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Note, on a positive note. and then they could have immediately lost all of that momentum in the worst possible way, by not funding taking care of sick kids and disaster relief. i mean, you want to talk about ebenezer scrooge at christmastime, this could have been a horrible story, and as much as im happy that it got resolved, i do wonder from the democrats perspective, i commend them for not playing politics on this and were happy to be able to maybe rest a little bit here at christmas-time. but...

One more thing. a holiday story that will make you smile. 5-year-old tylon pittman watching "how the grinch stole christmas" and got worried. decided to call 911. heres what happened next. >> i just wanted to -- watch out because the grinch is going to steal christmas. okay? >> the mississippi police department went to work to stop mr. grinch from stealing christmas and brought him onboard to help. after the grinch was put in jail he was told he saved christmas for his whole city. tylon wants to...

Commend them for not playing politics on this and were happy to rest a little bit here at christmastime, but i wonder, there much have been a temptation for the democrats to really push this to the brink and to make republicans, you know, look like, you know, essentially they could have killed all the momentum from that tax cut yesterday. >> make them look like the grinch. thank you, i appreciate it. merry christmas. seriously, merry christmas. when we come back, whats behind vice president mi...

W wagons. thats why i think its so fast kwraeuting, because the republicans have a chance to go into the new year after scoring the victory, and now they are being casts as the grinch that stole christmas. its horrible optics. >> they need it, amber. we have a generic poll, if you were to vote for a generic republican or democrat in the 2018 terms, who would you vote for? an 18-point lead, the largest lead we have seen for either party before a mid-term election. what are you thinking if you are...

Political commentator, david axelrod. great to see you. >> happy holidays. great to see you. >> what did you think when you heard president trump say he coached people not to talk about the individual mandate. >> what was surprising to me, he stp stepped on his own story, and they were celebrating this passage of the tax bill and he was so froustrated he couldnt end obamacare and the affordable care act, and he went forward anyway. why you would want to be the grinch that stole health care on th...

House republicans. they get into ping-pong in the house and was headed for the house starts with the bill, they ping it over to the senate, they had senate changes, they pong it back. the problem is, they dont have a lot of runway. if you are going to avoid a government shutdown by 11:59 friday night, especially at christmas time, they may as well just tie some thick antlers to your dog and take them down the mountain toward hooverville. people will start on the government like the grinch at chr...

Paycheck. but at that income level, she would qualify for her children for chip. but the chip program, which is the childrens health care program, that benefits about 9 million children, is being cut. so in addition, because the individual mandate is being cut as a result of this tax bill, her insurance premiums would go up if she now has to purchase them in the private market. so people are really smart. there is a reason why the public is skeptical. because they understand that the republicans...

Mohamm mom tarr momentarily. but hes scoring a legislative victory and celebrating that. hes not signing this bill as you mentioned. as you mentioned we were told by white house officials within the last hour or so, they held a background briefing reporting that that could happen down at mar-a-lago when the president is on his holiday vacation in florida. your panelists can debate the optics of that signing that into law at his ritcy resort in florida. but as you mentioned ago they did have the ...

That would be a problem for house republicans. they get into ping-pong in the house and was headed for the house starts with the bill, they ping it over to the senate, they had senate changes, they pong it back. the problem is, they dont have a lot of runway. if you are going to avoid a government shutdown by 11:59 friday night, especially at christmas time, they may as well just tie some thick antlers to your dog and take them down the mountain toward hooverville. people will start on the gover...

Constituents who sang her songs and said prayers that she would soften her heart and change her mind. her constituents who dressed up like the monopoly man and the grinch and the treasurely secretary, people who put on chicken suits, people who held up giant checks cut out to the wealthiest 1%. they stood outside "star wars" screenings with darth traitor costumes with her face on them. they got big groups of people in a room to cold call the senator. they occupied her offices until they closed a...