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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121205:11:21:00

About, but it gets to this point, which is republicans don t really want this tax cut fight, even though they know it s good for their brand. but they want to figure out a way out of it. and you increasingly see some anonymous republicans quoted in the paper saying let s get rid of this tax cut fight and move to a debt ceiling fight. so now they re looking at this fallback option where they say we ll agree to an extension of the bush tax rates below $250,000, push the debt ceiling fight and attach all the cuts there and we ll hold that hostage again. you know, i think we can read between the lines. i think the polling is looking increasingly bleak for the republican party. i think it s very clear that the president is willing to go off the cliff with respect to the tax hikes. right. there s not much boehner can actually do. and we ve got to go to break. really quickly, steve, you ve got to pick up on brian sullivan s point. that if you talk about the tax credits that the presiden ....

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