packaging. this could be irritating to some republicans depending on how far they go if it is 45 percent or 50 percent it is more of a problem or they could go in another direction and they may want something else out of this that appeases certain members of the leadership who are driving this, but, having seen the negotiations up close, the bigger and more complex the package the more unusual the item is and the sweetner that gets their votes. and with these arrangements when someone gets a sweetner, a lot of people want a sweetner. neil: a lot of people got sweetners. clean energy. ethanol tax credit sweetners. building america sweetners. and internet poker. so, my point, where does this
outcome they pass a package, pregnancy similar to what the president negotiated with the republicans, and there could be some things on the margin that change but that is the most likely outcome but it is not guaranteed by any stretch of the imagination and the president has done, so far, i think, a pretty poor job of rounding up the votes. you do not hold a news conference when you are trying to get as many republicans and democrat votes as possible and attack the republicans as being hostage taker and attack the democrats as being sanctimonious, you get more with honey than vinegar so he better dip into the garden at the white house. neil: but he was in a difficult position. guest: but do not make it worse. if are in a bad spot do not make it worse and do not put sweetners in, in the form of provisions but say i need you, i need your help. neil: how do you know he has, maybe he has and they are
right? you sleep a ton. the real question, is it the bacteria that causes lime disease or some other virus in these ticks. we tried to study that a lot on my show. the jury is still out. it s a complex topic the medical community fights a lot over. not everybody you treat aggressively with long term antibiotics gets better and not sure they had chronic lime. you had lime disease but another disease that s causing your issue. that balancing act many doctors a have with patients with chronic li lime. larry: is there any danger of consuming artificial sweetners. i m not a big fan of artificial sweeteners. i have no information that they cause cancer in the dose humans take but that imbibed by americans are sold by big
representatives and senate working with the treasury secretary and the administration s office of management and budget director. he is very much in the room. his assertion this is almost done is very important. that unfolds and the number two senate democrat, durbin, working with harry reid has said that the democrats now are getting closer and they will ask president obama to allow some changes to the framework, some sweetners to win over their support. as soon as that s agreed to, they hope, this thing could move fast in the senate. shepard: and the house? reporter: they will meet with vice president biden in a couple of hours and the dissent there is very, very pointed. passionate liberals believer the president made a bad call negotiating with the republicans and not is not squaring with them so the vice president tries to calm their anger, to give you an idea of how committed they are to block this, three house democratic liberals are circulating a letter designed to