but companies are pushing to repeal one left. senate decided to keep the amt, a move that saved them $40 billion. but that move shocked ce oh s and business groups. it s a 20% that kicks in if the company s tax bill is too low. it s rarely used because there are all these other loopholes. with a lower corporate rate more companies could end up paying it and lose tax breaks in the process. the biggest concern a tax credit for research and development really popular with silicon valley. the bigger beneficials are apple, intel, apple alone saved there is 678 billion last year. so tech along with other industries want lawmakers to kill the corporate amt. they claim is stifles inis vestment.
i ll ask lonnie, someone wouho not committed on this panel. who is the real donald trump when he says oh s, legs, look a that, and then grabs her by the whatever, so who is the real donald trump? this is the problem that donald trump is having right now. the argument that seems to be is the donald trump you see in the video is not the donald trump you see today. that is fine, until you see another video, or he does something and behaves in a way that in fact shows it is the real donald trump. and if you look at the video last night, which said, hey, this is basically locker room talk. this is donald trump. are you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago that you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope
court, all of those issues did not make it go away. now you re essentially holding the economy hostage, and you re holding and so i understand where he s coming from. this is not something that we re going to shut down the government over. it s over. these guys have to move on. martha: all right. let s hear what jason has to say about that. times.says he has given in way yeah. yeah, way too many times. listen, liberals and president obama, too, need a history lesson. we live in america, and there are checks and balances. oh s and constitutionally the house of representatives has the power of the purse. they get to originate revenue bills. so barack obama needs to be reminded that he is not a dictator. this is not a dictatorship. the house of representatives was elected with a republican majority just like he was elected. therefore, they come together and negotiate. and let s not, you know, let s not play game like, oh, we ve never used the debt limit and spending measures in americ
ceremony was held last week. back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. we may have just seen president obama inaugurated a second time. here at hardball we re reminiscing about the 2012 election campaign whether it was the carpet bombing of newt gingrich and the iowa airwaves or romney s 47% comments i think cost him the election. or the debate that didn t cost president obama the election. our own chuck todd got the inside scoop from campaign operatives of both sides who shared the uh-oh moments. they had a different word for it. let s start with the republican primaries. top romney advisers described the points at which they thought uh-oh. here it is. the oh s moment for my was
election campaign whether it was the carpet bombing of newt gingrich and the iowa airwaves or romney s 47% comments i think cost him the election. or the debate that didn t cost president obama the election. our own chuck todd got the inside scoop from campaign operatives of both sides who shared the uh-oh moments. they had a different word for it. let s start with the republican primaries. top romney advisers described the points at which they thought uh-oh. here it is. the oh s moment for my was south carolina. it put newt in the drivers seat for a period of time and forced us to go into florida. there were some big states that cost a lot of money to put up on tv. there were moments in the campaign where we took our bank down close to zero. the night that we lost denver or colorado, minnesota, and missouri.