elections, but when you lose policy fights and elections, the line was drawn here tonight to say there isn t a third way. there is not another means of policy making available to you if you lose elections and the policy fight. you cannot just say, i m going to destroy things unless i get my way. if you try to do it that way, you will find that your list of demands, you get nothing. there is one thing they did get out of this disaster, to be fair. the democrats had asked for six months for negotiations between the two houses of congress and the two parties to talk big picture about the budget. democrats have been asking for that since april. they have asked for that 21 separate times. republicans have said no over and over and over again. republicans have refused to participate. as part of this deal, the republicans have agreed. they will now do that negotiation thing the democrats have been asking 4 for six months that republicans were refusing. now they will get in. to summarize, thro
amend bills and win votes. you can win what you want in terms of policy by winning elections, but when you lose policy fights and elections, the line was drawn here tonight to say there isn t a third way. there is not another means of policy making available to you if you lose elections and the policy fight. you cannot just say, i m going to destroy things unless i get my way. if you try to do it that way, you will find that your list of demands, you get nothing. there is one thing they did get out of this disaster, to be fair. the democrats had asked for six months for negotiations between the two houses of congress and the two parties to talk big picture about the budget. democrats have been asking for that since april. they have asked for that 21 separate times. republicans have said no over and over and over again.
through policy by winning electionin elections. but when you lose policy fights and you lose elections, the line was drawn here tonight to say you know what? there is not a third way. there is not another means of policy-making available to you in washington that involves you destroying things unless you get your way. if you try to do it that way, you will find that what you get off your list of chest-pounding demands is exactly nothing. nothing. i should say there is one other thing that they got out of this disaster. before this crisis started, the democrats in congress had been asking for six months for there to be negotiations between the two parties and the two houses of congress to talk big picture about the budget. so as to try to avoid this lurching from crisis to crisis that we have been going through since they got control of the house. democrats asked for it since april, by their own count, 21 times.
anymore and for the president to rely on the kind of advice he s getting from the chief of staff will dissuade him because he will get a requirement list that does not in any way comport with the realities of what we need to do. the israelis struck four times inside syria at weapons that were being transported. the institute for the study of war and general keen and others have shown us with a minimal amount of missiles, we can neutralize the air capabilities. you watched a lot of policy fights play out in your time in washington. you mentioned general dempsey s reluctant and this is susan rice in a tweet tonight, why is he hide sng the world is demanding an independent investigation of
democrats are very upset this morning. they re going into an election with no growth, a poor economy, and obamacare wrapped around their necks. they are not happy with that speech or where they re going. steve: plus the democrats and the republicans are girding for policy fights in the fall over debt ceiling and stuff like that. so the president using his great political skills once again trying to point the finger. i m doing a good job but over there, those guys, those republicans, they re screwing it up. still the same story. the president wants to reslice the cake which is the same size as it s been for the last four years. conservatives want to grow the cake. that is lift everybody s boat. there is a fundamental difference between the two sides and it was very clear in the speech yesterday. steve: if you want to grow the cake you use confection. gretchen: before you go i have a bone to pick for