back to hardball. first, jon stewart on the status of the talks between democrats and republicans and how to avoid that cliff. so is there a deal? there s of course no deal of course! is there a prospect for a deal? there s not a prospect for a deal. there aren t even very many talks going on. you re killing us. give us something. for the first time there are numbers on a pieceç of paper fm both sides. numbers on paper! highway are negotiations being conducted before they decided to put numbers on paper? were the two sides just spray painting a side of a camel hoping it wandered by the other s office? there s that. here s one on the stakes of