he doesn t see totally eye to eye on tactics, but in terms of the heart and his agenda, i think he sith the tea party every step of the way. you think he s carrying this planned parenthood with any delight? he s pro-life, and i think republicans have a good point when they say democrats have been for riders in budget bills in the past when they controlled the process. i don t think he does this all that reluctantly. again, he s not out there full-floated saying this is a winning issue for us. that doesn t mean he s not for it. it means he sees the politics as well. tear bly bli nuanced, sir. well done. have a nice weekend. who knows what s going to happen. eugene robinson, thank you. the tea party is pushing john boehner for deeper cuts. we ll see the blame game. will it be the president or republicans? nobody will know for a couple days. we ll try to find out tonight. this is hardball only on msnbc. who gets hit on this one? [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in ch