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Is it a good idea? >> it looks like ill have to find another date. but i will -- i think its a fine idea. i think that, you know, people have gotten the habit, as you know, joe, on the floor of the house to sit on separate sides of the isle. i thigink its a habit that shod be broken. the important point is beyond sitting together, we need to have a dialogue and a political conversation in this country that is serious and focused. were going to have our differences. well have very serious and spi...

Liberal democrats on the rare occasion in this occasion i will be optimistic. >> youre nodding why? >> there are two issues here. one, theres actual real very, very strong differences of opinion. and different views about what america needs to do. i think no amount of talking about a more civil discourse can mask that. and in that way, you know, bipartisanship means everybody will agree and there are no policy differences, then its just not true. but if bipartisanship and civility means you have...

From both toward the other. and as senator mccain said in that op-ed, they did agree on a lot of issues. so i think its not likely that the two are going to go hand in hand, cooperating on some of the fights that are coming up in congress, but nonetheless, if there is a thaw in that relationship, and if they can find some areas of cooperation, it would send a signal that things have changed a bit. >> dan, you could imagine what the reaction from the white house has been so far to john mccain bec...

Another major change in the presidents economic team. christina romer, shes head of the economic -- the council of economic advisors and shes stepping down. announcing shes leaving the white house in early september. now, romer has long indicated her time in washington would probably be temporary. shes widely respected among her administration colleagues although there were some reports about tensions between her and larry summers, the presidents economic advisor. according to jonathan alter in ...

Were in it to win with this out date? >> you know, the out date had a huge kafb yacht, it was conditioned based. i think it was a way of getting the people in the white house, who wanted some kind of a deadline, and also the u.s. military, which wanted to have, you know, considerable resources and time. it was sort of a compromise they came up with. clearly, despite the fact that the people said the mcchrystal thing didnt represent any policy differences between the military and the people in th...

>> last question for you, peter. when petraeus was in afghanistan yesterday, he said, were in this to win. at the same time, we know the political deadline is july of 2011. are those two things inherently clashing with each other? is it realistic to call for, were in it to win with this out date? >> you know, the out date had a huge caveat, it was conditioned based. i think it was a way of getting the people in the white house, who wanted some kind of a deadline, and also the u.s. military, whic...

Troops in iraq, and start to apply at least variances of those in afghanistan. >> last question for you, peter. when petraeus was in afghanistan yesterday, he said, were in this to win. at the same time, we know the political deadline is july of 2011. are those two things inherently clash with each other? is it realistic to call for, were in it to win with this out date? >> you know, the out date had a huge kafb yacht, it was conditioned based. i think it was a way of getting the people in the w...

Remarks and use them to their advantage. is it -- is it wise for boehner to come back and just have this continue? >> again, yes, i think if its on principle and on policy and if you can articulate the policy differences, and i think the policy differents have been articulated. is it wise for them politically? well find that out in november. there is a great sense of frustration, as you know, among american people. ill be honest enough to tell you its with both parties. the american people are n...

Few successes. >> yeah. i mean, i think the article, you know, really -- it got so much attention because it reflects the continuing, you know, policy differences that really do exist, which is between the u.s. military which wants as much as possible the campaign and political side of the white house who wants time horizon, limit their resources, et cetera. and right now things are not going well. the marginal operation you mentioned in the lead-in was going to be a government box that they tur...

President obama has been saying early on, he wanted to focus the war -- have it focused on al qaeda, stopping their abilities in pakistan and afghanistan to launch operations against the united states. as you know, youve been on the ground there more than we have. we were there together. what essentially is happening is nation building. this counterinsurgency is a very complex operation and theres not a lot of success with counterinsurgency. most people point to the british and their campaign as...