boehner played golf with the president, seemed to be coming together. yanked back by the tea party. then had a private meeting with the president, yanked back by the tea party. then he and cantor went in, yanked back by the tea party. don t act like the republicans have had this great tiptoe through the tulips. every time it seems like there s a deal, it seems like the leadership gets pulled back by the extremists on the republican side. i think that might be your perception. you know, john boehner claims that he had a deal with president obama, that president obama then moved the goalpost. oh, okay. there is no doubt that there are some republicans who even now, with the new plan don t agree with john boehner s proposal. you re never going to get everybody in your party. i think john boehner can lose 23 to 25 republicans and the house could still pass this bill and we will see if the senate passes it. and if barack obama vetoes it. you will never get everybody on
the president, yanked back by the tea party. then he and cantor went in, yanked back by the tea party. don t act like the republicans have had this great tiptoe through the tulips. every time it seems like there s a deal, it seems like the leadership gets pulled back by the extremists on the republican side. i think that might be your perception. you know, john boehner claims that he had a deal with president obama, that president obama then moved the goalpost. oh, okay. there is no doubt that there are some republicans who even now, with the new plan don t agree with john boehner s proposal. you re never going to get everybody in your party. i think john boehner can lose 23 to 25 republicans and the house could still pass this bill and we will see if the senate passes it. and if barack obama vetoes it. you will never get everybody on board. the problem is my perception. maybe you have a better
political terms. all they had to say having won the november elections is we are not going to raise taxes. mr. president you want to raise taxes, we re not going to vote for it. instead they gave him a stimulus this. the president started running with the ball. jenna: are the democrats smart in not confronting the issues that you say could disperse the country. reporter: the democrats don t want to cut spending, all right this is a problem. the republicans are torn internally between their political leadership and tea party members. the country is going, somebody do something, this is out of control. jenna: what can we do, pat? reporter: well, we ve got to stop having this crazy political discussion. and tell those people get in a room. look we have a budget commission that met, i mean the president didn t have to appoint it he did. jenna: would you have advised the president if you were advising him to confront the issue of social security and have a plan don t you think that