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Out.. all this leverage joe biden claimed he has, he has none. its been nearly 35 days since joe biden even mentioned these americans hes abandoned. according to a breaking report from "the new york times," scores of cia assets in afghanistan and around the globe, they have been captured, they have been killed or they have been compromised. make no mistake, all caused by joe biden and all completely preventable. by the way, as the song says, joe biden has blood on his hands. joe skerritt is on t...

Dont support the truth especially with republicans already poised to go on offense on things like afghanistan in 2022. right? they may have lost some of that leverage depending on how this goes. so republican obstruction is at least on this issue may be on hold for now. joy, i think its really important that you laid out the stakes for voters and for your audience on what it means if the debt ceiling is not raised. like what happens if this does not happen? that is something that increasingly yo...

Be using this as leverage, doesnt seem to be trying to extract anything from the white house or for democrats on this question of the debt ceiling. in the past, when its been held up, its been a negotiating tactic. in this case, it looks like he just wants joe biden and the democrats to fail. is there anything were missing about his strategy here? >> it is sort of the big, unanswered question. if you read between the lines, it seems like what they want is they want democrats to use a procedural ...

Because he wants to use that for some kind of leverage. he thinks it helps him with president biden in some way, to hurt the biden administration. all hes doing is hurting the country by continuing the uncertainty. >> its interesting, senator bernie sanders called this a good start. do you think thats fair? >> well, if a good start means hes saying two months and so, hey, lets do it for at least another two years so that we can get out from under this threat of, you know, hurting the economy, wh...

Does this mean the stalemate about the debt ceiling is over? >> that should never be used for politics. just the thought of what would happen if we allow this default would wreck the global economy. how is that a political leverage point? i think thats just the height of irresponsibility. mi mcconnell has created this situation by withholding republican votes. we only need ten to get this out of the way and you know, lets remember. were talking about paying our bills for spending thats happened ...

Imagine if this happened when donald trump was president. zero capabilities to get them out. all this leverage joe biden claimed he has, he has none. its been nearly 35 days since joe biden even mentioned these americans hes abandoned. according to a breaking report from "the new york times," scores of cia assets in afghanistan and around the globe, they have been captured, they have been killed or they have been compromised. make no mistake, all caused by joe biden and all completely preventabl...

In georgia, one, i think shocked the political world but recognized the incredible potential of this moment, but also just how hard it was going to be. you were still in the midst of a global pandemic. we were starting to come out of it. you had an enormous amount of economic weakness that we had to shore up and finally a potential to do what the country has been asking for which is invest in our infrastructure. address issues on education and child care. try to finally address climate. and to t...

Progressive ideas. they are very confident right now in what they are saying, in that eventually the democrats will give in and raise the debt ceiling on their own. but the filibuster threat may be the leverage on the other side that may get republicans to give in. i dont know. i guess we will see. but yeah, this is a dangerous game thats being played with real world consequences if these two sides cant come together and raise the debt limit. >> alexi, lucas laid it out. if these two sides cant ...

Thwarting the vote ineffective stunt to gain leverage. have you josh gottheimer who is a moderate, a problem solvers caucus says we cannot let the small faction on the far left destroy the presidents agenda. think about this, what harold ford said last week, why dont you take the win? worry about the other stuff afterwards. you are still going to have more time to do your reconciliation package. had you chance. president going to bring somebody together, you actually had a bipartisan victory. he...

Leverage over a separate proposal. didnt the president agree with the left on this when he went to the hill last week? >> sure. it was not a stunt if it works. they have decided blackmail is the only way that they can get it done. remember, the infrastructure bill, some 60% of it, it is highway trust fund, which is very, very popular. so theres a lot of pressure to be able to refund the highway trust fund, and the left, i think looking beyond policy, beginning the maneuver to set up the power fo...