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teeth-whitening product does louis use? it really works. >> good question. get that one all the time. its actually cgi. john, thank you for those. "morning joe" begins right now. just recently republicans in congress said theyd never agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest americans. weve now raised those rates permanently, making our tax code more progressive than its been in decades. obviously, theres still more to do when it comes to reducing our debt. and im willing to do more...

Roll tide, my friend. roll tide. >> go irish. >> tom, stay with us. tom brings up a great point. no northern teams won yesterday. >> northwestern won. >> northwestern. >> first time since 39 and michigan state, did they pull it out or not? >> michigan state pulled it out, too? >> chuck todds listening carefully. hes our football aficionado. but it was a big, big day for the a.c.c. and s.e.c. and all of those teams south of the mason-dixon line. former u.s. comptroller general dave walker. also...

Accept tough choices on insurance programs, taxes, defense and other spending if its part of a comprehensive plan they deem to be fair. and i absolutely believe we can get more progress with more rather than less. >> the bigger actually the better. >> joe -- well, it should be, of course. >> it gives cover for more -- >> exactly. >> im just telling you what weve learned. the political reality is, you need to have someone in leadership that is willing to -- i dont think john boehner is willing to...

Fiscal groups, whether its peter peterson, whether its the concord coalition, whether its basic mathematicians. >> heres what they want. they want to wait till the economy is better. because if the economy is growing, you dont have to cut things as much, right? thats what he wants. >> but, listen. but this isnt even the paul krugman argument which is dont cut now. it will hurt the economy. this isnt a keynesian argument. im talking about medicare and social security. im talking about 20 years fr...

Deadline, set up by the president and republicans and everybody involved there, set up so they could come to something that was constructive on both sides. >> i agree. with us now, nbc chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown," chuck todd. and here wearing his alabama vest, the ceo of the comeback america initiative and former comptroller of the united states, david walker. >> its symbolic that were still drowning in red ink. >> $4 trillion. tom brokaw brought up something ...

Card limit. debt as a percentage of gdp. but unless and until we get a grand bargain which restores fiscal sanity, which puts us on a path to get to a reasonable level of debt-to-gdp, youll continue to have it and theyll use it as leverage. its not right, but its reality. >> all right. >> chuck todd, thank you. dave walker, thank you as well. >> thank you, dave. coming up, democratic congressman chris van hollen, also republican senator pat toomey. keep it right here on "morning joe."

at the top of the show, by tradition, we asked you, why are you awake? producer john tower has your answers. john. >> maddy writes, im awake because my five cats woke me up. id like to see the federal government try to take my tabbies away from me. >> this could go national. cat owners of the world beware, four-cat maximum. threatens all of our liberty. thank you, john. on "morning joe" coming up right now, the fiscal cliff. thanks for watching. the sum total of all the budget agreem...

Three big issues where the republican party is changing before our eyes. immigration, they want to talk about president obama about it, work with him on it, gay marriage. the house leaders who asked for one of the supreme court cases, silent since the court took it. now defense cuts. more and more republicans are saying that theyre willing to talk about it. >> good. >> saying it junt cuts their credibility on other spending issues. >> good. >> its the pentagon. >> there is so much waste in the p...

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Ballots and other forms of harassment. >> okay. will ie geist, do you have a question for the governor? if you look at voter irregularities and where do you see this race playing out? we talked a lot about virginia early on and in particular, loudoun county and some people looking at that as the bellwether and it looks like the dominos fall and where do you look at it as the guy in the middle of the races as well. >> one of the interesting states is colorado and wisconsin. if the president wins ...