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Democracy and people argue their positionings, but its gotten to the point the nation is in an economic crisis. weve gone from simpson-bowles, gone from the deficit vote in august and then the super committee. why cant things get done? >> greta, obviously this is as a result of deep disagreements on policy issues. but i would hope if we are able to come together and compromise on some issues. while this measure wont solve the deficit problem, it is an important step. again, i hope that we are ab...

Democracy and people argue their positionings, but its gotten to the point the nation is in an economic crisis. weve gone from simpson-bowles, gone from the deficit vote in august and then the super committee. why cant things get done? >> greta, obviously this is as a result of deep disagreements on policy issues. but i would hope if we are able to come together and compromise on some issues. while this measure wont solve the deficit problem, it is an important step. again, i hope that we are ab...

Are going to be increasingly suspicious about him. which may, in fact, make boehner more difficult to deal with on the debt ceiling vote than might have been the case a week or two ago when as i understand it speaker boehner pretty much assured white house -- top white house officials that he wasnt going to, you know, go to the brink on the debt ceiling. i think that promise that boehner supposedly made to the white house might not be in good standing now. >> howard, i said last week that grover...

Are going to be increasingly suspicious about him. which may, in fact, make boehner more difficult to deal with on the debt ceiling vote than might have been the case a week or two ago when as i understand it speaker boehner pretty much assured white house -- top white house officials that he wasnt going to, you know, go to the brink on the debt ceiling. i think that promise that boehner supposedly made to the white house might not be in good standing now. >> howard, i said last week that grover...

House. howard fineman of the "huffington post" thank you for joining us tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. wall streets reaction to the brinksmanship on the deficit vote, andrew, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> whos right? the john boehner who said that not raising the debt limit could create a financial disaster, not only for us, but for the worldwide economy? or the john boehner who is now saying maybe we wont do it? >> the first john boehner. i dont think wall street is freake...