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Have been problematic for boehner. so perhaps theres an opportunity to build a bridge there. but its not like theyre working from two different play books. if mccarthy gets this big job will try to set a new tone. hes using words like "changing the culture" within the republican conference. he has been a part of leadership for a number of years, but hes at least trying to strike that note. hes got boehners endorsement as well as that of other prominent republicans in the house. so there doesnt s...

Hat as a democratic leader and talk about just how is this going to evolve on the hill? youve got boehner and his -- a smaller group of opponents who share your opposition to the iran deal now trying to stop it even though they dont have the votes. >> well, andrea, as you know im a forceful and visible 07 poopp of this deal. however whats happening now is that the speaking of the house is catering to the hard liners in his caucus eclipsing support for israel with more support for partisan agenda...

So its the first time in years, though, this year that the president has a face-to-face meeting with republican leaders where they will directly discuss sequestration. i say again hes right there. this is a good moment. theyre all applauding. why not talk about it now? we bring in todays political power panel. what do you think? why not talk about it now? can we put the shot back up? you know, theyre all together now. why not talk about it? >> there we have it. this is a good moment. they are al...

Series of polls that confirm that the american people agree with him on almost every single issue that he raised in that inaugural address. you know, nobody has used the word yet, partly because i think karl rove fouled it after 2004 when he proclaimed there was a political realignment in this country. but i think there has been a political realignment. its an obama realignment. and as ive heard you say before, i think this is now a center left country. the presidents right on all these issues. ...

Everyone hoping he makes a full recovery soon. doctors have said they are cautiously optimistic. that former president bush will recover. so everyone with the white house sharing that opinion. >> and our prayers are with him as im sure the presidents are. so kristen, just switching gears here. theres been no action on the fiscal cliff in the last few days. youve got the president coming back. youve got boehner and the house saying were not coming back and basically its all on the president. here...

Strengthen the economy if you let everything go off the cliff and come back and put in front of the american people and do a better job for the economy. theres up side either way you go. the president has got boehner in an untenable position. he doesnt have very many avenues to a victory right now but hes got a good escape, thomas. all john boehner has to do to exit out of this quickly is to say he won the election, we didnt, the american people in every survey say this is where were going to go...

It reads in part, the voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the presidents first term. they have simply given him more time to give him the job they asked him to do together with the congress that restored balance. hes basically saying we won, you won. this is going to be a fight. i didnt see a lot of hope in that for negotiation. >> not only that, he started on a very -- hey, dont offer us anything that cant pass the house of representatives. >> whats that mean? >> well, that mea...

Thats what he called what we just went through. you can imagine a movie, the ant that ate our economy. thats a big ant. >> and here he is one more time coming after another guy. hes got boehner and barton. heres barton going into the guy that thought bp was just wonderful and the slush fund was just terrible. >> you may have read the top republican on the house energy committee, mr. barton publicly apologizing to bp. does anybody here think bp should get an apology? mr. barton did. theres this f...

The only times in 100 years where the people controlling the white house has won the first mid-term elections, so they are not going to gain seats. its a question of limiting the losses, so to say to educate the country that if the republicans take control, this guy joe barton becomes head of all energy policy. >> yeah. >> from the congress. >> thats a good idea. >> that is guy who wants to apologize to bp, and hes going to be running our energy policy. >> okay, okay. >> do people know -- do peo...

Its the independents that they are losing. hes got to get them back. hes got to get into the game of stigmatizing the republicans. you know, i remember from the roosevelt years, from studying them, roosevelt with delight would talk about martin, barton and fish, you know. hed really go right after the republicans. well, youve got a barton there right now, and obama is starting to go after him. >> i agree. >> why not barton -- >> hes biggest bp defender. >> barton, boehner and bp, you know. just ...