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Executive action. >> america does not stand still and neither will i. so wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, thats what im going to do. >> so i cant do anything with you, so im going to do it myself. >> basically he said i failed in terms of leadership. im not a great compromiser. i cant bring people together. i havent met the dreams that i talked about in my inaugural speech. ive given up on congress. ive given up on the r...

Supply side economics and the belief that the bush administration was not doing enough to increase the deficit in the name of supply side economics. he opposed the bowles-simpson deficit deal, opposed the gang of six deficit deal. hes shown no inclination to support any compromise on these thing. this idea of him as the great compromiser, the great deficit cutter, again, its just not connected in any way to anything hes done. >> "new york" magazines jonathan chait. thank you for your time. read ...

Of washington. interesting to see people say they support newt gingrich because he outsider. i live in d.c. whatever you say about newt gingrich he is not an outsider. lets be real about his background. martha: he is way more political than i ever been think about the clintons and political side what they have been good at over the years. that was interesting response. >> of course bill clinton, of course he is political, dont forget bill clinton was great compromiser. bill clinton ended mend it...

Republicans talk about the party of reagan, but wasnt the great communicator also in several cases a great compromiser? and across the country republican governors and legislators are rewriting voting eligibility rules with one thing in mind, lowering the turnout, making it easier for republicans to win elections and making it harder to register and vote. if you watched "hardball" last night, you may have noticed how much tea partier joe walsh loved saying my name. >> hey, chris. chris matthew...

They wont accept any plan that president obama would agree to? of course, thats our top story tonight. plus what would ronald reagan think of the debt fight? he would be seen by todays republicans as a hopeless moderate. republicans talk about the party of reagan, but wasnt the great communicator also in several cases a great compromiser? and across the country republican governors and legislators are rewriting voting eligibility rules with one thing in mind, lowering the turnout, making it ea...

the nations debt ceiling is fueling hopes the government wont run out of money on august 2nd. obama saying the deadline drawing close and congressional leaders need to talk turkey in todays meetings. most of the central heat under a heat alert. some areas feel as hot as 126 degrees. . the taliban blaming u.s. hackers for a text that announced the death of mullah omar. the taliban says, no, he is alive and well. one day after rupert murdoch tried to repel the british assault on hi...

Things have happened. >> you would not rule out a late entry if nothing pans out for the gop? >> i would not rule it out, no. >> can i get an across the board agreement from all you guys, trump, clown of the earth, totally not relevant? >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> i think hes very successful at getting his name in the head lines, and hes done it once again. >> were absolutely clear on that. now, speaking of presidential candidates, biden apparently in cincinnati told a bunch of funders he might r...

Find middle ground. the speaker and i will go back to the white house tonight, two hours and 20 minutes. meet with him again, continue the conversation we have been having for weeks with this administration. we know the republicans are afraid of the tea party. thats been established, mr. president. now, it looks like they are afraid of making the tough choices we have to make. tough choices are what governing are all about. they are what leadership is all about. its time for my friends in the ho...

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Christian who changed the democratic party for a progressive source for good. and you likely wouldnt recognize any words from henry clay. but this founder of what would become the republican party was known as the great compromiser for his negotiation of several legislative compromises that held the union together for decades before abraham lincoln rose to prominence. both men played critical roles in our history and both ran and lost three times for the u.s. presidency. now, they are in good co...