0 thing. there is there is an uncertain feeling here. if it reaches critical mass. this is the house. you can t predict it. you can t. there is sort of this point where it could collapse in a second. of course, with sandy relief was that other piece that added discomfort. you saw them make up, but his base of support has been sort of the old bull, but don t forget the moderates. the moderates from the northeast, they re all in new jersey and new york and, you know, what s left of the moderate wing of the republican party. boy, if he suddenly lost that, then where is boehner? chris, we re seeing a very different feel up there on the house side. the senate is an interesting story demographically, but right now politically the real interest is on the house side and what s happening to the speaker as we speak. no question. i would say, you know, for political joounk junkies like the three of us, this is fascinating theater. it is symbolic. john boehner is going to be the sp
with 58 minutes to spare, congress averted the fiscal cliff, but is this just an intermission with the big brawl still to come? it s wednesday, january 2nd, and this is now. i m joy reid filling in for alex wagner. joining me today, michael steele. kurt anderson. ron, assistant managing editor of time magazine, and mr. sunday morning himself, editor of the new york times magazine, hugo lindgren. president obama is back in hawaii today after making permanent the bush tax cuts for 98% of americans. no word if the president will be signing it today with a pen in one hand and muay thai in the other. included in the bill. extension of unemployment benefits for a year and a two-month delay of the automatic spending cuts better known as the sequester. on deficit and debt, the deal is more of a punt, but just averting the cliff has sent the markets soaring with the dow already up over 200 points. while it s no grand bargain, the bill does not tackle spending, by the way, don
closing. who you going to call when lying fills the air and when one side doesn t care what someone says? they re going to keep saying what gets votes. let s get to it with willie brown and the nation s john nichols. john, as a journalist, if there s something discernible, for example, let s look at i think one of the main distortions. the republican haven t let facts get in the way of their rhetoric so far this week, but perhaps the biggest distortion was the big picture. when it came last night in mitt romney s speech talking about the promises of obama back in 2009 as if he and the rest of the republicans tried their best to work with the president after the election. let s watch this one. four years ago, i know that many americans felt a fresh excitement about the possibilities of a new president. that choice was not the choice of our party, but americans always come together after elections. we re a good and generous people. and we re united by so much more than what
doesn t care what someone says? they re going to keep saying what gets votes. let s get to it with willie brown and the nation s john nichols. john, as a journalist, if there s something discernible, for example, let s look at i think one of the main distortions. the republican haven t let facts get in the way of their rhetoric so far this week, but perhaps the biggest distortion was the big picture. when it came last night in mitt romney s speech talking about the promises of obama back in 2009 as if he and the rest of the republicans tried their best to work with the president after the election. let s watch this one. four years ago, i know that many americans felt a fresh excitement about the possibilities of a new president. that choice was not the choice of our party, but americans always come together after elections. we re a good and generous people. and we re united by so much more than what divides us. i wish president obama had succeeded because i want america t
sounds like the crowd is thrilled to see him. 300 people gathered from all across the country. they took all of the questions, they chose their most popular ones. then they pulled people to come and ask questions from online and also interest the crowd. we asked a pew people outside, what would you ask the a few people outside, what would you ask the president? anxious to see what is going to happen. reporter: what would your one question be for the president? great question. probably what is his message to young entrepreneurs who want to build something for themselves mere in the valley? reporter: if you had one question for president obama, what would you ask him? how do you really think your economic plan is going to improve the situation? reporter: here s another live look inside where president obama will be taking questions in a town hall style meeting. today his focus is pitch his 450 billion dollar jobs plan. an issue that will generate a lot of questi