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Archaic. and slow moving. and in many cases unfair. in many cases you are forced to make deals that are not the deal you would make. you would make a much different kind of a deal. you are forced into situations that you hate to be forced in. >> another word for that is compromise in a democracy. this is the democratic system that is testing not only the president but the republicans in charge of those two majority institutions after spending so much time being the party of no, the question is w...

To tom don lynn. >> michael, your reporting is that there is some lack of urgency if not commitment. explain. >> right. well, there certainly has been. by the way, i am a bit surprised to hear the presidents comments to john dickerson in that interview this morning because he had previously accepted that russia was behind the hacking. that was after that january 6th assessment unanimous of all the u.s. intelligence agencies stated with high confidence. he had an opportunity to examine that and g...

Or should i say not doing. >> people want results. i think a lot of republicans are giving president trump the benefit of the doubt right now, saying he is new to the game, right, he is new to working the inside scoop. he is learning how to negotiate with these people. but eventually theyre going to want to see things get done, whether its working with democrats which republicans probably wouldnt speak openly about, or its getting the tax reform bill through. that is going to be a huge litmus te...