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Were going to find that out. >> governor, final thought? >> theres a number of lessons learned. one is when you bluff and your bluff gets called and you dont have the cards, its embarrassing. number two, if youre going to negotiate a put a stake in the ground and say ill do something dramatic unless x happens and you dont do something dramatic, again, it doesnt look so good. the republican party is going to go through a sorting out process but keep in mind, the energy and i think the media misun...

On these things. so were still very far from a deal right now, arthel. arthel: boy, you know what smh means? shaking my head. you know that, ed henry. thank you very much. >> reporter: probably some other acronyms people are pointing to we cant repeat. >> i bet. thank you, ed. jon: so we wont. while the shutdown drags on with another big meeting set at the white house this afternoon it looks like president obama is beth the gop will blink first, keeping obamacare intact while reopening the gover...

John boehner either is from some sort of deviously subtle game or just kind of winging it every day. >> i cant figure it out. >> in any event, hes not ready to give up the leverage he has, or thinks he has at this point. so he has to say i dont have the votes for a clean continuing resolution, even though basic arithmetic suggests that the votes are there. and president obama is trying the call his bluff. the senate democrats are going to do the same i gather with the debt ceiling and try to pas...

Boehner denying arithmetic and with members of his caucus calling him out on it. republican congressman peter king said he could see anywhere from 50 to 75 republicans voting for a clean continuing resolution to fund the government. republican congressman charlie dent today. >> i believe there are the votes to pass a clean cr. the plan was to pass a clean cr all along. that was the plan i want to stick to that long. i believe inevitably thats where well end up. >> nbc news puts the tally at 22 h...

Ceiling. which the president cannot allow. and i do think there is a way he can finesse the bluff about not negotiating. and we saw that crack in the law from sperling when he was asked about a short term extension, say six weeks or so. it would be easy for the president to say on the eve of the debt limit ive agreed to allow -- with the republicans on an extension it of the debt creeling so we can have a discussion. so he doesnt appear to have cav caved and he gets the extension. but it would b...

President would rather default on our debt than to sit down and negotiate. now, the american people expect when their leaders have differences and were in a time of crisis, that well sit down and at least have a conversation. >> yes! all the speaker really wants is for the president to call him up, sit down, have a conversation. he said so about 22 times, i think, on sunday. >> we asked to sit down with the senate and have a conversation. worry interested in having a conversation that begins wit...

More than 218 votes. i believe comfortably. >> reporter: 195 democrats trying to call boehners bluff signed a letter demanding a vote on a no strings attached bill to fund the government. that would mean 22 republicans would have to defy their leadership. now, on the question of whether a clean bill could pass the house, cnn has put a vote count together. right now, we have identified 200 democrats, including some delegates, and 14 republicans who have either publicly stated or told us they woul...

Agreed with this but we had a number of republicans saying publicly last week they would be in favor of a clean cr and if there were a secret ballot, that wed probably see the numbers even higher. do you think that there will be more pressure on john boehner this week to break the ties that bind him behind the scenes? >> absolutely. john boehner said that he didnt have the votes to pass a clean cr. and over the weekend, democrats basically called him on his bluff and said, oh, yeah, bring it to ...

House speaker boehner and whats happening really over there? >> thats one of the hard things to figure because both sides seem to be really locked in right now. it doesnt seem like anything is going it move until there is some dramatic event. its almost like dammed. all these logs pile up against the dam. thats not happening yet. you talk to democrats and republicans. they are all very comfortable with their positions right now. they all want to open up the government and they say that publicly....

Going to meet with the iranian president and wont meet with us. so theyre getting their wish. lets be clear in, some ways president obama is sort of calling their bluff. however, if brianna is right and im sure she is, based on conversations shes had and ive had with democrats that they are insisting they are holding firm, they are not going to negotiate, they will not do anything beyond just passing a, one bill that funds the government, youve got to wonder where this is going to go. one possib...