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Toledo and cleveland and cincinnati particularly hard, were seeing now in the last two years after the auto rescue, after were doing some of the right things here, were seeing job growth. i agree with what nancy pelosi said. history improves itself. >> so based on history, this is about math and not ideology. the sense i get on the hill today, if you dont get the rate increase, you can forget everything else. >> we have seen in this country a decline in infrastructure in the last 30 years. that ...

Job decline hitting places like toledo and cleveland and cincinnati particularly hard, were seeing now in the last two years after the auto rescue, after were doing some of the right things here, were seeing job growth. i agree with what nancy pelosi said. history improves itself. >> so based on history, this is about math and not ideology. the sense i get on the hill today, if you dont get the rate increase, you can forget everything else. >> we have seen in this country a decline in infrastruc...

Table and spelling out how he wanted to get it. now i think the president has to come a lot further in the spending thing. i think he ought to at least look at the speakers idea in terms of no rate increase but revenue through tax reform. i think thats a smart way to go and ultimately generate faster growth, more jobs, better opportunities for the american people. >> now, weve just been told by jay carney the white house has asked the office of management and budget to start making plans for seq...

Respect to the speaker, you said you really want to get the tax cuts ensured and maintained for people, most americans, 98% of americans. not so much you disagree about the top two. the speaker seems to be saying, dont separate the two issues because politically well never be able to save the rich unless we couple them with the regular people. >> look, i think the speaker is in a tough negotiation. i fully support him, what hes trying to achieve, no rate increase, but meet the president partway ...

Raising rates. >> but that didnt stop congressman cole from going on hardball today continuing to sell the idea of making peace with the president for the sake of 98% of american taxpayers. >> if the presidents willing to accept 80% of the bush tax cuts for 98% of the american people and make them permanent, i think that is a point we should agree op. >> tom cole also made it clear he is still a boehner loyalist. >> i fully support him. what hes trying to achieve, which is no rate increase, but ...

Continue to fight for the things we believe in, simply because we accept that part of his offer doesnt mean we have to agree with the rest. but what i think a lot of people forget is, look, these tax rates are going up automatically unless congress acts. i favor acting to save as many of them as possible. >> makes sense. heres today, the speaker of the house john boehner signaled you out for your remarks on the compromise. lets listen to what you he said about you, sir. >> i told tom earlier in ...

Mitch mcconnells party, speaker john boehner, saying he thinks a deal is possible. take a listen. >> its time for the president and democrats to get serious about the spending problem that our country has. but im optimistic. >> hes optimistic. we also have boehner saying he is disagreeing with tom cole, one of the few republicans who have come out to usual his party to strike a deal. right now, get this done. keeping the bush tax cults for 98% of americans, give up on keeping tax cuts low for th...

We couple them with the regular people. >> look, i think the speaker is in a tough negotiation. i fully support him, what hes trying to achieve, no rate increase, but meet the president partway on revenue. i support that. i suspect hell negotiate and at the end of the day hell ask us to support have tough vote. ill probably help him again. again, this was a private discussion in a couple of whip meetings. i was asked what i thought. i said what i thought. i still believe that. but i respect the ...

This pledge and the threat to run primary campaigns against people so quickly. >> what youre talking about there, though, it sounds like getting out of the pledge on a technicality. if they wait for the rates to expire on their oath, then they dont have to vote for a rate increase. that really honoring the spirit of this commitment? >> i dont think it is. if thats what it takes to get people to reality, weve been waiting for many years for republican legislators to kind of recognize reality, and...

About negotiating and understanding that the president won and he is entitled to certain things but not entailinged to everything. >>guest: he won by 2 percent. >>neil: are you afraid the business interesting will not be represented then? >>guest: business interest will be represented in the house of representatives and in the senate and the court of public opinion. >>neil: where do you get that notion in the senate when senator schumer wants a rate increase and deductions limited to the rich pa...