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Confident. the quest is, what comes next? >> you know, jim scuitto, lets talk a bit. putin is going back to russia. i think hes pleased. clearly president biden is pleased as well, but the proof is what happens next. >> we entered with lower expectations, and youre leaving with a reasonable ability for both sides to claim something of a victory here. they stood, they talked, they talked on the big issues, they didnt make progress, action we expected on the big issues. they at least laid a path t...

Blinked. >> it does appear that way. i think one thing weve learned in this fan fort versus trump fight is donald trump does have the biggest bat in the republican party so maybe some of these guys are feeling nervous about going against the republican leadership. >> congressman? >> they did blink but they didnt make progress. you know, a shutdown, were all losers on that. the press could assess the blame game but america loses, thats the bottom line. we lose if we dont have a budget. and the re...

On the ferry. its not necessarily on the relationship with the united states. they kind of know that there isnt going to be a lot of big deliverables. you were talking about tpp and i heard willie earlier on the trade deal. and theres this press, my god, they didnt make progress. there was never going to be an announcement of progress on that trade deal. this is an election year. the president cant be touting a trade deal thats going to make the base of his party upset. so this a deliberate almo...

Unemployment number. things like that. focus on those things. they didnt make progress. they picked paul ryan and the campaign changed. the campaign had a different feel. bigger, bolder, more conservative. they came out for a week and me a sustained and aggressive argument on medicare. they won the week. everybody was shocked at the end of the week, it was polling better and the "washington post" on medicare. up in general poll. we revert back to the preryan moment. there was a quote in a big po...