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Administration s pattern of rushing to a policy judgment and then subsequently studying the problem that the policy decision was intended to address. but despite the opposition robert gibbs said the white house is confident the senate will ratify the start treaty before leaving town. i guess they are hoping for a christmas miracle. joining me now with reaction is the sanest man in hollywood jon voight. john, this whole thing seems like something from another era, the idea of so much being attached to getting a treaty with russia over a nuclear weapons. is it even relevant to the world we are living in today? well, there is a lot to say about that. but, let me just say, this mark. first of all, it s very nice to be meeting you in this way. i have great respect for you and your intelligence and your passion have lifted my spirits over the last years. mark: that s great. i will take that compliment. okay. and you, too, by the way. oh, thank you so much. ....
Reason to oppose it. i m referring, of course, to administration s pattern of rushing to a policy judgment and then subsequently studying the problem that the policy decision was intended to address. i would say to my friend from kentucky that just because you say something doesn t make it true. the facts are that this treaty is not being rushed. going to vote around 11:00. judd gregg might be the other vote. they might have bob corker be the other vote. but the admiral s letter saying don t worry about missile defense. i sign off on it. i support it. he s chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, that could solidify support. don t forget the russians. russians weighed in on it yesterday and said there will be no compromise. you can t touch it. it s a take it or leave it deal. that doesn t sound like the russians. they re always so amenable in the past. always came to the deal ....
Bush. a long list of people who they alienated leaves them with very few allies. what happened? they got 53% of the vote. what happened? they have democrats on capitol hill. how? if you re the white house you re barack obama, you say i saved the economy with the stimulus package, took on financial regulatory reform, did what nobody else has done on health care reform, why is this guy falling? partly because of how high unemployment is. a policy judgment. if unemployment were 6%, this sky wouldn t be falling. that s the main thing. i think in addition they went about the politics of dealing with the center, the right and the left and the press in a way that s brought some of this on themselves and exacerbated major garrett, if unemployment were at 6% right now, would we be having this conversation. ....
That is your assumption. chris: i m presenting a scenario. i think it is absolutely correct and under both party s leadership members of congress are elected for 24 months. not for 21 months or 22 months, for 2th months and they will sin for 24 months and they will continue their responsibility to the end of their term. chris: even if republicans gain control of the house and one of the clear messages is we don t want to raise taxes on any one it is okay for the democrats to compaq bac come cn a lame duck session and vote? i think it is oh day. they will make a policy judgment. as a matter of fact,. chris: , there is no confusion where the dem there is no confusion on where the democrats stand on this issue. the president made it very clear. i made it very clear. the leadership made it very clear. we are for making sure that the middle class americans do not get a tax increase and we will make sure are that happens. ....
Frankly, chris. that is your assumption. chris: i m presenting a scenario. i think it is absolutely correct and under both party s leadership members of congress are elected for 24 months. not for 21 months or 22 months, for 2th months and they will sin for 24 months and they will continue their responsibility to the end of their term. chris: even if republicans gain control of the house and one of the clear messages is we don t want to raise taxes on any one it is okay for the democrats to compaq bac come cn a lame duck session and vote? i think it is oh day. they will make a policy judgment. as a matter of fact,. chris: , there is no confusion where the dem there is no confusion on where the democrats stand on this issue. the president made it very clear. i made it very clear. the leadership made it very clear. we are for making sure that the middle class americans do not get a tax increase and we will make sure are that happens. ....