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Trotter was slippery and misleading. one democratic senator called her bluff. here is the sequence at a hearing designed to consider whether assault weapons should be banned. trotter told the story of a single mother who used a gun to protect herself and her baby. >> i would like to begin with the compelling story of sarah mckinley, home alone with her baby. she called 911 when two violent intruders began to break down her front door. as the intruders forced their way into her home, miss mckinle...

Republicans bluff? >> well, the question that i want to know and what will be playing out this week is whether john boehners plan, this is a gamble for house speaker john boehner. there are members of the republican caucus in the house who dont want to raise the debt ceiling at all and dont even think a three-month extension of the debt ceiling as a ploy to put the political pressure on the senate democrats to pass a budget, they may not even vote for this. so he has his work cut out for him to ...

I will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. were not going to do that again. as i said earlier this week, one thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill theyve already racked up. what i will not do is to have that negotiation with a gun at the head of the american people. thats not how were going to do it this time. >> this evolution in the presidents strategy for dealing with republicans and recognizing their strategy against him and knowing what...

People that make decisions that contribute to this would blame them if they screwed up the countrys economy again on purpose like they did in 2011. they have shown that they care enough about that to avoid that eventuality. they will no longer be able to make that bluff again, in three months or ever. three months were going to be back here. nobody believes them. this weekend, the other thing thats happening in washington is the obama campaign legacy project. 4,000 obama campaign volunteers and ...

I will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. were not going to do that again. as i said earlier this week, one thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill theyve already racked up. what i will not do is to have that negotiation with a gun at the head of the american people. thats not how were going to do it this time. >> this evolution in the presidents strategy for dealing with republicans and recognizing their strategy against him and knowing what...

Should pay the tab for a bill theyve already racked up. >> what i will not do is to have that negotiation with the gun at the head of the american people. thats not how were going to do it this time. >> this evolution in the presidents strategy for dealing with republicans and recognizing their strategy against him and knowing what he can and cannot expect to get out of them. on the last business day of his first term, it paid off today. and them giving up their demand that he needed to negotiat...

Eventuality. they will no longer be able to make that bluff again, in three months or ever. so today they are saying, ah, three months, were going to be back here, but nobody believes them. this weekend, the other thing thats happening in washington is the obama campaign legacy project. 4,000 obama campaign volunteers and supporters will be meeting this weekend at a hotel in washington, with the top brass of the obama election campaign, to talk about how the organization that got this president ...

As i said earlier this week, one thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill theyve already racked up. what i will not do is to have that negotiation with a gun at the head of the american people. thats not how were going to do it this time. >> this evolution in the presidents strategy for dealing with republicans and recognizing their strategy against him and knowing what he can and cannot expect to get out of them. on the last business day of his f...

Contribute to this would blame them if they screwed up the countrys economy again on purpose like they did in 2011. they have shown that they care enough about that to avoid that eventuality. they will no longer be able to make that bluff again, in three months or ever. three months were going to be back here. nobody believes them. this weekend, the other thing thats happening in washington is the obama campaign legacy project. 4,000 obama campaign volunteers and supporters will be meeting this ...

Republicans? why get into this fight? >> well, you know, everybody talks about the fiscal cliff. this is really about fiscal incompetent. as karen has pointed out your options are limited. the president i believe, quite frankly, is playing a bit of chicken, not so much as a strong line in the sand as it is, okay, im going to call your bluff for a point. hell have to capitulate at some point on the spending side of the equation. he knows that. similarly, republicans are likewise with their back u...