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Made an effort but i dont like what theyre trying to do with taxes. we cant do this with tax reform. taxes should go up. he wants to move the negotiating position on the democrats in a little bit of a different direction. so what president obama has to navigate is that politics a lit bit in the senate. senate democrats more emboldened. they netted some seats. they didnt just hold their majority. they got a stronger majority. >> right. >> so i think before he goes out too publicly hes got make su...

>> so that is a shift in a negotiating position. now boehner suggested temporarily extending the current tax rates, pushing serious negotiations on a broader tax deal into 2013. while the president has hinted in the past that hes willing to include the issues of social security and medicare in the fiscal negotiations, whats not clear is whether the rest of his party is going to be willing to go along on that score. >> i want to work together but i want everyone to also understand, you cant push ...

Balanced way. asking the wealthy to pay a little more. we have to combine spending cuts with revenue. that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more in taxes. >> president obama won on this message, did he not? the american people approved of raising taxes on those at the top. republicans were banking on this being a losing message, but it simply is not. conservatives are finally starting to cry uncle. >> i dont understand why republicans dont take obamas offer to freeze taxes f...

It is not just a slope. it is a little driveway, i think the rhetoric that has come out around it is bad for the negotiating position for the president because it makes seeming go off the cliff worse than what it is. >> down the slope a little bit. what will happen is if they do it on january 1st, congress will go into action in the first week of january and anything they legislate can be rote tro etro active to that day so no one ends up paying more taxes anyway. the fiscal reality of going off...

Being in a better negotiating position . >> i can answer that question. because the first missile defense he did. he gave away the store and gave russians everything they wanted and did not get one single concession from the united states from the russians and basod that track record alen, there are concerns that he will do worse if he wins reelection. >> this is a myth that the president somehow gives away the store. >> no. it is a fact! >> i know. i know. i know this conversation, guys. could ...

Everyone back for a vote, no to say he wont get it through, but it -- round of embarrassment. by the way, then has to go into the negotiations for the year-long deal and how weak is the negotiating position from the get-go on that? so he really doesnt have much of a leadership position after all of this. and the presidents numbers keep on rising. and he -- you know, bill clinton used to say you could be strong and wrong cause that always beats weak and right. in this case, john boehner has come ...

But he says one activist is preventing republicans from getting serious on taxes. >> grover norquist said the gop proposal is merely a negotiating position. so far i have not seen indication that republicans are willing to agree to this balanced approach. if the committee fails to act, sequestration will go forward. >> the "wall street journal" reporting accounting trick mace offer the congressional panel a way forward. the paper says those options include credit savings from ending the war in i...

Off, and u.s. aid to all u.n. programs should be reviewed. mitt romney issued a statement a short while ago that reflects in many ways the republican position as does perrys. mr. romney said what were watching unfold at the united nations is an unmitigated diplomatic disaster, its the culmination of president obamas repeated efforts over three years to throw israel under the bus and undermine its negotiating position, and of course, the republican field in general believes that the presidents pr...

Obama policy in the middle east wasnt naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous. >> i think words better suited to himself. anyway, strong words from governor perry. mitt romney also criticized obama today for repeated efforts over three years to throw israel under the bus and undermine its negotiating position. of course, were in campaign season right now. do the republicans think theyve found an effective attack line against president obama? his weakness on israel among many voters. john hei...