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Divide we were hearing often about from biden transition officials between some of the institutionalists who were being very cooperative faciitaing the transition and by loyalist who were circumventing the process and keeping the biden team out of the loop. the biden team was very specific about when they raised some of these issues. even the bureaucratic recognition of biden as the president took some time. it was only much later in the process when we heard multiple times from biden transition...

President, to go the reconciliation route than to just sort of jam it through but doing it in an open process. can he -- can this provide cover for him to just sort of jam it through? >> i think jamming it through is a dangerous route to go. i think the american public feel like part of the problem with obama is there hasnt been transparency, there have been too many sort of nevada deals, louisiana deals, circumventing the process. i think that would be a big mistake. as a strategy and as a tact...

Whats the deal of the deal? >> the deal with the deal is the deal that you always have with the white house. theyre about as acquainted with reality and facts as a blind man is acquainted with sight. whats the deal today? who knows. whats the deal tomorrow? who knows. the fact is he reached out to the democrats because hes desperate for a victory -- a legislative victory somewhere. of course hes going to anger whats left of the base. much of the base is already abandoned him. whats left stripped...