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Okay to not get a deal, the republicans see theyre in an impossible position in january. >> its a game of chicken. if they show were willing to go off the cliff. you have a stronger bargaining position, but as you say you give a lot of conservative democrats in red or purple states and republicans who signed onto this grover norquist pledge, you give them an out. that makes sense. >> steve, the great thing politically and i thought id say this about a democratic candidate for president in talkin...

Republican pledge. >> some republicans are secretly saying we need you to do that. thats the only way to vote responsibly in a tiny number of republicans. >> the democrats control the senate in the lame duck session. that means you have ben nelson and joe lieberman voting with the democrats still there. a guy like tester and he gets re-elected. does he vote for anything that could be perceived as a tax hike? you deal with these people in the senate on the democratic side so the logic works for t...

Is a potential showdown looming over irans nuclear program? theres word that tehrans new bargaining position could split israel and the united states. david ignatius has been reporting exclusively on this. hes an associate editor and columnist for "the washington post," and he wrote about all this, where the negotiations may go next, and he is just back from israel, not coincidentally, i suspect. david, what are you hearing there, because im hearing a lot of conversation that barack was pretty t...

good evening. im erin burnett. out front tonight, a greek collapse. literally. the greek finance minister just hours before he was to be sworn into his new role, its a crucial role, fainted. it was a depressing visual for a country that is trying with a brand-new government to keep its economy from entering a black hole. the greek leaders collapse kept him from going to the highly anticipated euro 2012 soccer match today. greece took a shellacking from germany. germany was favored to w...

Oil and that is a pretty impressive list from india to belgium and britain and fans and germany, there is greece, and italy as well as japan and spain but, look at this number: china. 22% of irans oil is going to china. and there are no signs they are turning the spigot off. what does that mean? >> well, they are still in discussion, the u.s. is still in discussion with china about whether theyll grant a waiver. i think it is almost inevitable that china will not be brought under these sanctions...

We told the afghans and taliban when were getting out in 2014 so our bargaining position gets weaker. the president said we are on the road to destroy al-qaeda. what intelligence officials has shown that al-qaeda is very resilient and able to reconstitute and to be able to wait. in the expression, we have watches and --. >> shep: meeting with rudy guliani. karl ram ron is with us. there is no way do it from a bully-pulpit. he owns the news days? >> there is no way challenger can compete that. he...

the tourist attractions here in the nations capitol. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> you certainly could say the general election campaign began this week when republican candidate rick santorum declared "the race is over for me." now that mitt romneys toughest challenger is out of the picture, romney and president obama are taking direct jabs at one another. lets bring in our senior correspond...

Bargaining position than romney. paul matters more than gingrich. worth noting that two dozen active paul backers are running for house or senate seats. 200 are seeking local offices. there i think could be a ron paul movement that extends well beyond ron pauls candidacy. >> ron paul is the only candidate who is a movement candidate in this campaign and he appeals to younger voters in a strong way. s in a problem that the romney campaign wants to address, something theyre going to have to addres...

Clearly, theyll try to say its time for the next step. the question is, if the russians and chinese dont go for that, which seems likely, what do we do next? arming rebels is unpalatable in most western capitals. intervention seems off the table, which means all we can do is try to ratchet up the pressure and hope that with time assads grip weakens. the fact is, he may be with us for some time to come. >> and meanwhile we have a crisis looming with iran, negotiations with weekend, i know youve w...

Clearly theres a desire to sort of alleviate this crisis. but we cant lose sight of the fact that now is when we really hold all of the cards. now is when we have a strong bargaining position. we need to use that to really finally, once and for all, address this issue with the iranians. >> thank you, michael. great to see you. welcome home. in southampton, england, hundreds turned out to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the the "titanics" departure of the fatal, final voyage. the english p...