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Same thing and maybe the president. >> jimmy, i want to get back to what we heard from senator coburn there. he makes an interesting point for democratic presidents. having dinner with republicans, that was news. it was wednesday night. how much has president obamas style hurt his ability to get a deal? >> hes not a politician like bill clinton was. everyone is trying to make him into bill clinton, hes not bill clinton. you cant put a round square -- >> circle. >> you know what im saying. i cant...

Ended, you will have people start to react to airports being closed and to national monuments and museums. >> sure. >> and national parks being closed, people are going to begin to see the chaos that is being created by the republicans in all this manufactured budget stuff. >> i got to ask you, today the house passed a bill extending federal funding to keep the government operating past march 27th. now, all three of you voted no on this. gwen moore, what about that? >> oh, i can tell you that, y...

Happen on all this budget stuff. it is not going to be done with john boehner having full control of his own caucus. >> yeah. >> he has to get it out of the senate. and mitch isnt going to let him. >> congresswoman moore, is the president going the extra mile tonight? can he make any gains behind closed doors? >> i have to tell you, i think the president is taking advantage of the fact that he has seen that there are factions within the republican party. no longer are they sticking together like...

This is going the distance, exhausting every effort to try to at least get up close and personal with people that absolutely hate you. jim mcdermott, can you deal with these guys at all? >> well, ed, i really dont think so. i think that as long as mitch mcconnell is worrying about ashley judd and some candidate on the far right attacking him, he is going to continue to use the filibuster to tie up the senate and make it impossible for majority rule in the united states senate. if you dont have m...

Reasonable republicans pass it. thats what happened with the violence against women law, and thats what is going to have to happen on all this budget stuff. it is not going to be done with john boehner having full control of his own caucus. >> yeah. >> he has to get it out of the senate. and mitch isnt going to let him. >> congresswoman moore, is the president going the extra mile tonight? can he make any gains behind closed doors? >> i have to tell you, i think the president is taking advantage...

Start to react to airports being closed and to national monuments and museums. >> sure. >> and national parks being closed, people are going to begin to see the chaos that is being created by the republicans in all this manufactured budget stuff. >> i got to ask you, today the house passed a bill extending federal funding to keep the government operating past march 27th. now, all three of you voted no on this. gwen moore, what about that? >> oh, i can tell you that, you know, it was not honest b...

Anxiety the nra should feel right now. >> i want to turn to the threat of the march 1st sequester deadline with both of you. jim, congress is out of town, not back until february 25th. theyll only have four days to hammer out a deal. is anyone taking this seriously? >> i dont think many americans leave the beltway are taking it serious. and its probably symbolic of the lack of progress on anything in washington and why those approval ratings are in the mid teens. i think its possible that they p...

Or the young dont get shortchanged. its going be tough, though. >> im concerned, al, forever the presidents not willing to take care of the entitlement programs, to really reform those and cut back over the next generation we wont have the money to invest in the future. that is an either/or proposition. if you keep entitlements as they are moving forward, you wont have the money to invest in the future. >> long term, youre absolutely right. i think every indication, including public pronouncemen...

Want just as well without going through combat, intense combat, over some of these legislative issues, especially the budget stuff right away. it seems to me -- >> what that sounds like, i want to get joy in the panel, that sounds what you hear from washington democrats, every time they are losing is a symbolic fight. you know who doesnt think its a symbolic fight, the republicans dont seem to think this is a symbolic fight. the republicans dont think this is a waste of, quote, political capital...

The vice presidential pick, and he does a really good job making it not about his budget but about romneys budget and showing theres not a lot of daylight between the two of them. he manages to pull that off pretty well without stumbling. im confident hell be able to do that tonight, and what differences there are have been lost on the public. this is really getting into the weeds once you get into that budget stuff. im not worried about that part of the debate. >> speaking of wooeeeds, do you t...