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Do. he may have had demands, but he would have had to talk the whole time, and the moment he got up to leave the chamber, if someone didnt stand in for him, they would have been able to get unanimous consent. so basically, the democratic leadership called his bluff, is the short answer. >> obviously, now that they have beaten him, tonight this is over, the immediate impact of people who have not been getting unemployment extension will get them, the furloughs will be over, all of the other peopl...

Bluff. >> bret: charles, the president comes to the table you are right on tort reform. i will take that one. you have to come my way and pass x, y, and z. >> if i were sitting there i would say what do you mean by tort reform? do you mean serious or the kind of dabbling thats done in the bills that will already in the house and the senate? i think it would be absolutely remarkable if the president at this late date introduced that it might change the game at least on that day. but he hasnt show...

Dont think there is going to be a fierce backlash? >> minute it is in place and americans discover what they have access to and the fact there are more people covered unmedicare and medicaid -- [ talking over each other ] >> sean: you seem very, very -- i think you are misreading the electorate. >> they dont have the votes for reconciliation. it is not real this is a bluff. >> sean: why would the president waste political capital and seven, nine, 10 hours tomorrow? >> they dont know what they ar...

Dont think there is going to be a fierce backlash? >> minute it is in place and americans discover what they have access to and the fact there are more people covered unmedicare and medicaid -- [ talking over each other ] >> sean: you seem very, very -- i think you are misreading the electorate. >> they dont have the votes for reconciliation. it is not real this is a bluff. >> sean: why would the president waste political capital and seven, nine, 10 hours tomorrow? >> they dont know what they ar...

Bluff. >> bret: charles, the president comes to the table you are right on tort reform. i will take that one. you have to come my way and pass x, y, and z. >> if i were sitting there i would say what do you mean by tort reform? do you mean serious or the kind of dabbling thats done in the bills that will already in the house and the senate? i think it would be absolutely remarkable if the president at this late date introduced that it might change the game at least on that day. but he hasnt show...

Of wind, but its just not enough. if the wind doesnt blow 24/7, the sun doesnt shine 24/7. there are problems in terms of predictability of the source. >> thanks. last thoughts about this. are we going to be like the french? rely heavily on nuclear? everybody likes to knock the french, but the fact is they are big believers in it. >> im not sure. but i can say theres elements of this of calling the republicans bluff. if you look at energy, the republicans say, the first thing is you wont put nuc...

Alisyn: lets try to move this forward, this health care summit is coming up february 25th, thats less than ten days from now. what do you think the white house can do to turn it around and get the winning hand again? >> the white house can brush the plan aside and start over. lets look at common sense reforms that republicans like paul ryan have been putting forward since the beginning, tort reform, less special -- lets get special interests out of this debate and look at what we can do immediat...

>> we are back with cnns ed henry, gloria bore gentleman, julia mason from "the examiner." even with a snowstorm, no one is working. everything is shut down. congress manages to confuse us. we get a by part san jobs bill, hurray, they come out and say republican and democratic senator, here is our jobs bill. several hours later, the majority leader comes out and says, were not doing that one. were doing this one. whats -- que pasa? >> harry reid in trying to back republicans into a corner and ca...

Money, but its only one tenth of our external debt and the total amount of dollars that the chinese are holding it s. a large amount. 800 billion. but it is less than the amount that we strangled on our economy and gave away in the stimulus package alone last year. it is not the end of the road and it doesnt give it a stranglehold on our economy. yes, we are dependent on the chinese, but the chinese are dependent on us. if they order us around, you call the bluff and you will see, as you said, t...

Of our external debt and the total amount of dollars that the chinese are holding it s. a large amount. 800 billion. but it is less than the amount that we strangled on our economy and gave away in the stimulus package alone last year. it is not the end of the road and it doesnt give it a stranglehold on our economy. yes, we are dependent on the chinese, but the chinese are dependent on us. if they order us around, you call the bluff and you will see, as you said, they have done it in the past. ...