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i m very proud of the work this congress did. i zinser lie hope despite a divided capitol, the 112th congress will pass only records for significant legislation and not those for endless stale mates. reporter: new congress takes over in early january, just a few days after the president gets back from his hawaii vacation. jenna: we ll take a breather. steve centanni in d.c. thank you. jon: just weeks after staging the political come back of the year, alaska senator lisa murkowski is becoming one of several republicans to side with the president on some major bills. the only republican to vote for everything on mr. obama s lame duck wish-list. is this a sign of things to come in the new congress? let s get into it with peter mir a.j. anian, former advisor to the clinton gore campaign. also brad blakeman former deputy assistant to former ....
2012. if republicans take control of the senate, she will be out there in the wilderness if she in fact she does not play ball with the republicans, the people she is caucusing with. jon: peter, we get a lost e-mails from people, who say i don t care much about the labels democrat or republicans. i just want my representatives in congress to vote for the right thing, to vote so get things done. is this just lisa murkowski, republican compromising with democrats? what brad overlooked and did not mention the tea party in alaska supported her opponent and they lost. ex post facto sarah palin lost that race because she threw her weight mind the republican candidate there is certain ability for lisa murkowski to be unepcumbered by the party apparatus and being pressured to vote one way or the other. joe lieberman does this on the democratic side. he caucuses with the democrats but also always a swing vote. in a way she becomes pivotal and her stature in congress ....
Will rise, not fall because there will be counting on her vote. either the democrats or republicans, to move something or block something. i, should also say, jon in the spirit of bipartisanship i would like to spend holidays with brad in arizona as opposed to here in washington. you re welcome, peter. you re welcome to come. jon: sounds pretty nice except for all that flooding. what about, senators are supposed to be so collegial and lisa murkowski taken some shots in recent weeks at south carolina senator jim demint. he is a tea party stalwart and apparently not on her christmas list. what do you think about that, brad? well what i think, lisa murkowski better look behind her to the people should first and foremost responsible to, that is the people of alaska. the people of alaska, i would say it is a fair bet, i don t think peter is going to disagree, they are to where the country is right of center if not a little more right than the rest of the country. she has to represent he ....