One might imagine that state governors are none too happy about it and addressing the National Governors association today, the president called out Speaker Boehner saying all it takes to avoid the ax is just a little compromise. I stand by those commitments to make the reforms for smart spending cuts. But we also need republicans to adopt the same approach to tax reform that Speaker Boehner championed just two months ago. So will Speaker Boehner agree to sensible balanced measures on the debt or will he dig in his heels. Three guesses and the first two dont count. With us from washington is msnbc political analyst karen finney. And Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page and Louis Russert live from capitol hill preparing for the great john baper to speak at another of his magnificent press conferences. Karen, you have agreed us to preview your column for the hills in which you blast the republicans for trying to cast blame on the white house. You write at some point the gop im afraid
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