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Filibustering for as long as it takes is a kind of destructive action that needs to stop in the congress of the united states of america. >> moving forward to the president having dinner tonight, weather permitting as we understand, what do you make of the perception that perhaps the president feels he needs to go around republican leadership and talk with the rank and file or maybe key members of the republican party to get things done. not just on the budget issues, but guns and immigration an...

Executive power they can wield quickly. joining me is eugene robinson and jonathan alter. both are msnbc political analysts. jonathan, whats doable from that list? >> well, i think a lot of it is doable. you know, hes throwing a lot of things against the wall to see what sticks. its important to remember though that were not going to move to that agenda right away because, you know, not to get too down in the weeds, but what they call the continuing resolution, which is basically the budget to k...

Fiscal decisions and future budgeting or whether there is, you know, room for some grand bargain. i dont see it. >> one of the things people said is the negative consequence is not the economic effects. its that to really deal with long-term budget issues, this doesnt get you there. and it removes a lot of ability to then have meaningful conversations about smart entitlement reform, spending for growth. it is not that the sequester does harm but the very fact of not being able to talk about thes...

>> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when all sides agreed to the sequester a year and a half ago is automatic across-the-board spending cuts were supposed so be so painful it would force the president and congress to make a deal. now, with just five days to go there is still no deal. and the deadline is here. joining us today two senate leaders on budget issues. from oklahoma, republican tom coburn. and from missouri, democrat claire mccasskill. about the sequester happen. wil...

I would hope that the president has a conciliatory tone and get the financial house in order. we have to fix the finances and anxious to hear what the president says. >> you are absolutely right. we would like to believe that things would run a bit more smoothly. thats what we would like to believe and whatnot what we have seen certainly in prior to this administration. prior to this president. certainly, in the last ten years if not longer. i want to play what david walker, said about sequester...

In this poll that kind of contradicted each other, too. you know, i will say that, you know, that theres probably a good half of the country that thinks that president obama is very liberal. and so, somewhere in there theyre equating that he wants a lot more than just universal background checks. that hes asking for more to be banned and so that they fall somewhere in the middle between he and the nra. >> as i mentioned, the state of the union tuesday. the president during his inauguration addre...

Hell get maybe two republican votes. >> even if he didnt do as well as you would have pex expected to do, given his experience sitting on the panels, i didnt see it live, but when i read the clips from right conservative organizations, i expected that it was awful. when i went back and looked at it, it wasnt that bad. >> his performance stunk. >> his performance was a disaster, but he didnt lose democrats you can tell from the questioning. >> did you really think it was that bad? >> it was awful...

Policy-wise, there is no daylight between them. the governor likes personal and inspiring stars that he has. mo cowan has been a trusted aide, someone he relied on and rolling out ambitious policy agenda pieces. >> we know that barney frank sought this interim appointment on a couple of shows on msnbc and released a statement saying i know mr. cowan is committed to working hard and in socially fair and economically efficient matter on pending budget issues. i look forward to the election and pro...

Breathinger from the battles as he goes to see his daughter sasha play basketball. not much time before he has to hit the grund running again in his second term. the debt ceiling fight has been delayed and they are looming on the issue of the budget more specifically the sequester that comes up at the beginning of march. those are spending cuts in military and domestic agencies and the continuing resolution. basically it calls for how they will pay for the government going forward. after march 2...

Legislation because the activist groups are going to have to go out and get in these districts and in these states where senators are who are not doing the right thing and primary them. and let them know that theyre not going to win the next election. do the unions of this country deserve what just happened tonight after as hard as they worked to get president obama and the democrats in the senate? give me a break. for more lets turn to larry cohen, president of the communication workers of amer...