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Jersey who contributes one penny to congressional republicans after this should have their head examined. ♪ a very happy new year to you and your family. 2013 begins as washington barely avoids crashing off the fiscal cliff. in a rare late night vote, they managed to pass a compromised bill on new years day. republicans were forced to frown and bear it affirming the first tax increase in two decades. starting with earnings over $400,000. all that remains is for the president to sign the bill...

You might want to check it out. tucker, i know you spoke about this last night. one of the thing they say they want to do is to show people how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality. thats their goal here. they want to explain exactly how that happened. >> there are certain warnings when you have to feel sorry for alan colmes. that was a valiant effort to defend the indefensible. the most troubling part is its trouble and ludicrous. this wasn...

He might be a little more free to talk about what he really knows about what happened in libya? >> i think its a great point but know, rick, that would be even worse because it would suggest that he did sort of cave to pressure in the previous testimony. so, if he does anything to change any of it, i think that, that it becomes that much more serious. quite frankly i think it becomes sort of indefensible for the intelligence committee to protect, you know, the intelligence community from that so...

>> how do you respond to that. >> dyson never met a race card he couldnt play. lets take what he says. in order to believe him you have got to believe angry black men are often vigorous and fox news is all powerful that when jim lehrer demoderates a debate a pbs anchor that fox has power over him. so look at the ridiculous nature of what im saying. this is in defense of the indefensible, on stub tans president obama was not ready. he was not ready to handle the result of the months of attacking ...

Bravado, you dont say bring it on, you dont send 200,000 troops in. >> bill: why not? theres four americans dead. >> you find them and kill them. thats what happened with osama bin laden on this watch. its not words or rhetoric. all this is is garbage rhetoric. >> come on, joe! youre defending the indefensible. >> no, im not. >> this president has cost us -- >> the bush doctrine -- >> bill: joe, let me the governor finish a sentence. go ahead, governor. >> joe, this is a critical time. this is a...

Bravado, you dont say bring it on, you dont send 200,000 troops in. >> bill: why not? theres four americans dead. >> you find them and kill them. thats what happened with osama bin laden on this watch. its not words or rhetoric. all this is is garbage rhetoric. >> come on, joe! youre defending the indefensible. >> no, im not. >> this president has cost us -- >> the bush doctrine -- >> bill: joe, let me the governor finish a sentence. go ahead, governor. >> joe, this is a critical time. this is a...

Stevens was concerned about security threats and the rise of islamic extremism. now, the state department calls the move, quote, indefensible, accusing cnn of copying the journal, then contacting the family saying, and im quoting: whose first instinct is to remove from a crime scene the diary of a man killed along with three other americans serving our country, read it, transcribe it, e-mail it around your newsroom for others to read and only when their curiosity is fully satisfied, thinks to ca...

Them -- >> like dogs. >> like dogs, exactly right. when i was a staffer, dont say that. thank you, john heilemann. >> a lot of peanuts from you in the late 70s, chris. >> ill think about that one. youre too fast for me. thank you, alex wagner, thank you, john. have a nice weekend. when you get to it, friday night. coming up, are mitt romneys troubles contagious. remember how the gop once thought winning the senate was a begin? as we have been saying, a rash of new polls shows democrats could h...

Going to dump stu stevens at all. it rests on mitt romneys shoulders. >> you know what i noticed about politicians, their staff begin to dress like them, eat like them -- >> like dogs. >> like dogs, exactly right. when i was a staffer, dont say that. thank you, john heilemann. >> a lot of peanuts from you in the late 70s, chris. >> ill think about that one. youre too fast for me. thank you, alex wagner, thank you, john. have a nice weekend. when you get to it, friday night. coming up, are mitt...

Has placated to the ridght. within two hours he went on a right-wing radio show and said, no, of course i support that bill. thats the pattern. thats the pattern. its as if -- i dont know. its as if -- david corn was talking about it in the last segment. its as if he doesnt -- hes missing something inside him that hes trying to find by doing this or something. >> well, were going to keep watching it and keep seeing where this goes. michael tomasky, thank you for your time this evening. >> thank ...