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That the russian people will suffer long before vladimir putin. what considerations do biden and nato need to take when amping up sanctions or relying on them as a deterrent? >> thats right. there has been years and years of sanctions that has not slowed vladimir putin down. at the same point, this could be the deciding factor really. for a lot of wedges. a lot of the oligarchy, russian oligarchs, live abroad. if it was severe sanctions it would really cramped their lifestyle and change their ab...

That something might play to the hand of vladimir putin, but not something that russian oligarchy would really enjoy. that is a potential wedge there. i think that the other part is, i am worried that the biden administration will not push sanctions quite far enough. what you are seeing so far, coming out of the white house, they are going to sanction entities in donetsk and danske, these two regions, but that does really strike that the russians. in some ways, it may even play to their advantag...

Force the presidents hand on this, to make him do something about jamal khashoggi? do something about saudi arabia? i mean, we saw the congress to some extent defy the president on russias sanctions. and that battle went on for some time. could that happen again here? >> right. i mean, it was extraordinary, even under the obama administration. you saw a growing kind of consensus inside the senate to sanction saudi arabia over the war in yemen. try to block arms sales. and among a lot of republic...

They have to pass an appropriations to fill out this budget that theyve now agreed to? >> i think weve kind of been out of it since republicans took control of all branches of government effectively. and the democrats gave it a whirl it didnt last too long in terms of using immigration as a potential wedge to hold up government spending. what we saw was that their party is not mitch mcconnells party in the same tactics dont work in terms of base politics. so i think that brett may be right. that...

Stand, even now in december, theyre still going to be behind the eight ball a little bit. i dont think theyre going to get to a million enrollees by the end of the year, but its possible theyre moving in the right direction. sure looks like it based on enrollment data, but i dont think they can throw something else and hope that its a shiny metal object here. i think theyve got to clear the decks with health care. i think theyve got to make their staff all focused on getting it done. yes, i thin...

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