of that deal and things that the republicans got out of that deal, obama s list is a lot