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History and not very distant history, shira? >> i think thats, frankly, all republican haves to bargain with at this point. theyre bargaining and when the president was at the podium today he essentially said your move, congress. come up with the next idea. but generally, thats all they have. they have the majority in the house. and in that case, its not a very controlled caucus. its a very fractured caucus. democrats controlling the senate and the white house. they dont have a good bargaining p...

Prosecution under afghan law. to date president karzai, currently in washington, has resisted this. joining us now, ambassador john bolton, former u.n. ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. so, ambassador bolton, president karzai says this, give us a good army, a good air force and the capability to project afghan interests in the region and then, only then will you get your immunity. what do you think about that? >> well i think that is a losing proposition for hamid karzai. its a lo...

Spending cuts. raise taxes $41 for are every dollar or so that we are going to save money. that didnt add up for them and so house republican leadership spent a whole lot of time today, two different meetings behind closed doors with the rank and file allowing the rank and file to vent about the deal and talk about a way toward. they talked about the possibility of doing an amendment eceptionly to try -- essentially to try to tack on spending cuts on to the existing bill and then send it back to...

>> i dont know. i think the republicans are kind of going through their five stages of grief after the election. right now theyre in denial and i think boehner is a little farther along. hes in the bargaining position. i think theyre also looking at the next six to eight, ten months. robert and erin know this. i think theres some concern over potentially facing primary opponents. you had club for growth out there. i dont know if they necessarily want to. i think it makes their position harder. i...

People right now that are holding up the deal in congress are the house republicans. also the house republicans are not even unified on their own position. they cant even sort of get together as we saw last night. they cant even get together as a caucus and say, this is what we want. >> quick prediction, john, and then nancy. do we get some kind of deal before december 31st? >> yes. >> nancy? >> yes. >> what does that deal look like, john? small, medium, or large in terms of its scope and the de...

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More than three-quarters of those polled agree with the presidents bargaining position about upper income -- >> the republican party has a lot of problems. i mean, three big ones. your poll asks people to pick words to describe the republican party. they picked bad, broken, weak and lost. those arent the greatest words. >> thats not a bumper sticker you want. >> the second is the hand that theyre playing. if they get what they want, they get no tax increases for millionaires and billion aurs and...

Because they put out statements that said literally the exact same thing. it was a good conversation, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. i think whats more important, andrea, is look what happened with bob corker. you played it. the tennessee republican senator essentially saying, look, we dont have a lot of leverage here. this is something youre starting to hear more and more. tom coburn said something similar. tom cole said something similar. we have to take what we can get. were innocent a great b...

Even the wealthiest americans would get tax cuts on the first $250,000 of their income. and families everywhere would enjoy some peace of mind. >> clayton: i think that republicans agree and a number of republicans say this, theyre in a poor bargaining position. they he lost the election and polls show most americans agree with the presidents position on tax hikes. furthermore, if this fiscal cliff happened 23 days from now, the president, if he doesnt do anything, those bush tax cuts expire, no...

Time in the congress. we used to have an expression. its not the price. its the money. this is not to be punitive on the people who make over $250,000. its just to be fair to the entire country. you need that additional revenue in order to reduce the deficit and continue to make investments in growth. >> if speaker boehner says that, you know, were not going to move on the rates, where are we? >> i hope thats just a bargaining position. but the fact is we have talked about it two step. do a down...