over the past couple weeks, two steps to the process. one is having the guts to stand-up. i say this as a lawyer who sat through a lot of mediations and a lot of negotiations. you have to stare down your opponent. when the opponent breaks, as he has, you have to convert that into a win. yeah. you can have an advantage on a battlefield. if you can t convert it to a victory the question is the thing is, if they don t take boehner s bill, then reid s bill comes up. so what happened? i think, first of all, what pat was talking about occurred yesterday in the conference meeting where eric cantor said you have two options, take this bill or vote on harry reid s bill. they played a video segment from the town.
blinks, as the president has, the president s blinked. you re going to win. you can have a victory on the battlefie battlefield, but if you don t convert that to if they don t take boehner s bill, then reid s bill comes up. what happens? what actually occurred yesterday where eric cantor got up and said you have two options, you can pass this bill or be forced to vote on harry reid s bill. they played a video segment from the movie the town. allan west said i m going to drive this car, they re trying to motivate this caucus. and west supports the bill but my point is this what part of the town they did play? it s a great movie.
that way but look neil: bachelorette is going through a major problem, but i digress. the networks felt obligated to take boehner s response, all good. when the it is the same on both sides again and again is that even necessary? is that wise? does it risk overkill? i think presidents need to use their opportunities carefully. you can over do it with the networks. they ve been known to deny even presidents the opportunity at primetime. they pay a lot forever those bachelorette programs. you never want use it unless you have to. i m not sure we learned anything last night on either side that was new or different and we are still in deadlock today. neil: you are right. i think we ll rifle through some of the times a primetime address has been rejected for this president a couple years ago. president bush a couple of times.
neil, i m sorry, i m boring that way but look neil: bachelorette is going through a major problem, but i digress. the networks felt obligated to take boehner s response, all good. when the it is the same on both sides again and again is that even necessary? is that wise? does it risk overkill? i think presidents need to use their opportunities carefully. you can over do it with the networks. they ve been known to deny even presidents the opportunity at primetime. they pay a lot forever those bachelorette programs. you never want use it unless you have to. i m not sure we learned anything last night on either side that was new or different and we are still in deadlock today. neil: you are right. i think we ll rifle through some of the times a primetime address has been rejected for this president a couple years ago.
yesterday, here in america s newsroom , i spoke to steve forbes, he said it s not going to happen. this president is so ideologically bound while he ll make noises going in that direction, he s not going to change health care, he s not going to change financial reform, he s not going to change substantively on taxes. you just he just can t do it. joe trippe, former howard dean campaign manager and fox news contributor and rick tyler, spokesman no newt gingrich and director of renewing american leadership. gentlemen, thank you very much. so rick, let me go to you first. are republicans nervous that the obama administration may decide that they want to let go, let the tax cuts stay in place, even for the richest americans? well, i agree steve forbes, i think the president is idea lodge kae bound to ideologically bound to his economic program but hasn t listened to anyone on the right with conservative polices that will create job and growth. we know he s going to take