be able to bring him in because mcconnell and boyden go back a long way. biden, had he been in the senate, would be probably the most senior member of the senate right now. so i think the two of them feel like they could get something done, but, i mean, time is ticking here. thank you very much and happy new year. hey, same to you, melissa. for more on the fiscal cliff negotiations i am joined now by democratic strategist richard goodstein and republican strategist terry holt. thank you both for being here. sure. hi, melissa. terry, let s start with you. what do you think is going on behind closed doors right now on capitol hill? i think i m still talking about the meet the press interview by the president this morning. you know, the american people elected president obama to lead, but he spent most of the morning today playing the blame game, and i say let s get the blame game over with and start talking about solutions for the american
the economy. that s what he needs to win. it seems like every monday, karen, we start the script with worst week ever. can t imagine it getting worse. here is the thing, last night he was speaking to a spanish-speaking audience. one thing to make the political calculation not knowing if those clips will make it into translation in english language speaking. let s see if he says the same thing main street media ohio. the challenge he s had is to r hold on to the far right. we were waiting for him to say. [ speak en in foreign language ] i wasn t advanced spanish in college. thank you very much to all of you. on capitol hill, the blame game over the fast and furious gun walking operation is back in the spotlight.
john roberts live. some of the ranker was muted on the 9/11 anniversary. to start the day. most appearances focused on patriotism and service instead of more political themes. chief political correspondent carl cameron takes a look. in reno addressing 4,000 member of the national guard association convention, g.o.p. presidential nominee mitt romney commemorateed the 9/11 attacks. with less than two months to go before election day, i would normally speak to a gathers like this about the differences between my and my opponent s plans for military and national security. there is a time and place for that. but this day is not that. running mate paul ryan visited with the wisconsin air national guard. thinking about people in lives and a day where we for [ inaudible ]
to republicans. some of them felt pretty down, because of the polling out of the democratic congress vention. you look at this map, carl. it s where it was. look, i m not suggesting that it might not be different. you to have the convention bake in results. but look, republicans on monday were down because they saw the cnn poll with a six-point lead. they saw the washington post poll with one-point lead. obama got a bounce out of it. the question is how big is it going to be? it looks to be smaller than the ample of 1964, 4.9 points for democrat. and the question is how persistent is it going to be? i d say be careful about put toog much in the post convention polls. look at where things settle out at the end of the week or early next. bret: other states you are keeping a eye on, joe? look, you look at this map, and they are all, iowa is going to be critical. ohio. again. we can disagree about it today. it s clear that whoever wins
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