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Were originally, when they said in the house, 33 billion of cuts. we have moved there. i just have to say, people tend to make this complicated. in my mind, its pretty simple. you know, the republicans won the house, that is true. they did. they won big, that is true. we, democrats, held on to the senate in a tough year. we held on to the senate, and, of course, president obama is still there. so if you look at the three parties to the negotiations, the democrats control two thirds of those part...

Their own constituencies, really. on the one hand. the democrats are trying to portray the republicans as the shut it down, shut the government tea party led party. and the republicans are trying to portray the democrats as irresponsible. but i think the key here is, which of the two parties and which leaders in the end are going to look more reasonable in this situation? the numbers are split in the polls, but i think the advantage that the democrats have. or that the republican tea party peopl...

And now, inside the politics of a government shutdown, tonight nbc news and the wall street journal released a new poll showing where americans stand on the budget and the shutdown threat. 76% believe an agreement will be reached in time to avoid a shutdown. 19% think a shutdown will happen. when asked who would be more to blame for a shutdown, more to blame, 37% point to republicans in congress, 20% would blame democrats in congress, and 20% would blame president obama. and when asked if leader...

Could lead to another recession. and a loss of up to 700,000 jobs. i say to my republican friends, you should declare victory. we have met you more than halfway, it has broken our hearts. we touched a lot of programs we think are important, but we did it because we respect the fact that there was an election. there will be another one in 2012, okay. but in the meantime, you have to respect the fact that the senate is still in democratic hands, the presidents a democrat, meet us halfway. lets get...

Possibly presenting himself as not in control of the situation? >> yeah, i dont think that particular sound bite did him any good politically. hes the president of the united states, hes not observing this situation like a reporter would. hes supposed to be leading the situation, and thats what hes trying to do by inviting the leaders of congress down to the white house tonight. i think that the president needs to project the sense that whatever happens, whatever happens, hes going to try to be ...

Seem painfully slow to come by. there are times where some of you may have said, you know, i dont know what obamas doing there. there are times where you lose hope. times when folks in washington focus on scoring points instead of solving problems. and some of you may just put up your hands and say, politics is too tough. in those moments when we start asking ourselves, if complaining is possible. you have to remember what weve done together over the past few years. >> here the president is sayi...

you have to compromise, compromise. >> i cannot vote for the current compromise. >> if i could jump in, republicans have no interest in shutting down the government. >> there is no such thing as an actual government shutdown. >> tea party screams so loudly, that its right here. >> yes, we can. yes, we can. >> democrats insist they are compromising. republicans insist on more cuts. >> the democrats have given and given and given. >> you got halfway what you wanted, why not make a deal? ...

Just two months ago. >> it would be easy to just fold your cards and go home. thats not what the american people elected us to do. they elected us to cut spending, because cutting spending will lead to a better environment for job creators to create jobs. were going to fight for as many spending cuts as we can get. >> but speaker boehner continues to insist republicans dont want a government shutdown. >> republicans have no interest in shutting down the government. shutting down the government, ...

Down on my watch. >> i dont want a government shutdown. the consequences of a government shutdown will be enormous. >> in wisconsin, republicans refusing to compromise have pushed voters to the limit, and democrats to victory. >> this has turned into a national battle, and its all because of scott walker. >> in what would be an enormous upset. and fox hits its limit with glenn beck. >> did he jump? or was he pushed? >> whats the big fat chunky guy on tv going to do in his future? good evenin...