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He has allowed himself to be the puppet of the party. he could go to the house and let the housework think will the way the vast majority want to do. it is this tea party fringe that has been wagging the dog, pardon my mixing may metaphors, tea party tale. and someday, john boehner will pull on his big boy pants. do you think john boehner has overplayed his hand? >> i would not talk about bill >> i would not talk about bill clintons pants like that? honestly. i think thats a little bit of a low....

Hes got the heat on his back. on his backside. lets be blunt here. hes facing a tremendous torture. you can see it in his face. how long will it take for the moderates in his party to give him enough backing where he can make a move and make a lesser demand on the president, one that he might be able to accept? >> well, chris, were he an all counting, one by one, republicans are saying, privately first and then publicly, in the house, that they would be willing to vote for a so-called cr, meanin...

Clean cr. theres really a division within the republican party. thats really being spelled out in the comments that you just quoted from, tamron. you have some republicans saying, we want to get something out of these negotiations. other republicans saying, look, this has gone too far, this is bad for the republican brand. i think the white house, when they look at the scope of things, theyre looking at to some extent those polls which show majority of americans can not get behind this republica...

Could be paying more for years, decades to come. >> congresswoman diane damageette on last word on msnbc last night. she made the point coming from the democratic perspective she would agree to a clean cr, a clean continuing resolution for a matter of six weeks. beyond that she is not willing to go along. they have already embedded the sequester levels. so the republicans have really won the battle of the budget, the battle over spending. the social programs democrats care about have been gutted...

For every other child at the oak haven branch for girls and boys. >> because the government shut down, our food was not delivered. >> so yes, world war ii vets should be able to see the memorial, and children should be able to attend head start, and poor women and children should get nutritional assistance, and there is an easy way for john boehner to do all of it. just bring a clean cr to the floor. >> the house has now in fact voted on two piecemeal funding bills, voting to fund national parks...

Youre thinking you control them. why does the majority of americans oppose to obama care? why are the numbers continuing to drop? >> and you all are really united on that. the impression is is that the strategy now on tying it to the defunding the government which you didnt want to do. >> people have the same goals, different strategies. you have a continuing resolution and you have a debt ceiling. now, in a c.r., if government shuts down -- >> continuing resolution. >> 94% of obama care goes fo...

Senators addiction durbin and joe manchin had both suggested they would compromise on certain parts offer obama care. addicti he said he would delay the individual mandate. where is that come frms a plurality of democrats? >> if they want to do that, we can. >> they voted it down. >> this is a six-week extension to get the got government running. there is no that limits your ability to negotiate. >> you want this utopian world where they are separated. >> he wouldnt let there be a budget confere...

Perspective. you cant have bit by bit piece by piece and i think the democrats are right to hold strong here. chuck schumer had an interesting quote. lets listen to him. >> they are going to take a mile on the debt ceiling. >> thats the problem here. the sense is if they do negotiate on the cr, on the shutdown, if they do give a little bit, thats not going to take the passion out of the republican base, that is going to em bolden them for the next fight which is even more devastating over the de...

Bills have been expanded and i will show you what they are really quickly. one would fund national parks to keep them open and the other would fund the federal government contribution to the washington dc government and then they would fund the national guard reserves and the national institutes of health. keep in mind that the bills were all rejected by democrats yesterday. >> today we will give the democrats another chance. house republicans are here. we are ready to negotiate. mr. speaker, i ...

Welcome back to "the ed show". thanks for watching tonight. right now, president obama is meeting with congressional leadership in the white house. he is expected to urge the house to pass the clean cr and reopen the government. on day two of obama cares rollout, its very clear, americans are still somewhat confused, searching for information, which is normal. theres no embarrassment in that. according to the latest kaiser family foundation, nbc news poll, 51% of the public and two-thirds of the...