first place in that state. we begin on this sunday morning your calls and comments on the negotiations that will resume tomorrow heads by vice president led by president obama meeting with senate leaders. host: the president will meet separately with senator reed and mcconnell they will follow the collapse of thursday talks by vice president biden. the sticking point remains to be taxes, democrats argue any deal to reduce the deficit and raise the country s borrowing limit must include new revenues. republicans say they will not go there. there is a story this morning inside the washington post that says senator obama versus president obama. on capitol hill this year one of the president s most troublesome critics has been senator obama. president obama for instance wants congress to raise the national debt limit but his opponents brought back statements that then senator obama made in 2006 and 2007. he saeid merely debating a debt limit increase was a sign of leadership
exception of the purse couple of years of world war two, there has never been a popular war in the united states. in our whole history. they have all been controversial. in each case, it has required the leadership of the president whether it was president truman in korea, president wilson, world war i, president johnson, initially in vietnam, certainly president bush, the first president bush with the gulf war. people forget that when the president said he was going to reverse saddam s invasion of kuwait, it was 15% public support. this unhappiness and certainly the war weary after a decade rests heavily on all this, i think. the key is, how we complete our mission as we have largely done in iraq in a way that protects american national security interests and the american people and contributes to stability? most people would say we have been largely successful in that respect in iraq. i think we are on a path to do that in afghanistan. the cost of the war is huge. but it is
matt strawn. here at the table is jonathan carl from abc news and the national correspondent for politico. jack kimball, let me begin with you to with donald trump s visit to new hampshire. what impact will it have on the other republicans in this field? it s hard to tell. it was an interesting visit. he certainly draws a crowd but what we will see in new hampshire, and we do a good job of it, we tend to do a good job getting the candidates. he will have to get out in front. we have a broad field and a good feel than donald trump is going to find these going to be successful in new hampshire, he will have to return many times and do the retail politicking. that is strong in terms of organization in terms of on the ground in iowa. has that had an impact? whether talking to the county committees, the chamber of commerce or the rotary clubs, there s an interest in mr. trump. but we do have a very wide open field and i was just like new hampshire in that it requires retai
the tank for mitt romney tonight. their cheers and boos helped all the candidates avoid answering topics about hot social issues like birth control. i am joined by terry o neil, president of the national organization for women. karen finley, unless nbc political analyst and former communications director for the democratic national convention, and jimmy williams, and as in d.c. contributor and former democratic senate staffer. great to have all three of you with us tonight. i want to get to an issue that has fallen by the wayside as of late. it did come up tonight, and jobs. what do we do about putting people to work? the issue came up in discussion in the form of the automobile industry. in michigan this is a big story because it saved a lot of jobs. general motors is number one. a lot of blue collars are at work because of what the president has done. rex santorum tonight and mitt romney got into its over the