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Of his own bill so i object. >> is there objection to the original request? >> yes, i object. >> objection is heard. i got whiplash. >> one of the more interesting moments, perry. what is the average american sitting become and watching c-span going to think of that? >> i think they are confused about what is going on. mitch mcconnell was trying to show that theres a divide among the democrats about how they raise the debt ceiling. there are 51 democrats for getting rid of congressional authorit...

Later when you look at thing agapt even if we didnt do this on purpose we have to take a step back. the republican party practiced a type of affirmative action, because it has recruited candidates from diverse backgrounds from more women for political benefit. great. they have to meet that with policy, talk about immigration or affirmative action, up before the supreme court this year where theyve been silent or giving other people a chance. its not enough to welcome women and minorities in poli...

>> perry, this is grover norquist just a few hours ago on "meet the press." take a listen. >> every republican who had impure thoughts about maybe i could raise taxes a little because the other guys will be reasonable have to go back to the drawing board. theyve just been told there are no real reforms in this budget. $1.6 trillion in tax increases and in some of the those savings are actually tax increases. >> perry, is speaker boehners biggest problem going to be pleasing those in his own part...

We thought we might go over the debt ceiling, we didnt. this is the stage were always in where president obama gave an offer he knew was a negotiating plan, you negotiate from the left. mcconnell gave an offer on friday that was very much on the right. it plays out in the next month, i think people get closer to a deal. lindsey graham, i dont think was saying well go over the cliff for sure. hes also posturing himself. that wasnt a comment, that was a posturing move. >> we know one of the most d...

The house that you can really move this. the president tried pretty hard, i thought, and is really, like, a loss 90-6 is hard to cover from. >> i agree with perry. its definitely true you had the democrats in there making the same point, basically they didnt want to see detainees come to the u.s. in that respect, the president was very much boxed in. the problem, though, goes beyond the debate as it stood. i think what the president has to do is outline a post-9/11 detention policy that deals wi...

Political editor, and senior editor of the review and colu columnist to bloomberg review. perry, let me start with you, with president obama winning a second term, is there a window now, window of opportunity, to close gitmo and squash some of the dissatisfaction from the left? >> there is a window. let me disagree with ari slightly here. there was a vote in the senate on president obamas plan to close gitmo in 2009, and it failed 90 to 6. 90 to 6 very resoundingly. the republicans all opposed i...

Marx in the republican cloak room." >> this guy has a 92% conservative rating. theyre now treating him like hes some sort of liberal just because he said dont hold 98% of americans hostage as some sort of negotiating tactic to save tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%. a fairly sensible thing. hes saying we can go back and negotiate this as part of the larger package. he was basically excommunicated last week. weve seen the same thing in the senate. the few who are speaking out are just getting cut of...

Trying to show he has public support for his ideas. hes going to go out and campaign on them. a different approach, in 2011 they had all these behind the scenes meetings. they didnt really work at the end of the day. he and john boehner agreed to something. then the democrats didnt like it and the republicans really didnt like it. this time hes basically saying over and over again, i have a mandate from the election. im going to go out to the public and the polls show the majority of americans s...

Country back into recession? its insane. >> perry, your latest piece you write about this with president obama "his opening bid to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff was effectively a poison pill. it was a liberals dream and a nonstarter for congressional republicans. and it suggested the president may be employing a different, more assertive negotiating style in his second term." what kind of negotiating style are you referring to? >> like dana is saying, were in the posturing stage of this rig...

0 civil war. yes, the american civil war, when talking budget cuts. >> its not just a bad deal. this is really an insulting deal. what geithner offered, what you showed on the screen, robert e. lee was offered easier terms at appomattox and he losted the civil war. >> now, now, now, charles, thats not very christmassy of you. we dont mind if you wrap yourself to the flag, just make sure its the one with 50 stars on it. dr. james peterson is a contributor to thegrio.com and robert reich is former...