we talked to an analyst in the first hour an said the two-month extension is a band-aid. we have to have this year, it has to happen. you were just talking about shopping being a contact sport, politics has become a contact sport too. we ve had freight a few of the political fracases in the last few weeks in washington. i think the payroll tax extension is a slight positive, not a big positive but a slight positive for the economy. we ve had this policy in effect for a year. president obama first signed this a year ago. it didn t create a whole lot of jobs, but i think it s probably a little plus for the economy. but, you know, you talk about some of these str statistics you were talking about, the housing numbers that are kind of lousy, this is still not an economy that with shift into a higher gear. we are stuck in a low gear economy, one to two percent growth with not enough employment to get the unemployed back into jobs. heather: i wanted to talk to you a little more about the n
extension would call paperwork problems for small bases. senate democrats have now appointed conferees to the committee that will workout differences with the house republicans on a longer term, a one-year payroll tax extension and a long term extension of unemployment benefit. the keystone pipeline is wrapped up in this. they had won a victory earlier in the debate to demand that the president make a decision, yes or no on the keystone pipeline that would run from canada down to texas within 60 days of signing this into law. that will now be in this deal as well. nonetheless as you hear from steny hoyer the white house wants to focus and say this is a victory for the american people. they see this as a political victory. they said this is the case where you had the senate republican lead dear mitch ma am colonel
hello, everybody. it s friday, december 23rdrd. i m juliet huddy. republicans giving president obama and democrats an early christmas gift. a two month payroll tax extension. good deal for you. is it a bad deal for john boehner, the speaker? we report, you decide. no more mr. nice guy. newt gingrich calling on mitt romney for a showdown. i challenge governor romney to meet me for 90 minutes in iowa next week, anywhere, any time, no moderator. he said it will be the best of three bouts. it will be in an octagon and also be a debate. will his cowboy politics work? we re going to talk about romney s response. and the story is truly unbelievable. a young girl swept away by the tsunami in indonesia apparently has emerged alive seven years later. that s right. seven years later.
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promise to bring troops out of iraq. i think that s something you ll see a bump from as well. this is a time of great momentum for president obama, as howard pointed out, you pointed out, four aces in his hands. he s not used to saying that. often it s 2s and 3s, and not a straight he can lay down. this is an interesting time for the president. it s a peak a pretty long valley for him with the economy. we ll see how that goes for the next few months. for him he s lucky, he doesn t have to deal with congress that much more. there aren t that many big issues to deal with. obviously this payroll tax extension is one he ll be dealing with next year, but really a limited aenda for next year, a long on the campaign trail. he s coming on with a nice wind at his back. it seems to me you and i grew up in industrial states like pennsylvania. you look at the states where he ll have the hardest time, the