surprised when the house came out, speaker boehner came out and essentially said, we re not going to support the bill here in the house, because we would like to see a one-year extension. as you know, that senate bill would extend the payroll tax cut for only two months. and kristen, i m going to have to cut you off. we ve got the president. he has walked in, flanked by a crowd of americans. he s about to speak. thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you. merry christmas, happy holidays. we ve been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans aren t hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we ve also been doing everything we can to make sure that millions of people who are out there looking for work in a very
weeks away from the iowa caucus on the republican side, we re less than a year away from the presidential election. there are politics in here too. what message was the president trying to send? the fact of the matter is the reason why so many non-house republicans have come out and told the house republicans to just move on, get this thing finished, is because of the politics of this. because speeches like this, when the president, the longer this drags on, the president s able to look like the uniter. he s not engaged in something that looks like, you know, a fight that he can lose. he s on the high ground here. so the more he can do that, the more he looks like he can be anti-washington, you know, the more he can be anti-congress, to talk against the paralysis that exists in the city, when people outside the beltway, you know, don t pay attention to the machinations. when the machinations the specifics. right. when all of that is on, is front and center, and obama can look l
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are going to be making some statements i suspect as well. at least the president will talk about what s at stake for them. john, you and i have covered these games of chicken for a long time. president will be walking out in a moment. can t believe personally that they won t work out a deal between now and december 31st, because the stakes are too enormous. the stakes are enormous. i think you re right they ll try to work out a deal. if republicans this morning didn t think they d wake up and make a deal, the president of the united states is winning the optics of the political war right now. now he s going to add some rhetoric to it as well. let s listen in. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you. merry christmas. happy holidays. we ve been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans aren t hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we ve also been doing everything we can t
house, right? reporter: that s right, rick. i m going to speak low because the president s about to walk out. senator mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate, is saying john boehner should move forward on a two month deal like the president wants, and they should enter into immediate negotiations here s the president. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you, merry christmas, happy holidays. you know, we ve been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans respect hit with a holiday aren t hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we ve also been doing everything we can to make sure that millions of people who are out there looking for work in a very tough environment don t start