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Support in the house? >> and is, as i look at next week and the fiscal cliff presumably happening, going over it, john boehner is supposed to be re-elected speaker on next thursday. >> on the 3rd, yeah. >> is that going to change everything and hes going to say, to hell with this right-wing tail wagging my dog, i dont need you guys anymore? >> no, because the house isnt the only theater of this. theres the senate, of course. we talked briefly about this earlier, but mitch mcconnell has a senate ...

>> oh, man, peter alexander -- >> buzz kill. >> yeah. thats reality, as chuck todd just described it, its also very depressing. so let me ask you, within the white house, youve got a group of people who have been with the president for four years, four exhausting years. those jobs are exhausting. is there going to be any turnover, "a," in the white house staff as we approach these new negotiations on the same old problem? and "b," the level of exhaustion, frustration and anger within the white h...

Ba boehner allow a vote on it because it will pass if they do. as chuck alluded to, there is a tough, frosty relationship back and forth between the two sides right now, even as the countdown is now approaching 100 hours until the deadline. the president gets back here today, i guess just shy of noon if he arrives on time. 72 degrees he leaves in hawaii. 38 degrees he arrives to here in washington. and believe me, theyre going to need to bring some of that sunshine here because theres certainly ...

Ill-advised things the united states has done over the last few years. plus engagement is fine to try. we ought to, for example, try a negotiated approach to iran right now on the nuclear issue. its often important to check that box. either you get a successful diplomatic outcome or then you move on. but engagement can give you clarity. theres nothing wrong in trying that. youve also just got to know when its time to move on. and by the way, you want your secretary of state to do. he is the pers...

President ford, were having dinner. and at one point during the dinner, president ford says to tip oneill, "tip, do you have any idea of what the bump in pay for this job is going to mean for my pension?" you know, which is sort of a cute story. it sort of tells you who gerry ford was, wonderful guy, but that word, "pension," is gone. its disappeared. >> thats worrisome because social security is in some doubt. and if pension goes, then, you know, a lot of people are going to be working awfully ...