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There i go again. >> dana: are you worried about the infighting? the g.o.p. infighting? >> yes. i dont like it at all. i dont like the fact frankly the congress doesnt compromise on things and get together. im worried about the fact -- so, too, of the president. i dont think he works with the congress well. its a blame game instead of lets get together and get something going. i think mitt romney could do that. i really do. i think he could make something happen. >> dana: bob beckel has a questi...

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Flip-flopping, for all the modest tweaks in his rhetoric, the one constant, whatever hes doing, whatever hes saying at any particular moment always seems to line up with what he perceives to be his political imperative of the moment. thats why i think you can sort of draw a direct line between today and between what happened earlier this week in ohio. >> what does he think politics is? i mean, this is a -- youve hit on a fundamental point. if he thinks politics is simply going before an audience...

Flip-flopping, the one constant is, whatever hes doing and whatever hes saying at any particular moment always seems to line up with what he perceives to be his political imperative of the moment. thats why i think you can sort of draw a direct line between today and between what happened earlier this week in ohio. >> what does he think politics is? i mean, this is a -- youve hit on a fundamental point. if he thinks politics is simply going before an audience and basically being a hooker in a se...

To be sort of his imperative of the moment. >> what would his role be, then? its not leader. >> of course not. thats the open question. thats why you can read the question of, is he a secret moderate, is he really a conservative? you can read it two ways, because maybe he becomes president and feels he has to serve the tea party. maybe the republicans are running the house or the senate, and hes the conservative president. because he feels all the pressure from the right. all the pressure from h...

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Relief. where you started is where we end up, this is a political deal, designed for short-term political gain t. may help the president in the long term. it is not going to help the american people, i think. >> greta -- i have to point out that it doesnt -- right now, there is an open question whether president obama can deliver the democrats need in order vote. >> thats a whole other issue whether its a good idea or a bad idea. but the american people are being subject to another political cha...

It. >> its working -- >> it is working. >> 81 senators voted for it today. >> you got to give biden a lot of credit for that. hes a beloved figure, not just respected. >> the speaker said tonight she wants to change the estate tax provision but shes only speaker for a few more weeks. can she rattle up enough votes? >> thats going to be the thing well look for tomorrow. there will be a couple of votes in the house tomorrow. one with a minor change to the estate tax provision which we talked about...

Seniority. so pelosis reference as the assistant leader leaves some question about the struggle for power between those two. technically, clyburn will answer only to pelosi and in the words of one senior aide, it may be darwinian survival of the fittest to see who prevails in the leadership structure. >> bret: carl, where does the ban on earmarks stand tonight? >> reporter: there will be a meeting tomorrow for republicans behind closed doors where they take informal vote on support for the two-y...

Seniority. so pelosis reference as the assistant leader leaves some question about the struggle for power between those two. technically, clyburn will answer only to pelosi and in the words of one senior aide, it may be darwinian survival of the fittest to see who prevails in the leadership structure. >> bret: carl, where does the ban on earmarks stand tonight? >> reporter: there will be a meeting tomorrow for republicans behind closed doors where they take informal vote on support for the two-y...