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Republicans who range from dick durbin of illinois, great progressive democrat, and coburn of oklahoma, a progressive conservative, and five dems, five republicans, one independent, thats a super majority. And for gods sake, the reason we were so successful is we effectively pissed off everybody in america. Congratulations, sir. Kudos. Kudos to you. Good morning. Its thursday, december 6th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, msnbc political analyst, former democratic congressman, harold for...

President hoping for a way out. After the meeting, the republicans werent real interested in talking to reporters. Senator cruz republicans are crumbling. The talks are heating up. Now some reports say the government could reopen within days. Yet, die hards still cant face reality. Heres what senators ted cruz and mike lee, the guys leading the gops kamikaze mission, heres what they were telling right wingers in washington just hours earlier at the voters summit. House of represents needs to kee...

Wednesday and im sober . We will take you to the data banks. Good morning from washington. Its october 17th, 2013. The government is open. Lets get right to my first read of the morning. Before the standoff began, the president was pretty vulnerable and teetering on the edge of lame duckdom. The consternation about the health care law. Republicans were keeping internal division under wraps and their odds of retaking the senate looked good. Just over two weeks later, the politics have turned upsi...

The 18 no votes were all republican no votes. All of the Senate Republicans voted in favor of ending the crisis. That is not true in the house. Democrats voted yes as a bloc, unanimous on the idea that the u. S. Should not the fault and the government should reopen. Most of them voted no on that. Most republicans in the house wanted to blow past the debt ceiling and keep the shutdown going. They wanted that by almost 21. What this means is that john boehner pass this bill without the support of ...

Christmas. Another Government Shutdown looming early in the new year. Finally another debt ceiling the month after that. Expect this fight against obama to barrel all the way until 2016. For his enemies, the demolition of this president remains their most exciting quest. They call it the cause. Its battle flag is the stars and bars. The notion somehow those who back cruz and lee are the real americans. To take it back from the other. Minorities and liberals and others who to them constitute the ...

I overheard he meant. He meant the old confederate fight against change. Brought back in the 21st century to battle anything marked obama. Anything that says this man was elected president of the United States. Now in this third battle of bull run, the rebel cry in stars and bars are rejoining the cause. They speak of secession and nullification and all the old language leading up to the war between the states. They cheer openly at ripping apart the Political Party. This time its the republicans...

Thanking Government Employees for their hard work and patience. Well have more on that ahead. But he also spoke bluntly to the party that got us into this mess. Thats not a surprise that the American People are completely fed up with washington. At a moment when our economic recovery demands more jobs, more momentum, weve got yet another selfinflicted crisis that set our economy back. And for what . For what . For nothing. Speaker boehner, ted cruz, and the Tea Party Extremists held this country...

President , the Affordable Care act, and all things obama. For that the course is now set. A huge fight over the budget heading into the week before christmas. Another Government Shutdown looming early in the new year. Finally another debt ceiling the month after that. Expect this fight against obama to barrel all the way until 2016. For his enemies, the demolition of this president remains their most exciting quest. They call it the cause. Its battle flag is the stars and bars. The notion someh...

National debt by the skin of our teeth. Starting right now, midnight, the source the moment that the u. S. Treasury said we would begin the risk of defaulting on National Debt if congress did not raise the debt ceiling. With 90 minutes to spare, the house finally did vote to avoid that catastrophe, voted to raise that on end the shut down. The bill had passed the Senate Earlier by a vote of 8118. The 18 no votes were all republican no votes. All of the Senate Republicans voted in favor of ending...

Fight against change. Brought back in the 21st century to battle anything marked obama. Anything that says this man was elected president of the United States. Now in this third battle of bull run, the rebel cry in stars and bars are rejoining the cause. They speak of secession and nullification and all the old language leading up to the war between the United States. They cheer openly at ripping apart the Political Party. This time its the republicans, to free them from total war. Alongside the...