house, right? reporter: that s right, rick. i m going to speak low because the president s about to walk out. senator mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate, is saying john boehner should move forward on a two month deal like the president wants, and they should enter into immediate negotiations here s the president. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you, merry christmas, happy holidays. you know, we ve been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans respect hit with a holiday aren t hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we ve also been doing everything we can to make sure that millions of people who are out there looking for work in a very tough environment don t start losing their unemployment insurance on january 1st. now, on saturday we reached a bipartisan compromise that would do just that, make sure that people respect
that late-breaking bit of news was just the latest detail that has come to light. yet another detail that does not square with cain s denials and now a group supporting cain has put out a web video, calling media scrutiny of cain a high-tech lynching. sound familiar? also, swing time. a usa today gallup poll looked at 12 swing states, all won by barack obama in 2008, and found that they are now essentially toss-ups, including the state of pennsylvania. mitt romney and president obama are essentially tied in these states overall. this is where the election will be won or lost, of course, in these 12 states, and we re going to look at where things stand as of right now, a year before the election. plus, look who s cozying up to the tea party for the second day in a row. mitt romney has courted the republican right wing. it looks like mitt has decided to accept the tea party. big question, will the tea party ever, ever accept him? and take a look at this moment from a sena
yet another detail that does not square with cain s denials and now a group supporting cain has put out a web video, calling media scrutiny of cain a high-tech lynching. sound familiar? also, swing time. a usa today gallup poll looked at 12 swing states, all won by barack obama in 2008, and found that they are now essentially toss-ups, including the state of pennsylvania. mitt romney and president obama are essentially tied in these states overall. this is where the election will be won or lost, of course, in these 12 states, and we re going to look at where things stand as of right now, a year before the election. plus, look who s cozying up to the tea party for the second day in a row. mitt romney has courted the republican right wing. it looks like mitt has decided to accept the tea party. big question, will the tea party ever, ever accept him? and take a look at this moment from a senate candidate fellow it was a gathering of a senate candidate elizabeth warren ha
definitive that barack obama was born here in the u.s. rick perry and birtherism, the last vestige of a desperate candidate who hopes to survive. that tops our show tonight. also, which republican presidential candidate back in 1996 called the flat tax, quote, a tax cut for fat cats? and which republican presidential candidate now says, quote, i love the flat tax. the answer to both questions is you bet, you guessed it mitt romney. romney is just the latest member of the republican parade to shift the tax burden from the wealthy to the middle class. plus, had enough of republicans just saying no to anything president obama wants? so has the president. he s begun a new campaign, we can t wait, that s what it s called. as in, we can t wait for congress to act. the president plans unilateral executive branch actions to boost the economy. he kicks it off today in nevada to help struggling homeowners hang on to their houses. and a new poll shows the country s overwhelmin
discredited charge that still has resonance with the right wing, birtherism. rick perry says it s not definitive that barack obama was born here in the u.s. rick perry and birtherism, the last vestige of a desperate candidate who hopes to survive. that tops our show tonight. also, which republican presidential candidate back in 1996 called the flat tax, quote, a tax cut for fat cats? and which republican presidential candidate now says, quote, i love the flat tax. the answer to both questions is you bet, you guessed it mitt romney. romney is just the latest member of the republican parade to shift the tax burden from the wealthy to the middle class. plus, had enough of republicans just saying no to anything president obama wants? so has the president. he s begun a new campaign, we can t wait, that s what it s called. as in, we can t wait for congress to act. the president plans unilateral executive branch actions to boost the economy. he kicks it off today in nevada t