We begin with week two of the Government Shutdown and absolutely no clear sign of how it will end. And in a throwback to the protestant work ethic, the house is actually back in session today on a monday, for heavens sake. And right out of the gate, a bullish speaker, john boehner, is pushing back against claims that he is being bullied by right wing rebels. He says he simply cant put a bill on the floor, because he doesnt have the votes to pass a clean continuing resolution. And in his effort to get the president to give in on something, it sounds as though the speaker has already moved on to the next even more cataclysmic fight over the debt limit, while, of course, blaming the president. A senior white house staffer this morning said that the president would rather default on our debt than to sit down and negotiate. Now, the American People expect when their leaders have differences and were in a time of crisis, that well sit down and at least have a conversation. Yes all the speake
Before our group of Civic Leaders met with the president , he met with the democratic and Republican Leaders. They know he has it the upper hand. They know he holds the cards in this fight. With the threat of the fiscal cliff looming, that when that happens, youre going to see a winner and a winner who won the national election. The Republican Leaders even the Republican Leaders seem to get that today. Their words were such a change from what weve heard from them before. To show our serious sez, weve put revenuen ot table as long as its accompanied by significant spending cuts. Were prepared to put revenue on the table provided we fix the real problem. Revenue is on the table. This is progress. This is going in the right direction. This is what winning looks like. When the president said he would not budge on extending bush tax cuts for the wealthy. And challenged the republicans to join him in allowing the continuation of the tax cuts to the middle class and the working class and took
And paid staffers. That poll was very heavily weighted. Probably understand why 60 of americans want to vote all couples out. I can remember taking my kids to chuck e. Cheese and watching this whacamole game. They havent put us on suicide watch yet. Enough games you started this game. Save us from the madness. Send them to washington and just drown everybody people back to work. End this republican shutdown the chills that you spill up my back made me feel the satisfaction when were down i couldnt ask for another good afternoon. We begin with a flurry of late developments out of washington. Though none of it is taking place in front of cameras. And thats because congressional leaders have just postponed a meeting with the president in order to continue hammering out a deal that avoids a Global Financial catastrophe while also ending the Government Shutdown, now two weeks and counting. And earlier today, the president visiting a foot pantry in the capitol, made it clear that failure to
Government would remain shutdown. Todays strategy does not appear to be working. And now john boehner has to figure out what tomorrows strategy is. Put yourself in John Boehners shoes for a moment. Imagine what its like for him to wake up every morning and face the forces that are assembled against him. One simple goal. To survive another day. John boehner must find a way to placate the tea party, whose irate with any talk of negotiations not including obama care, the entirety of American Finance capitalism, that has told him he cannot blow through the debt ceiling, and then theres the American People. According to a new nbc news poll, both the gop and the tea partys favorability rating that sunk to an alltime low. And 53 of americans blame republicans in congress for the budget standoff, compared to 31 who blame the president. With those three separate interests in mind, John Boehners play is this. What we want to do is to offer the president today the ability to move. A temporary inc
Is coming and the financial world is moving from caution, concern, now to serious worry. Heres a result of this one combined mess. It covers, look at this, the new yorker saying congress is the haunted house. Speaking of ghosts of the past, look who revealed herself in washington this weekend, sarah palin was at senator ted cruises side at a rally at the world war ii memorial. How do you tell youre losing in american politics . Sarah palin is standing right beside you. Thats how you tell youre losing in this game. Joining me right now is nbc capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell. Kelly, break it down, the progress or lack thereof thats been made over the weekend and where do we stand now to potentially get out of this mess . While everyone is talking about signs of optimism, the practical prg ogress is hard to measure right now. Leader reid and leader mcconnell, while they dont have the fuzziest relationship, they are tactically skilled and are charge of this. They met saturday mor