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Rate increase. that is the problem. >> at the end of the day, to get a deal, president obama has to be able to strengthen, ironically enough his partner in this. >> bret: i had high hopes for solving this, in this ten-minute segment. >> leave it to us. [ laughter ] >> he doesnt have to go talk to maxine waters. i dont need to talk to congressman abosh. >> bret: well do it again. thank you very much. brit brit hume brings his fiscal cliff analysis to table later. up next, rebels say syrias gove...

Put out similar talking points, the white house and the speaker, tells you a lot that they are coming a lot closer. thank you very much. >> it seems like were moving towards a deal. the perimeters of which we dont know yet, but we kind of suspect it will be some kind of rate increase on the wealthy as well as some promise on the entitlement cut side. were not sure the sort of extent of that? >> that -- >> educated guess. >> thats the big question. that is our question, thank you very much for th...

That two-prong attack you reference is good politics and seems to be working in large part because theres a vacuum within the republican party or on the right generally. you could say speaker boehner is the head now for negotiation purposes but i dont think anybody is really the presidents equal in this dynamic and hes exploiting that to great advantage. >> let me bring you in on this, david. last week we discussed this, as well. the first read team pointed out we see a small deal, if you will, ...

Intelligence, you are seeing the republicans have no prayer now. theyre just going to have to cave in on this rate increase on the rich. theyre just going to have to. >> the presidents public schedule is curiously clear, which could mean hes busy working behind the scenes on a deal. we know president obama and john boehner met privately on sunday and nbc news is reporting the two men spoke on the phone tonight the discuss the latest proposals. the white house is not talking about the details. le...

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But yesterday another influential republican, senator bob corker from the senate banking commission said his party should consider the presidents idea of raising tax rates on the wealthy. >> there is a growing group of folks that are looking at this and realizing that we dont have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before year end. we have one house, thats it. the presidency and the senate is in the democrats hands. a lot of people are putting forth a theory and i think it has merit w...

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