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Morning." how has he been at unseating the nra on being the main messenger? >> it was the one shot before. mayor michael bloomberg has been a game-changer when it comes to gun safety. again, hes a guy who believes in the second amendment but hes saying theres no reason why e e should have an assault weapons ban or have a gun in your home or car and assault policemen on the street. why cant we get background checks? why cant we see whos getting these guns so we can do whats necessary to keep our ...

To see if significant minds have changed or policy has changed. i will say with the caveat he has a soapbox. he is using it. when you take a look at what mayor bloomberg has done when it comes to smoking ban, tax regulation. >> soda ban, the headphone ban. >> youre going down the list. but i think its a little too early to tell, but i do think hes an influential figure. >> robert is right, but hes put his money where his mouth is. you look at that race in california. he lost the primary because ...

Robert, ill begin with you because i want to go first to that digging in one. the hill reports speaker john boehner has told fellow republicans he is absolutely done negotiating one-on-one with the president. at the same time, the president says no compromise. what kind of bargaining chips do republicans have at this point? >> oh, my goodness, alex, they have a huge bargaining chip coming up, and thats called the debt ceiling. congress racks up the bills, and congress has to pay those bills. we ...

Seems not all red jars are created equal. olay regenerist. president obama has settled on former nebraska senator chuck hagel has secretary of defense. an official announcement is expected for tomorrow. todays topics, digging in, mean spirited, and the must reads for this week. democratic strategist and former senior adviser to president hillary clinton campaign, doug hathaway. editor of nbc news hour. and former bush/cheney senior adviser robert trainham. welcome to the three of you.

Against the superstorm sandy relief funds. >> maybe some of the reason is the 67 individuals who voted against the basic $9 billion that only dealt with fund insurance. it may be some within the republican party who are so mean-spirited that they dont want to move forward to help individuals who happen to be, maybe some say, because those are blue states. theyre still playing politics. >> robert, what do you make of that characterization there by representative meeks? were the republicans who sa...

The problem here is i think that republicans in the house are dominated by a group of extreme ideologues who really dont care about the consequences of their actions. theres plenty to talk about in terms of bargaining chips, cutting billions in wasteful spending and military programs and corporate warfare that are needed, addressing means testing of medicare so the wealthier beneficiaries who dont need the help dont get as much help. theres plenty to be done. i think the problem is you have a gr...

Power panel "time" magazines karen tum multi. karen finney and republican strategist robert trainham. "now" with alex wagner is coming up. >> we have a spicy enchilada today. lawmakers are channeling their inner publicists in the fiscal cliff negotiations. that pr aside, are we any closer to common ground? and it if all this sounds familiar, it is. we will talk deal making and deja vu with ben jaman wallace walls, and the ranking member of the house budget committee congressman chris van hollen....

Lets bring back the panel beth and tracy and robert. right to you, tracy, we mentioned that hillary clinton is not going to be secretary of state and what is she going to do? >> she is going to watch a lot of hg tv which i support entirely and if anyone is deserving of a vacation, it is her. >> and beth, do you think she vacations or runs? >> well, she will take a vacation and somebody said to me a political strategist, you dont make a decision like that unless you are tanned and rested. so i th...

>> lets see if we have that conversation. and shameless plugs, beth? >> i will plug my colleague who is getting a gig for correspondent on the news and it is a well deserved job. >> arrested development, and lets get premier in d.c. >> i agree. and jason bayman are you listening? tracy and i no biggerer fans. >> tonight on sirius radio, i will be having a gab fest about politics. >> you can find politics and pint this weekend and if you want to wear headphones and listen to robert and karen, mor...

The fallout over mitt romneys comments on president obamas so-called gifts to minority voters continued with republ republican after republican hitting their nominee on the sunday show circuit as the parties try to recalibrate on this years disastrous elected. lets bring in our monday final, beth reinhardt, tracy seppel, and contributor and former communications direct or to senator rick santorum, robert trainham. lets talk twinkies. just kidding. i just have that on my mind. i want to talk abou...