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Last night on the factor. >> it was excellent! >> bill: its crazy. were at crazy times now. >> yeah. the more we hear about that, the less popular hes going to get. right now, its about where he is in his approval ratings. thats not all that surprising. >> bill: final question here. do you want to make a prediction on romney and the governor of texas, perry? i think its going to be an interesting shootout. comes down to those two. if youre going to be honest about it. >> yeah. i have no -- i rea...

Plan. he sees it for just that, a tax hike plan. vice president cheney telling me, he agrees. >> i dont think the obama administration has got it right. we have another band-aid, basic notion being in government spends more and borrow more or we tax more money then everything is going to be fine. weve been down that road it doesnt work. we need to put together a long term program that based primarily on growth, talks about fundamental tax reform. if he we are going to get in the business of doin...

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The nbc news/"politico" debate. tonights event is first in a series of debates over the next six weeks that will help define the republican field. the debate comes as former massachusetts governor mitt romney unveiled yesterday a 59-point jobs plan just two days before president obama offers his jobs proposal before a joint session of congress. speaking to a crowd at a truck dealership in north las vegas, romney described the presidents economic plans as outdated. >> president obamas strategy is...

The president and the house leadership, and all of it playing out before the public. so, i have to ask if both sides are culpable in some way, who do you think will bear the greater damage for this particular spat? >> oh, that is ultimately the decision made in november, because -- >> come on, luke. im asking you now. >> in this one specifically, if you look at both sides sharing equal blame specifically, because it looks so petty. if you know the history of this, martin. i spoke a house histori...

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Planned to give his big jobs speech before a joint session of congress one week from tonight, which is when the republican presidential candidates are all planning to debate right here on msnbc. not just on the same night but at the exact same time. now, the debate has been scheduled for quite a long time, and lots of people have been saying that president obama needs to get tougher with the opposition, especially in his negotiations with republicans who over and over again seem to walk away, ge...

Insidious going on with the speaker? >> well, two possibilities. one, hes protecting his party, his partys big night, its rick perrys debate debut, and he could be the nominee, and you want somebody to watch him, and if the president is on at the same time, nobodys going to watch him. so it could be that, or it could be a warm up for the recession the actual jobs plan is going to get when it comes to capitol hill, which is probably going to be no, we really dont like that color, and this is too ...

At the exact same time. now, the debate has been scheduled for quite a long time, and lots of people have been saying that president obama needs to get tougher with the opposition, especially in his negotiations with republicans who over and over again seem to walk away, getting everything they want. well, here he is acting like a republican, right? heres president obama stepping on gop presidential candidates and reminding them that he is, after all, already president. except john boehner is al...

Bending is not really part of what happens, so why pick a fight, why sort of demonstrate again the unbendingness of the speaker. doesnt this put the president in a position of once again having to be in a conciliatory relationship when he could have just chosen another night? >> well, he could have. one, he could have believed that the speaker had no choice but to acquiesce, after all, its a request from the president of the united states and speakers usually do acquiesce, second, you know, if i...