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Merrick garland. also, he may agree enough is enough as were going to get this guy through because you heard him very clearly stating that this is what i promised. im a man of my word and im giving the base what i believe they elected me to do. >> yeah, hes going to be giving his base what they want. his base. but in terms of the rest of the country, the precedence is going to be set for destroying how the senate operates at a fundamental level. the average voter may not care about it but what y...

Folks are about the supreme court pick, take a look outside chuck schumers house in brooklyn. democrats want a fight but how much of this is about neil gorsuch and how much of it is a proxy for democratic frustration in general? dating back to the election. can this nomination be blocked? chris kofinis is a democratic strategist along with robert traynum. how much of this is about this judge which everyone would look at his resume and say impressive and how much is it about democrats still mad a...

Has happened over the last year, democrats have to energize their base and be standing up for something. they have to be fighting for something. when youre talking about a supreme court justice, somebody is going to be there for 20 years, thats something you have to fight over. >> okay. im just getting told in my ear and so im going to go to you with this, robert. donald trump just said to the pool spray, in the roosevelt room, that is he going to encourage mitch mcconnell to go nuclear. are you...

Numbers and whats caused it, lets bring in your panel. victoria difrancesco, professor of mexican-american studies at university of texas. robert traynum, former bush senior adviser and eleanor clift at the day by beast. robert 50shgs% in this abc poll that just came out. as you watch the numbers grow not only in terms of the gap, that 50% is a major barometer to be watching here, hitting that bench mark. >> -- is not making any headway whatsoever with the american voter out there, particularly ...

>> do you think, robert? do you think that it will extend to the republicans? do you think they will hail the health care law? >> probably not. its clearly something that they all ran against and governor romneys campaign was that he was going to defund and embark on obama care. but maybe a generation fortunately now. >> lets get to the second part, part 2. what do you see the biggest challenges that the president is going to face during his second term? >> i see two things, alex. first and fore...

But after january 1st, 2014, president obama will become a lame duck president and people will already start thinking and acting like 2016 is right around the corner. >> does that mean, robert, that you think that republicans are going to play obstructionists? do you think they will? >> i dont think politically they can afford to do this this time around because president obama won with such big numbers. i think they will work with him on immigration reform and comprehensive tax reform and compr...

Get any worse. >> how long does the president have? robert mentioned lame duck. how long until that phrase becomes present? >> i dont know. i think the pressure is on all sides to get something done now because of the fiscal cliff. so i think hes got the upper hand to get people to the table if he gets the message right about getting this, the tax code in balance so we can have the prosperity that we had back in the 90s when it was more in balance. but i dont know, i think people will want to wo...

The number has tripled in eight years with no end in sight. >> there are catalogs and circulation that has fallen due to increase in postage. its time now for the big three and todays topics, second term, part one. second term, part two. lets bring in my big three panel. doug haddaway, erin mcpike, and robert traynum. ive had my coffee and im ready to go. erin, what do you think in terms of the presidents top three goals in the second term? >> i dont know about three but i think aside from the v...

Whats your must-read? >> theres a great profile today in the "washington post" of patty murray, the fourth-ranking democrat in the senate. she just led the democrats to a bigger majority in the senate. she is the incoming chair of the senate budget committee. i dont mean to gush, but for people who are interested in washington, whats going to be happening with the fiscal cliff and next year, you want to read this story about patty murray. a lot of people are tired about hearing about mitch mccon...

Santorum, robert traynum and shira it uplet. im going to begin with you, robert, david axelrod was on "meet the press," and he slammed mitt romney on the economy. lets listen to what he said. >> this is the same case he made in the state of massachusetts, he said im going to get the economy moving again. im a businessman, i know how to create jobs. they went from 37th in nation in job creation. to 47th in the nation in job creation. so weve tested the romney acumen when it comes to create jobs a...