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Of the way and get good stuff done for the democratic progressive side. >> it does seem like there is a deal there to be done. you can see how president trump was excited by last weeks fiscal deal again, not a very big deal, but he was so excited by the reaction to it by the sense of actually making progress after feeling frustrated not getting very far with his republican allies on the hill and that is why he seems to be trying this out. why do we have paul ryan as speaker? we have paul ryan in...

Theres the jock cliques, all kind of different groups, the chess team if there is one. i watch how they pair off. i watched kirsten gillibrand of new york, i think she wants to sit with elizabeth warren, she was tailing her. thats a good shot because she wants to be on tv. if youre on the democratic progressive side you want to sit next to her. i was watching wyden and al franken sitting next to each other. its interesting that people that know each other or are friendly with each other choose t...

Vietnam war, the hostility of both sides of the other. i think it began. then watergate. it was one layer of acrimony on top of another. and when you went to the whip meetings, those meetings held during the week, they were like scenes from the indian side of a cowboy and indian movie where geronimo characters would yell, weve got to give em hell, weve got to win. it was just partisanship. and unfortunately, thats what raises the money on both sides. you know that, brian. raise the money by bein...

Remains with us. chris, you the pageantry when we gather like this for a state of the union. you have bemoaned the partisanship, and you have so far today joined everyone else in saying this must be different. this reception must be different, and youre hoping for actual joint applause over party lines. >> yeah, and i always love thursday nights on the hill because those were the nights that theyd close debate on the big fight of the week, and they would all join up, all show up, the roll call w...

Speaker, is going to really try to keep it together today. i thought it was interesting, brian, that he wanted to meet with the pontiff alone, maybe for personal reasons, moral reasons, his own life, he wanted to get some help. i thought it was unfortunate that all those cardinals stayed in the room with them. i thought he was going to get some private time with the pope. and it looked like he got a session there with some other leaders of the church. theres bernie sanders. riding high. that man...