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That, yes. i know that he is worried about his conference and the votes that he can get, but if we step back for a second and take a larger view of it, yes, it may be that republicans get more of the blame if we go over the cliff. but really it s going to be a bigger problem for washington at large, that they cannot compromise, can t get anything done, and so, sure, president obama can say this is really the republicans fault because they couldn t come up with the votes. but this is going to look bad for the rest of the country going into all the legislative battles that we ll have next year. if they can t if we go over the cliff now and can t reach a compromise, it will be bad for everyone. must reads and our holiday greetings are next. [ loud party sounds ] hi, i m ensure clear. clear, huh? i m not juice or fancy water. i ve got nine grams of protein. that s three times more than me! ....
Part of his base who came out and made him a two-term president. so, david drucker, then, do you think the gop, that they want to go over the fiscal cliff because then when they come back in january and there s any talk about changing things up, it s going to be to reduce the taxes? they can go on record, well, we reduced taxes. is there any reason for the president and congress to come back to work in washington the day after christmas? you know, well, they have to try or they have to at least show that they re trying. i think that both democrats and republicans in congress agree on at least one thing, and that s that a bad deal is better than no deal. of course both sides have different versions of what a bad deal would mean. some republicans think let s go over the cliff because the president is going to get all the blame. i don t think most republicans believe that, but a lot of the conservatives believe that. and there are liberals, democrats who believe let s go over the clif ....
Senator daniel inoue. that is set to get under way in about two hours. but behind the scenes i am told by white house officials that this is still very much a working vacation for president obama. i m also told that conversations continue to go on at the staff level between staffers at the white house and on the hill. but of course the hard work probably won t get done until lawmakers return to washington. that is expected to happen after the christmas holiday. now, this was, of course, a big topic of conversation on all of the morning shows. here s what senator lindsey graham had to say on meet the press earlier. take a listen. to my republican colleagues, the ronald reagan model is if you get 80% of what you want, that s a pretty good day. we had the same objective of lowering taxes. i like simpson bowles, eliminate taxes, lower the rates, put money on the debt. senator graham calling for compromise there. an interesting factoid, alex. the last time members of congress worked b ....
Joining me now, general wesley clark, the former commander of nato. welcome. we re glad to have you here. we ll get your take on john kerry in just a moment. but the anxiouses against iran there. what we might expect in terms of any military action. would that be at all possible in the coming year? i don t think you could take it off the table. the president said all options are on the table. there are efforts under way to discuss these things. the israelis publicly say time s running out. the intelligence community is always giving a prediction of when they re going to have it. so the military option has never been off the table, and my friends in washington say a lot of works going on down there. do you think iran is the biggest threat to our national security? are there other volatile hotspots around the globe? in terms of foreign policy, we have to get our economy going. that s the number-one thing we need for the united states of america. got to deal successfully with china ....
Glad to have you here. good to be here. ladies first, erin. where do we stand with congress and the president away from washington for christmas holiday? is there any chance for a deal or is it just wishful thinking? well, it seems to be wishful thinking, but they do say that after christmas congress is going to come back and try to hammer things out, that somehow some kind of deal will get ironed out in the senate. any deal that gets done in the senate still has to pass the house and that looks very difficult. you know, before of course it can get to the president s desk it seems like we re closer than ever to going over the cliff and having some sort of patchwork deal be done after that, after the new year. okay. robber, the wall street journal has a new article dealing the negotiations between the president and speaker boehner. here s the quote. mr. boehner said he wanted a deal along the lines of what the two men had negotiated in the summer of 2011 in a fight over raisi ....