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Going to use it politically against the democrats in the midterm elections next year. this is a pure political calculation by mcconnell and by the other republican senators. mcconnell has indicated that if democrats were to put forward just the spending measure, the budget measure that would insure the government stays open in decouple it from the debt ceiling question, that they would win republican votes for that measure so the first step of course would be for republican senators to make good...

Country, you know, for a lot of people around the country this all comes out of the blue. what are you talking about. why are with own the edge of a crisis on paying our bills and i think shes going to get people stirred up. the real issue politically is, again though who winds up taking blame for all of these deficits and the rewards that comes from passing a major democratic bill, do the re-wards outweigh the costs of driving up the deficits more in the future? thats whats at stake and i dont ...

But it will run into problems in the senate. senate republicans are super dug in on the debt ceiling question. with mostly what is frankly a bad faith argument about who racked up the debt, when, and whose responsibility it needs to be to clear it. that being said, democrats will have to find some way around it because without at least some republican votes to lift the debt ceiling, it becomes politically perilous. that is the most complicated. well set that aside for now. the self imposed deadl...

They want to go ahead or go to the democrats. i think we have seen him do that already with some of the other deals. >> you painted a realistic picture, but all right, they will get signed, there is nothing to argue about budget wise until december. is it just over in congress to get anything done in a big way and that all congress will be about now is the ngss? >> well, on the debt ceiling question, the dynamics are a little different because the freedom caucus isnt holding that hostage. there ...

>> thats right, hallie. we are learning -- again, talk about confusion on this issue, a huge announcement from his attorney general, all 800,000 people with their fates and future in this country thrown into question. then another confusing tweet later in that day and now this. it seems like a complete reversal. and senior democratic aid tellas us here at nbc that, in fact, nancy pelosi asked the president to do this during a phone call. she is taking credit, essentially, for what happens happen...

We dont want to comment on something that people are learning or saying. >> he got that point across last night, kellyanne, but he was supposed to be answering a question about something else and he didnt and it was supposed to be about the debt ceiling and he didnt get there. >> we know where he is. he said if you pass this youre giving president obama a dime-encrusted card. >> 14 million people arent watching to hear you say that and didnt get to hear him say this either. >> don, they want bac...

Middle and lower income taxpayers period. >> i want to just ask you about this sequester quickly. we have in the coming months, we have these resolutions to fund the government and stop the government shutdown and after that we have another debt ceiling question coming up in the summer some time. do you think that one of these will actually force some sort of replacement for the sequester or do you think we are actually going to have this policy going forward? >> i think the level of spending un...

Taxpayers period. >> i want to just ask you about this sequester quickly. we have in the coming months, we have these resolutions to fund the government and stop the government shutdown and after that we have another debt ceiling question coming up in the summer some time. do you think that one of these will actually force some sort of replacement for the sequester or do you think we are actually going to have this policy going forward? >> i think the level of spending under the sequester may be...

Very wealthy. not everything he wanted, but quite a lot. he won on the debt ceiling question. the they did lift it. and i dont think theyll ever do that again unless they completely lose their minds. that is no longer a hostage worth taking. and now well see what they do on the sequester. i look with faith to the house progressive caucus that any deal that is reached does not include bad cuts. and i think theres still a little danger ahead. but the president has a much stronger hand than hes had...

President? this issue was foremost in the campaign. the people spoke. the republicans need to listen. in the end, i think that will happen. >> and how critical do you think the debt ceiling question is to any agreement that youre willing to take? >> i think steve rattner was correct. i think we cannot continue to just have it hang over our heads. i think it needs to be resolved as part of these discussions of the fiscal cliff. it cannot simply be allowed to hang there for the next few months. i ...