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>> so, will president obama lead? work with a sharply divided congress to work with that fiscal cliff? governor haley barbour is here. >> according to bok woodwards book, the obama administration came up with the idea of sequestration. it could be avoided if a super committee in november of last year made a decision on how to resolve our problems on the deficit and the debt. that didnt happen. january, february, march, may, june, july, we are up to november, post-election, we are on the edge of ...

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Period of time for the last two years, what is it about this lame duck? is it the deadline theyre up against that sort of forced a kind of action on this body that has been so sclerotic? >> well, were reporters. we know how deadlines like a hanging. thats part of it. i think you also alluded to it in the opening, chris, which is that post-election, some republicans, and in some cases some democrats, are freed up from the strictures of the campaign season. there are opportunities for people to vo...

Against that forced a kind of action on this body that has been so sclerotic? >> well, i think the deadline -- you know, were reporters, we know how deadlines concentrate the mind like a hanging. so thats part of it. i think you also alluded to it in the opening, chris, which is that post-election, some republicans and in some cases, some democrats are freed up from the strictures of the campaign season and from allegiance from their party. there are opportunities for people to vote their consci...

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