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Before leaving town for hawaii. abcs karen travers tracking it all in washington. good morning, karen. >> good morning, paula. good morning, john. it wasnt pretty. neither party got what they wanted, and they department even get it done on time. but last night, congress sent president obama a deal on the fiscal cliff. after months of drama and some tense last-minute negotiations, congress finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. after the vote, a rare late-night statement from presi...

Disqualified from becoming secretary of state and president obama then picks john kerry instead, guess what happens in the united states senate? massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. im fully aware of that fact. thats kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational expl...

Secretary of state and president obama then picks john kerry instead, guess what happens in the united states senate? massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. im fully aware of that fact. thats kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational explanation forle all of this r...

44% biden. i think within the margin of error. it was pretty time nevertheless, lets say paul ryan had done to biden what biden did to paul ryan just on the gesturing. just on the laughing. how do you think the media today would be playing all of this? how do you think they would be reacting? i have a feeling they would say it was really disrespectful of the vice president and unbecoming a man such as paul ryan. thats just my sense. >> you know, look, i think the polls show that people saw what ...

Medicare vouchers that are going to hurt him long term and i think its fair to say that we will see a little more activity at the next one. biden, i think, will be terrific at the debate this week. ive got another debate on tuesday of next week. >> yeah. >> and by next week, i think a lot of the hand ringing will be complete because were going to go ahead and win this things. >> joining me now is jonathan capehart and sam stein. jonathan capehart, the president is saying in his next debate there...

Mates? >> our position hasnt changed. >> what is it? >> im sure youll find out in these debates. >> our position is very consistent. >> today in a radio interview, president obama made a few debate prediction of his own. >> the debate, i think its fair to say, i was just too polite. governor romney put forward a whole bunch of stuff that either involved him running away from pogs that he had taken or doubling down on things like medicare vouchers that are going to hurt him long term and i think ...

We know how theyre going to vote. mccain got 5 million votes in california last time. it didnt do him a bit of good. the campaign just passes them by. those poor voters. >> they only go to new york and california for big checks. really quickly here, guys, ten seconds to each of you. whats the biggest political story by the end of the week, you think? >> i mean, i think romney makes some sort of move to change and shake up his campaign. lots of hand ringing among republicans. i talked to one who ...

To make up for the loss in wisconsin. lets watch. >> im barack obama and i approve this message. >> were fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the depression. we have created a lot of new jobs but were not creating them as fast as we want. >> it would put teachers, firefighters, police officers back to work right now, and its paid for by asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more. >> whats the point of this add? >> its to answer the criticism they dont have a plan....

Firefighters, police officers back to work right now, and its paid for by asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more. >> whats the point of this add? >> its to answer the criticism they dont have a plan. i can tell you the hand ringing that has gone on, its not about bain or bill clinton, its about the charge of what is the president running on. a piece of it right now that puts a little bit of the ownous. >> they expect that to work? >> they expect to get -- >> they ought to have a bi...

>> no. >> you dont think rubio puts it on the fence? >> the latino community is not monolithic. rubio is going to mean all hispanics are going to come to the party. theres a huge difference between being a cuban-american or a mexican-american immigrant versus colorado or north carolina. i think rubio has some of his own business to clean up, like his own immigrant story. >> im going to change the subject to something i know karen youre familiar with. its apparently its a summer rerun, which is h...